Foreword / Jeffrey D. Sachs -- Introduction / Gavin Schmidt and Joshua Wolfe -- Pt. I. Symptoms -- 1. Taking the Temperature of the Planet / Peter deMenocal -- Photo Essay- Gary Braasch: Climate Change in the United States -- 2. Changes in the North / Stephanie Pfirman -- Essay - Elizabeth Kolbert: Reporting on Climate Change -- 3. Sea Changes / Anastasia Romanou -- Essay - Kim Cobb: Letter from Palmyra -- 4. Going to Extremes / Adam Sobel -- 5. The Life of the Party / Shahid Naeem -- Pt. II. Diagnosis -- 6. Climate Drivers / Tim Hall -- Essay-Naomi Oreskes: The Scientific Consensus on Climate Change -- 7. Studying Climate / Gavin Schmidt and Peter deMenocal -- Photo Essay - Peter Essick: Scientists Studying Climate Change -- 8. The Prognosis for the Climate / Gavin Schmidt -- Pt. III. Possible Cures -- 9. Getting Our Technological Fix / Frank Zeman -- Photo Essay - Joshua Wolfe: Adaptation: Fighting Mother Earth.

10. Preventative Planetary Care / David Leonard Downie, Lyndon Valicenti and Gavin Schmidt -- Essay- Johannes Loschnigg: The Climate on the Hill -- A Final Note / Gavin Schmidt and Joshua Wolfe.