2009 DK publishing oversize softcover(trade paperback), 4th printing. Lee R. Kump (The Earth System), Michael E. Mann (The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars). In this book, esteemed climate scientists Michael E. Mann (who, along with other IPCC report authors, was awarded the Nobel Prize in 2007) and Lee R. Kump have partnered with the "information architects" at DK Publishing to produce Dire Predictions--essential reading for citizens of a world in distress. Dire Predictions, at just over 200 pages, presents and expands upon the findings documented in the Fourth Assessment Report of the IPCC in an illustrated, visually stunning, and undeniably powerful way for the non-scientist. --from the introduction - Amazon