This volume provides a holistic and concise overview of the complex science of climate change
involving the interplay of multiple factors. It also acts as a primer and a one-source
reference to all the aspects of climate change allowing researchers to understand the
complexity of this science and to see the larger picture thereby aiming towards holistic
solutions.Beginning in the second half of the twentieth century the impacts of climate change
have been the worst nightmare to hit humanity so fiercely causing loss of human life and
irreparable destruction to natural and man-made infrastructure in many parts of the world. The
difference between climate change now and in the past is that of sudden and disproportionate
disruption of the natural energy dynamics by the changing consumption patterns of billions of
human beings who in their quest for economic superiority have polluted the terrestrial and
aquatic ecosystems. The picture that emerges from the exhaustive analysis of international data
drawn from the most reliable sources indicates that we have possibly gained access to the
gateway of extinction and it is time that we take corrective steps immediately.The book's
chapters not only provide an overview of climate change science but also include detailed
discussion on current research. This unique analytical text is suitable for conservation
environmentalists researchers and academicians working in the field along with policy makers
research and training institutes and nongovernment organizations.
