This book introduces the reader to all the basic physical building blocks of climate needed to understand the present and past climate of Earth, the climates of

Unified treatment of physical principles of planetary climates for advanced students and researchers in atmospheric science, Earth and planetary science.

This concise, sophisticated introduction to planetary climates explains the global physical and chemical processes that determine climate on any planet or major

A comprehensive and authoritative text on the formation and evolution of planetary atmospheres, for graduate-level students and researchers.

Human health depends on the health of the planet. Earth’s natural systems—the air, the water, the biodiversity, the climate—are our life support systems.