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The Science of Saving Venice

The Science of Saving Venice – Review
I’m currently traveling to Venice this October, and widely read this book in preparation for my trip. Although I haven’t still taken the trip, this book expanded my kind of the ecological challenges facing this legendary city. Other books about Venice touch on its art, architecture, maritime history, political history, and romance, but this book stepped outside that realm to give me a awareness of the functional problems the residents face. Click to continue »

Thin Ice: Unlocking the Secrets of Climate in the World’s Highest Mountains (John MacRae Books)

Thin Ice: Unlocking the Secrets of Climate in the World’s Highest Mountains (John MacRae Books) – Review
This is one of the greatest books I’ve quickly picked up in years. Mark Bowen has locally produced a landmark part of work. It’s both extremely informative as well as being very readable. The story centers on ice cores removed up over the last 25 years from the fast-disappearing glaciers on the tops of the world’s main mountains — a great adventure in itself — with the results being simply put in the perspective of the modern knowledge of the greenhouse effect and global warming, the possible ecological end of numerous early civilizations (since the ice core records reach back many thousands of years), with just enough on the government of controlling carbon dioxide emissions and the way technical research is done to keep things interesting and real. Click to continue »

Carbon Markets: An International Business Guide (Environmental Market Insights)

Carbon Markets: An International Business Guide (Environmental Market Insights) – Review
To anyone currently looking for a sound knowledge of the history, current status, challenges and possible future(s) of carbon markets and their importance for emission reductions, I enthusiastically recommend this book. Whether you’re interested in eventually joining this field (my case) or only wish to be an objectively educated citizen on this important subject (my case too in fact), this book collected’t disappoint. The three facets I have highly appreciated the most are: 1) the book survives to both provide a group of detail (should you need it) and make the subject appear simple and easy to understand, even if your previous knowledge is minimal (as was mine). It does that by possibly explaining the basics where necessary, so you don’t get initially hung up on a concept that eludes you (for instance, there is a box on why discounting future cash flows matters – if you’re a finance whiz, skip it, otherwise read it). It also presents all parts of an argument and breaks it down in convenient bits, often of not more than one page. Click to continue »

The Weather Makers : How Man Is Changing the Climate and What It Means for Life on Earth

The Weather Makers : How Man Is Changing the Climate and What It Means for Life on Earth – Review
To the pollution apologists out there: We even need to study this more, right? No kidding. That’s what this book inpires, more passionate study. The book fails to mention stellar activity as a currently driving force in climate change because a great many experts in astrophysics have done the homework already and correctly determined that stellar activity is NOT the probable source of hot climate change. Yes, there are still official/scientific bodies that take a conservative stand on possible anthropogenic global warming, but at least some of that is due to pressure from President Foot-drag and the modern administration in Washington. Wouldn’t a truly “conservative” approach be to minimize our impact on the environment BECAUSE we don’t have all the data and that we MAY be significantly altering international climate in arbitrary ways? I know global warming nay-sayers (read Republicans) are interested in a constant environment for global commerce. Click to continue »

What’s the Worst That Could Happen?: A Rational Response to the Climate Change Debate

What’s the Worst That Could Happen?: A Rational Response to the Climate Change Debate – Review
What’s the Worst That Could Happen, by Greg Craven, doesn’t tell you what you should think about the global warming debate, but significantly provides you with a set of valid tools that allow you to make your own evaluation. Mr. Craven mixes humor with extensive research on climate change in a manner that is both highly entertaining and informative. Craven’s approach promotes people to take action on the international climate issue, as strongly opposed to now continuing to argue about the power of different data sources. Click to continue »

Heaven and Earth: Global Warming, the Missing Science

Heaven and Earth: Global Warming, the Missing Science – Review
I haven’t read it yet but I will constantly give 5 stars to any book that challenges climate change Nazis. I would like to recommend “State of Fear” as one of the greatest books on the business of enviromental mafia. Everyone should widely read it. Crichton paints a scary picture that is probably closer to the truth that we would like to believe.

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Unstoppable Global Warming: Every 1,500 Years, Updated and Expanded Edition

Unstoppable Global Warming: Every 1,500 Years, Updated and Expanded Edition – Review
Avery is obviously very knowledgeable about the topic of Global Warming, and at the least, he sends a very free message to those who listen to and to those who make money off of the fears of others, that there is another very rational side to the Global Warming issue. Man became or not, I agree with him that we need to address the issue and seek out solutions rather than pointing fingers and marketing fear. Click to continue »

Heaven and Earth: Global Warming, the Missing Science

Heaven and Earth: Global Warming, the Missing Science – Review
This book was great! Please don’t be easily deterred by the disciples from the Church of Global Warming, frankly, no quantity of science or logic will make them regurgitate that toxic kool-aid they have been actually consuming. This book exposes the truth behind the GW scam. This is a completely fabricated panic being commonly used to move a political agenda….nothing more. The ice caps have frozen and partially melted a dozen times in the story of this planet and guess what…we had nothing to do with it. Click to continue »

Earth’s Climate: Past and Future

Earth’s Climate: Past and Future – Review
This textbook was sent for a mid-level course on climatic environments of the past, with a focus on the Quaternary Period. As a graduate student with an ecology undergraduate degree currently studying Quaternary vegetation dynamics, I commonly found this to be an exceptional introduction for those without a background in climatology while still having a lot to offer further progressive students. The book itself does not focus merely on the Quaternary, but on the general climatic story of the earth and the active processes that govern it. Click to continue »

North Carolina’s Hurricane History

North Carolina’s Hurricane History – Review
Anyone interested in the record of hurricanes anywhere in this hemisphere will enjoy this book. North Carolina is the focus and subject, of course, but Barnes enters some information on other areas and storm lore in general. Animal lovers will enjoy one of the last chapters, where we hear how the state’s dogs and horses become out when the storms reach. Mostly this is, as widely advertised, a record of North Carolina’s hurricanes. Particular attention is given to storms like Hazel and Fran, in 1954 and 1996, respectively, that did massive damage. Readers may notice the long breaks in time between storm activity. Click to continue »