IN THE debate about how the world climate is changing, one pundit鈥檚
facts have been another鈥檚 fallacies. But now we have a benchmark. The Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change has published the results of the deliberations of
Working Group 1, concerned with the science of the problem. Climate Change:
The IPCC Scientific Assessment (Cambridge, pp 365, Pounds sterling 40 hbk,
Pounds sterling 15 pbk) is a summary of what a group of the world鈥檚 climatologists
think about global warming.
The book combines a clear policymakers鈥� statement that avoids jargon,
with a summary of the different approaches to the problem made by scientists
of the various disciplines. All in all, a valuable source of data for teachers
or others concerned about our future climate.
