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 Monday, July 21, 2008 Fully Updated Climate Change Book by Scripps Researcher Now Available Updated edition of Richard Somerville's The Forgiving Air includes analysis of 2007 IPCC report, latest findings of global warming researchers Scripps Institution of Oceanography / University of California, San Diego A comprehensive and up-to-date account of climate change science by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego climate scientist Richard Somerville is now available from the American Meteorological Society. The Forgiving Air: Understanding Environmental Change Somerville, a distinguished professor emeritus at Scripps, was also an organizer of the 2007 Bali Climate Declaration by Scientists, an effort by climate scientists to inject some quantitative scientific substance into United Nations climate negotiations that took place in Indonesia in December 2007.  Scripps Oceanography climate scientist and Distinguished Professor Emeritus Richard Somerville. Image courtesy of Sylvia Bal Somerville. Somerville joined Scripps as a professor in 1979. He is a theoretical meteorologist whose major research interests are the greenhouse effect and global climate change. He is a specialist in computer modeling of the climate system. His latest research has focused on the role of clouds, cloud-radiation interactions, and cloud feedbacks in climate. Somerville continues to work with business, government and the public to inform them about important recent research in the science of climate change. With more than 12,000 members, the AMS is the nation's leading professional soci¬ety for those involved in the atmospheric and related sciences. The book costs $16 for AMS members and $22 for non-members. It is available directly from the AMS, which takes orders via telephone at (617) 227-2426 x 686 or online at amsorder@ametsoc.org. # # # Note to broadcast and cable producers: University of California, San Diego provides an on-campus satellite uplink facility for live or pre-recorded television interviews. Please phone or e-mail the media contact listed above to arrange an interview. Scripps Institution of Oceanography, at University of California, San Diego, is one of the oldest, largest and most important centers for global science research and education in the world. The National Research Council has ranked Scripps first in faculty quality among oceanography programs nationwide Now in its second century of discovery, the scientific scope of the institution has grown to include biological, physical, chemical, geological, geophysical and atmospheric studies of the earth as a system. Hundreds of research programs covering a wide range of scientific areas are under way today in 65 countries. The institution has a staff of about 1,300, and annual expenditures of approximately $155 million from federal, state and private sources. Scripps operates one of the largest U.S. academic fleets with four oceanographic research ships and one research platform for worldwide exploration. |
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