Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface to the Princeton Science Library Edition xi
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. Prologue. Global Warming in Geologic Time 1
6. Section I. The present
7. Chapter 1. The greenhoude effect 15
8. Chapter 2. We've Seen It with Our Own Eyes 30
9. Chapter 3. Forecast of the Century 45
10. Section II. The past
11. Chapter 4. Millennial Climate Cycles 57
12. Chapter 5. Glacial Climate Cycles 69
13. Chapter 6. Geologic Climate Cycles 78
14. Chapter 7. The Present in the Bosom of the Past 91
15. Section III. The future
16. Chapter 8. Fate of Fossil Fuel CO₂ 101
17. Chapter 9. Acidifying the Ocean 114
18. Chapter 10. Carbon Cycle Feedbacks 125
19. Chapter 11. Sea Level in the Deep Future 137
20. Chapter 12. Orbits, CO₂, and the Next Ice Age 149
21. Epilogue. Carbon Economics and Ethics 158
22. Further Reading 175
23. Index 179