Climate Change In Context (Gale, 2008), edited by Brenda Wilmoth Lerner and K. Lee Lerner, presents a powerful and science-based case for the reality and perils of climate change. The two volumes eloquently translate complex science, including the most essential portions of reports by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, into understandable terms and concepts. Written by a global array of experts, the set provides a comprehensive introduction to the scientific consensus on climate change within the context of new evidence, changing predictions, current events, and political decision-making. Essential and compelling. -- Oxbridge Reviews, August, 2008.