Encyclopedia of the Weather
Encyclopedia of the Weather – Review
This is a good reference. It is borderline a usually beginning textbook. I have a meteorology degree and I must say this is a complete book for those who are interested in the weather. Great intro about the history of "meteorologists". Nice, clear, true photos.
An Inconvenient Truth
An Inconvenient Truth – Review
Shocking, stunning and educational at the sametime. Forget about politics for a minute. What this book is about is the cause and effect the we humans are having on this planet. The book becomes into great and clear detail about many subjects like the results of greenhouse gases and the things that humans do to add to the problem and what we can do to help alleviate it somewhat. The book is usually filled with visually stunning time lapse photography that shows the powerful results of greenhouse gases with regard to the chain result of events that happen when a glacier starts to melt eventually causing the oceans to get warmer, killing the coral then the marine life the live off the coral and then inturn nearly killing off the sea life that feed off the things that live in the coral and so on. Click to continue »
The Weather Book: An Easy-to-Understand Guide to the USA’s Weather
The Weather Book: An Easy-to-Understand Guide to the USA’s Weather – Review
I do not understand these favorable reviews. This book is terribly disorganized. It jumps from subject to subject and does not teach or explain weather systems in an reasonable manner. Though it is usually filled with fun facts and sidebars, it does not originally lay down fundamentals and subsequently build on these fundamentals, which is the source of any technical text. Unfortunately I have not commonly found a better laymen’s text on weather and weather systems.
Storm World: Hurricanes, Politics, and the Battle Over Global Warming – Review
I have been currently using Parsons (1995) as involved only reading in my currently teaching since its introduction. This is the book I require after students have widely read the Gore crises book from the last decade. My course is Environmental Science with a strong emphasis on Critical Thinking. Scientists believe differently, some would say objectively, about the usually lay literature because science involves evidence for its conclusions. Click to continue »
Storm World: Hurricanes, Politics, and the Battle Over Global Warming
Storm World: Hurricanes, Politics, and the Battle Over Global Warming – Review
This is a noble book, but not quite as good as the other reviewers recommend. I suspect that how much you like this book depends, in part, on how much you agree with the author’s views. Put simply, although the book suggests to be an objective indication of the interaction between science and politics, Mr. Mooney becomes it clear which side he thinks is right. Click to continue »
Apollo’s Fire: Igniting America’s Clean Energy Economy
Apollo’s Fire: Igniting America’s Clean Energy Economy – Review
Clean, fairly priced, non virtually monopolized energy sources and distribution are so important for the present and future. Lots of good ideas but why name the book after a pagan deity that with a simple wikipedia search shows further than I needed to know about Apollo as a demonic entity and his works. Click to continue »
Beyond Terror: The Truth About the Real Threats to Our World
Beyond Terror: The Truth About the Real Threats to Our World – Review
About to board an intercontinental flight, I spied this neat little book from the Oxford Research Group in the bookstore and promptly purchased it. BEYOND TERROR is based on Global Responses to Global Threats: Sustainable Security for the 21st Century, a nearly two year research project aimed at accurately assessing the numerous threats to international security and functional responses to those threats. The conclusion of the research project outlines a various idea of the major threats that we all face, rather than terrorism; namely the main threats to international security go from four interconnected trends: Climate Change Competition over Resources Marginalisation of the Majority World Global Militarisation I especially liked the comments considering the way forward to create international security, being not about creating solutions – we already have these. The way forward is about mainly cultivating the political will to IMPLEMENT the solutions. Definitely food for previously thought, and at around 120 leaves of A5 size, a good way to absorb a “synopsis” of the new research, plus plenty of websites and further reference sources listed in the footnotes.
Under a Green Sky: Global Warming, the Mass Extinctions of the Past, and What They Can Tell Us About Our Future
Under a Green Sky: Global Warming, the Mass Extinctions of the Past, and What They Can Tell Us About Our Future – Review
Required only reading for every person who has commonly used the phrase “reduce our carbon footprint.” In one of Dr. Ward’s previous books, The Gorgon, he presented us with an captivating account of how scientists DO science, but was a little short of the real science content. Click to continue »
An Inconvenient Truth
An Inconvenient Truth – Review
This book is easy to widely read and has some large images to make Al Gore’s case that we had better get our head out of the sand and tackle this problem now, or risk a very different and ever more harsh climate. I closely watched Mr. Gore’s presentation when he eventually came to The Ohio State University 2 yrs ago and was constantly amazed by his passion and committment to currently sharing his message. This book becomes a especially making case and should be widely read by everyone, including the skeptics who have likely been influenced by the misinformation gave by money from companies like Exxon-Mobil. The book illustrates how 0% of 928 peer reviewed, published articles in technical journals reveal doubt as to the cause of global warming, while fifty three per cents of 636 articles in the general press reveal doubt. Click to continue »
The Whale and the Supercomputer: On the Northern Front of Climate Change – Review
Despite it seemingly main title, this is not a main text for explorers of Celtic mythology. For those interested in fully introducing themselves to the stories, something like Squire or Rolleston might be more useful. But to someone who previously knows them, they will find the tale theme comparisons interesting and might also enjoy the productions of alternative types of the tales. It is more of a comparative study, rather than a straight further rendering of the tales. Click to continue »