In the last twenty years of the 20th century, we have all become conscious that something strange appears to be happening with the weather. We have had the worst flooding on record, droughts and catastrophic forest fires, an epidemic of violent hurricanes, rising sea levels from the melting of the polar icecaps: it seems that the 21st century will be a dangerous one.

These often catastrophic weather conditions pose urgent questions, such as:
Why is our climate so turbulent?
What can we do to predict and prevent the ravages of extreme weather?
What exactly is the el Nino effect and what are its consequences?
Can all this get any worse?

As we face a future in which the effects of global warming are certain to increase climatic instability, these are just a few of the urgent questions that need answering.The Coming Storm provides these answers.