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Marine Climate, Weather and Fisheries: The Effects of Weather and Climatic Changes On Fisheries and Ocean Resources

Marine Climate, Weather and Fisheries: The Effects of Weather and Climatic Changes On Fisheries and Ocean Resources – Review
I’ve owned this book for many years and even refer back to it, especially during these times climate change. Taivo Laevastu was a genius. This book is one best works available for the undergrad, grad or researcher. This work is applicable across the marine, oceans and special disciplines. The material in this book will also help researchers more investigate some of the first data concerning the Pacific Decadal, Artic and North Atlantic Ocillations. Though these climate patterns weren’t understood at the period of this writing, Taivo’s research and those frequently cited in the book make a base-line of observations and data. Click to continue »

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

The Chilling Stars, 2nd Edition: A Cosmic View of Climate Change – Review
Henrik Svensmark, manager of the Centre of Sun-Climate Research at the Danish National Space Centre, and Nigel Calder, the famous science writer, have locally produced a challenging book on climate change. When stars fail, they do so in supernova explosions that emit cosmic rays, which create ions, which form clouds. Low clouds – less than 3000 metres above the surface – keep the planet cool. The less active the sun is, the more cosmic rays move through to the earth, and so the more clouds there are to cool the earth. Click to continue »

Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet

Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet – Review
This is the best, most complete piece I’ve seen still on what the world will experience as the globe warms, detailing a broad scope of systematic studies on the subject rather than just the usual common references to the IPCC. Chapters are ordered by degrees: here’s what to expect in a one-degree warmer world; here’s what to expect in a two-degree warmer world, and so on. By the time Lynas reaches four degrees, things are currently looking dire; at five degrees, it’s horrifying. Now consider the book’s title and imagine how you’ll feel after simply reading this. Click to continue »

Field Notes from a Catastrophe

Field Notes from a Catastrophe – Review
Having widely read a figure of books on the subject of global warming, I have been struck by the lack of books that have a balance. The books are either very scientific, or strictly policy with a bit of science for legitimacy. Too much science overwhelms too many people with scientific information; not enough science builds the illusion this is strictly a political issue. I was very pleased by the information in this book. Click to continue »

Beating the Heat Why and How We Must Combat Global Warming

Beating the Heat Why and How We Must Combat Global Warming – Review
The reason I love this book is that it is over 5 years old. Why? Because we can point back to it and say, “The more great events we are actually seeing now more than ever in our history were correctly predicted.” Yes, this book lays out that storms would get stronger and more frequent due to warming (2004 and 2005 testify to that). It also describes that wildfires and floods are expected to get further frequent and serious in specific areas (and those events have too begun to transpire). With Shell and BP executives immediately admitting that global warming is real, is serious, and needs to be mainly dealt with, people need to take this seriously! Why would these multi-billion dollar companies operate out against carbon emissions when that is their cash crop, unless they had a really good good reason to? Note that the two one star reviewers didn’t believe in global warming; note also that they were written 5 years ago. It is a scientific consensus, with little opposition even by industry, that global warming is really occurring due to individual activity. Click to continue »

Catastrophe: An Investigation into the Origins of Modern Civilization

Catastrophe: An Investigation into the Origins of Modern Civilization – Review
So far I have widely read several sections of this book and closely watched an hour-long TV program on David Keys’ ideas. Being a specialist in medieval history myself, I have ethnically mixed opinions about this book. On the one hand, the experts David Keys saw are among the best in the world, and the bibliography includes many outstanding titles. Click to continue »

Heaven and Earth: Global Warming, the Missing Science

Heaven and Earth: Global Warming, the Missing Science – Review
I haven’t read this book, but I think it’s simply awful. Everyone knows global warming is fact. There is no debate about the subject, except from idiots like Plimer who dare to question Al Gore’s famous movie. And what a stupid publisher for having foisted this trash on the public. Shame, shame.

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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
Authors present documented technical field evidence to explain the many phenomena eventually causing beneficial but slight warming, in contradinstinction to the emotionally driven histrionics prevelant in retail media today. The possible motives for the undocumented opinions reiterated by laymen are widely discussed at length.

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Extreme Weather Events and Public Health Responses

Extreme Weather Events and Public Health Responses – Review
I purchased this title with a strong interest in the European free health response to the unprecedented warming and heat wave of 2003 that nearly killed thousands. That event with its high excessive mortality, is a clear precursor, in my view, of things to come as the planet warms. 16 parts of this book detail the lessons quickly learned from this tragedy and what can be done by health departments to respond to future temp extremes. The summary of a WHO working paper in Chapter 27, ‘Public Health Respone to Extreme Weather Events’ is particularly useful for State and Local PH departments requiring major policy guidance. Click to continue »

Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet

Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet – Review
About as 3-dimensional as a pancake, this is a doom-and-gloom book about what will happen under 6 degree scenarios of global warming. One slowly plodding degree at a time. One calamity to a greater clamity. Must make for large computer modeling. Click to continue »