This book is about more than just global warming, but it's a good place to start if you are interested in Al Gore's early contributions and knowing where a lot of his ideas came from. This is a well-written and thoughtful book and a good example of the caliber of leader Al Gore has been.

This is one of Gelbspan's earlier books on global warming . The best part of the book is the coverage of the back and forth struggle between those who have wanted to do something about it and the entrenched interests who have wanted to obstruct that process. Gelbspan is very knowledgable about skeptics and does a good and complete job of covering their tactics.

This book isn't about global warming per se but rather the investigations into prior mass extinctions. Eventually the author gets around to discussing one mass extinction event that involved global warming. The best part of this book is that it details a decades-long scientific process, including the research, publications and conferences, critical response and peer review.

This book does a really good job of reviewing currently-observable effects of global warming as well as past history. The only two drawbacks are that it speaks as an authority rather than giving a lot of references and it gets a little political, especially near the end. In general though, this is a very good introduction to the topic.

This book does a good job of detailing the history of Greenland ice cores, including all of the science that went into it. By looking at the cover, you get the feeling that the book is going to have a sensational pay-off at the end, but it really sticks more to the science and only suggests a few possible scenarios. It's worth reading just to be aware of the whole field of ice core research.

This is a well-written book by someone who has been covering this issue for a long time and has obviously done his research. There are plenty of references to studies and researchers here. This book is more about climate change than global warming only. It covers a lot of instances of past climate change events and how they affected different civilizations.

This is one of many books on the topic and covers pretty much the same information as most. The chapter on hurricanes is worth considering when dealing with the controversies of hurricane predictions and yearly hurricane frequency. Romm is more of an authority on energy issues, but this is a decent book.

Tough book to read. The first half is very tedious. The book does give thorough coverage of attempts to censor Dr. Hansen. The second half is best. It covers recent work and ideas by Hansen.