Ch. 1. Climates of the Future / A. Henderson-Sellers -- Ch. 2. Modelling the Response of the Climate System to Astronomical Forcing / A. Berger -- Ch. 3. Warmer Worlds: Global Change Lessons from Earth History / E. J. Barron -- Ch. 4. Catastrophe: Impact of Comets and Asteroids / M. R. Rampino -- Ch. 5. Observations from the Surface: Projection from Traditional Meteorological Observations / P. D. Jones -- Ch. 6. Climate Variability on Decadal to Century Time-Scales / H. F. Diaz and G. N. Kiladis -- Ch. 7. Satellite Systems and Models for Future Climate Change / R. E. Dickinson -- Ch. 8. Dynamics of Future Climates / B. J. McAvaney and G. J. Holland -- Ch. 9. The Greenhouse Effect of Trace Gases / W.-C. Wang, M. P. Dudek and X.-Z. Liang -- Ch. 10. Climatic Effects of Changing Atmospheric Aerosol Levels / M. O. Andreae -- Ch. 11. Ozone Depletion / G. P. Brasseur, J. C. Gille and S. Madronich.

Ch. 12. Human Effects on Climate Through the Large-Scale Impacts of Land-Use Change / A. Henderson-Sellers -- Ch. 13. Urban Climates / H. Cleugh -- Ch. 14. Future Climate Surprises / T.-H. Peng -- Ch. 15. The Geophysiology of Climate / L. R. Kump and J. E. Lovelock.