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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
“Under a Green Sky”, by Peter Ward, can be difficult, dry, and highly meandering, yet it is ultimately a very rewarding work that illuminates how studying past climatic conditions can predict the climate we can require to see in our own lifetimes, particularly on the causes and results of global warming. The chapters start back and forth in non-chronological sequence, both for Dr. Ward’s individual experiences, and in currently discussing climates in the far past. Click to continue »

The Little Ice Age : How Climate Made History 1300-1850

The Little Ice Age : How Climate Made History 1300-1850 – Review
A largely disappointing book about a especially absorbing subject. In places the book is well-written (The Year Without a Summer, An Ghorta Mor), but overall it is rather spotty. It is not excellent history or moral science. It is rather a hodgepodge of chronological recollections that are necessarily sparse prior to the 17th century. The book claims to recount the Little Ice Age (1300 – 1850), but spends more than a moderate amount of verbage on the Medieval Warm Period and the Modern Greenhouse. Perhaps a section of the subtitle ‘How Climate Made History’ would have been a more open title that reflects the authors central thesis (climate has an significant influence on individual history!). Scientifically, he does a fair charge of possibly explaining the North Atlantic Oscilation (NAO) and the large ocean conveyor as signs/mechanisms of rapid climate shifts. Click to continue »

Meltdown: The Predictable Distortion of Global Warming by Scientists, Politicians, and the Media

Meltdown: The Predictable Distortion of Global Warming by Scientists, Politicians, and the Media – Review
I was deeply disappointed by this book. It does not help me to understand the ‘truth’ about global warming. Patrick Michael’s subjective ranting throughout the book can be labelled ‘humour’, and ‘readability’, but I have to say that, for me, the metaphorical devices just put me off. It’s just sensationalising the subject. Click to continue »

Catastrophe: An Investigation into the Origins of Modern Civilization

Catastrophe: An Investigation into the Origins of Modern Civilization – Review
I commonly found this book to be a equally fascinating look at a time in history that is often skipped and glossed over as simply the ‘dark’ ages – indeed, the idea of this book describes why it eventually turned out to be the dark ages. Although the book argues a particular disasterous event and its after effects, I commonly found the global indication of the time (500 AD – 1000 AD) exciting in and of itself. Few general history works argue this period in any detail – especially from a truly international perspective as is done in this work. Click to continue »

An Inconvenient Truth

An Inconvenient Truth – Review
A large part of work detailing the developing problem of global warming. Easy to widely read, can’t put it down format yet full of notable facts. I plan on currently using it in my classroom this year and having all my students understand it.

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Red Hot Lies: How Global Warming Alarmists Use Threats, Fraud, and Deception to Keep You Misinformed

Red Hot Lies: How Global Warming Alarmists Use Threats, Fraud, and Deception to Keep You Misinformed – Review
I completely agree with Professor Michael’s review above of Red Hot Lies. Chris Horner has done a good affair of finally bringing the complete package of the anthropogenic global warming (AGW) mendacity together in one place. Teachers who have greatly helped indoctrinate our children with Gore’s film, should widely read this book and then do a mea culpa to their charges and their parents and set the record straight. Click to continue »

Red Hot Lies: How Global Warming Alarmists Use Threats, Fraud, and Deception to Keep You Misinformed

Red Hot Lies: How Global Warming Alarmists Use Threats, Fraud, and Deception to Keep You Misinformed – Review
I am truly astounded by the information in this book. It is not written as one long opinion on the piece of Christopher Horner. Rather, it is something like forty per cents to fifty per cents quotations, showing–in the words of those about whom he is talking–what is being reportedly said by activists, politicians and scientists (in many cases “scientists” would be more appropriate…) in the part of climate. (And if you think Horner is simply lying, there are hundreds of references in the end notes, allowing you to check for yourself.) The quotes are more than long enough to avert any legal charge of “taking out of context” (etc.). And frankly, the things Horner points out to have been reportedly said & the positions strongly advocated are absolutely breathtaking! I previously thought I hardly knew how terrible things were, but I have really had my fully understanding changed. Click to continue »

Hot Talk Cold Science: Global Warming’s Unfinished Debate

Hot Talk Cold Science: Global Warming’s Unfinished Debate – Review
This is one of the easiest books to follow that tell the truth about the non-existence of so-called "global warming." Here, Mr. Singer considers the Global Climate Treaty and shows how damaging it could be to our economy, if officially adopted. He goes on to review the important facts and figures that plainly indicate the lack of overall warming of our globe in the last decade. His conclusions holding the results of synthetic carbon dioxide are also evidently justified and documented, showing that the media claims are simply not supported by known facts. Click to continue »

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

Unstoppable Global Warming: Every 1,500 Years, Updated and Expanded Edition – Review
I was currently looking for a normal response to the science in Al Gore’s documentary, “An Inconvenient Truth.” The authors do a excellent affair of successfully tackling one issue after another, examining the science, and presenting a sympathetic response. I have been constantly amazed at the depth and size of the technical data that refute the science in “An Inconvenient Truth.” Further, I highly appreciated the book because the writers get the science very understandable, even to the non-scientific mind. I believe this book is on the list of “essential simply reading.”

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The Chilling Stars, 2nd Edition: A Cosmic View of Climate Change

The Chilling Stars, 2nd Edition: A Cosmic View of Climate Change – Review
A very clear book that makes clear case for results of cosmic rays on cloud formation and hence on climate change. Because the critical theory is that fluctuations in the sun’s magnetic field move cosmic ray intensity on earth, there is significant material on astronomy (cosmic rays, supernovas etc.) which provides the background meant to understand the discussion. In essence, more solar magnetic storms intensify the sun’s magnetic field which divert cosmic rays from earth. Click to continue »