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I. Welcome to the anthropocene. The pioneers: the men who measured the planet's breath
Turning up the heat: a skeptic's guide to climate change
The year: how the wild weather of 1998 broke all records
The anthropocene: a new name for a new geological era
The watchtower: keeping climate vigil on an Arctic island
II. Fault lines in the ice. Ninety degrees north: why melting knows no bounds in the far north
On the slippery slope: Greenland is slumping into the ocean
The shelf: down south, shattering ice uncorks the Antarctic
The Mercer legacy: an Achilles heel at the bottom of the world
Rising tides: saying "toodle-oo" to Tuvalu
III. Riding the carbon cycle. In the jungle: would we notice if the Amazon went up in smoke?
Wildfires of Borneo: climate in the mire from burning swamp
Sink to source: why the carbon cycle is set for a U-turn
The doomsday device: a lethal secret stirs in the permafrost
The acid bath: what carbon dioxide does to the oceans
The wind of change: tsunamis, mega-farts, and mountains of the deep
IV. Reflecting on warming. What's Watts?: Planet Earth's energy imbalance
Clouds from both sides: uncovering flaws in the climate models
A billion fires: how brown haze could turn off the monsoon
Hydroxyl holiday: the day the planet's cleaner didn't show for work
V. Ice Ages and Solar Pulses. Goldilocks and the three planets: why Earth is "just right" for life
The big freeze: how a wobble in our orbit triggered the ice ages
The ocean conveyor: the real day after tomorrow
An Arctic flower: clues to a climate switchback
The pulse: how the sun makes climate change
VI. Tropical heat. The fall: the end of Africa's golden age
Seesaw across the ocean: how the Sahara Desert greens the Amazon
Tropical high: why an ice man is rewriting climate history
The curse of Akkad: the strange revival of environmental determinism
A chunk of coral: probing the hidden life of El Niño
Feeding Asia: what happens if the monsoon falters?
VII. At the Millennium. The heatwave: the year Europe felt the heat of global warming
The hockey stick: why now really is different
Hurricane season: raising the storm cones after Katrina
Ozone holes in the greenhouse: why millions face radiation threat
VIII. Inevitable surprises. The dance: the poles or the tropics? Who leads in the climatic dance?
New horizons: feedbacks from the stratosphere
Conclusion: another planet
Appendix: the trillion-ton challenge.
Turning up the heat: a skeptic's guide to climate change
The year: how the wild weather of 1998 broke all records
The anthropocene: a new name for a new geological era
The watchtower: keeping climate vigil on an Arctic island
II. Fault lines in the ice. Ninety degrees north: why melting knows no bounds in the far north
On the slippery slope: Greenland is slumping into the ocean
The shelf: down south, shattering ice uncorks the Antarctic
The Mercer legacy: an Achilles heel at the bottom of the world
Rising tides: saying "toodle-oo" to Tuvalu
III. Riding the carbon cycle. In the jungle: would we notice if the Amazon went up in smoke?
Wildfires of Borneo: climate in the mire from burning swamp
Sink to source: why the carbon cycle is set for a U-turn
The doomsday device: a lethal secret stirs in the permafrost
The acid bath: what carbon dioxide does to the oceans
The wind of change: tsunamis, mega-farts, and mountains of the deep
IV. Reflecting on warming. What's Watts?: Planet Earth's energy imbalance
Clouds from both sides: uncovering flaws in the climate models
A billion fires: how brown haze could turn off the monsoon
Hydroxyl holiday: the day the planet's cleaner didn't show for work
V. Ice Ages and Solar Pulses. Goldilocks and the three planets: why Earth is "just right" for life
The big freeze: how a wobble in our orbit triggered the ice ages
The ocean conveyor: the real day after tomorrow
An Arctic flower: clues to a climate switchback
The pulse: how the sun makes climate change
VI. Tropical heat. The fall: the end of Africa's golden age
Seesaw across the ocean: how the Sahara Desert greens the Amazon
Tropical high: why an ice man is rewriting climate history
The curse of Akkad: the strange revival of environmental determinism
A chunk of coral: probing the hidden life of El Niño
Feeding Asia: what happens if the monsoon falters?
VII. At the Millennium. The heatwave: the year Europe felt the heat of global warming
The hockey stick: why now really is different
Hurricane season: raising the storm cones after Katrina
Ozone holes in the greenhouse: why millions face radiation threat
VIII. Inevitable surprises. The dance: the poles or the tropics? Who leads in the climatic dance?
New horizons: feedbacks from the stratosphere
Conclusion: another planet
Appendix: the trillion-ton challenge.