ENVS 299: Topics in Environmental Science

A great starting point when investigating--large 3 volume set. Each encyclopedia article summarizes issues specifically associated with global warming and climate change, lists related encyclopedia terms, and provides a list of further readings. Topics are both broad and specific, such as Rain and Rainfall Patterns.

Looks at the science behind natural disasters, discussing what causes them, where they occur, prevention and preparations, rescue and relief efforts, impact, and historical overview of each kind before going on to describe the one hundred worse disasters in history.

Encyclopedia of Natural Hazards captures and integrates writings from international specialists on over 250 topics related to the field of natural hazards

Although dated, this contains a ton of valuable primary sources of information on leading social environmental issues from the 19th through 21st century. Topics contain summaries of an issue, its significance, and full or excerpted documents from speeches, legislation, magazine and newspaper articles, essays, memoirs, letters, interviews, novels, songs, and works of art.

Two volume set that features different phenomena, components, and features that exist on Earth

This three volume set contains over 500 topics that examine the environmental history of the world. It covers the arts, economic systems, people, places, events, religion, biomes, technology and science, climate, energy sources, regulation, and more. It includes maps, photographs, sidebars, and an index.