This book is a superficial, simplistic look at global warming. In spite of the graphics and maps, which give the book a very slick and professional look, the overall discussion is weak and incomplete. In all, it goes no further than Al Gore's movie, and maybe not as far, in discussing the evidence, the models, or the science in general. For someone just beginning to be informed, this might be a good starting place, but only if they planned to move further into their reading and not stop here. The graphics and maps are good; they make it easy to visualize the information. The textual content is weak. The solutions section is mostly just popular boilerplate, with little discussion of the weaknesses of the suggested ideas, and avoiding discussions of any of the hard changes. Like most other books of this genre, the authors present global warming as though it were a stand alone problem, able to be resolved as "the problem" rather than being one of a complicated list of issues that deal with the environment. To summarize: Good graphics, good maps, weak textual support. ( )