An overview of global warming discusses its causes; consequences for habitats, flora, fauna, and people around the globe; and potential solutions, and presents more than fifty things that ordinary people can do to help.

"The causes, the perils, the solutions, the actions : 51 things you can do"--Jacket. "Time Inc. specials"--Cover.

Introduction : a rather large question -- Problems : images -- When a planet fights a fever -- Briefing : state of the planet -- On the brink -- Are we making tropical storms more powerful? -- When warming affects health -- The burden of Asia's giants -- Smoke signals -- Viewfinder -- Solutions : images -- Adapting to a warmer planet -- Power plays : the search for a new energy -- Building green -- Can we clean up our act? -- Actions.