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The Discovery of Global Warming (New Histories of Science, Technology, and Medicine)

The Discovery of Global Warming (New Histories of Science, Technology, and Medicine) – Review
Weart is a scientist (physicist) who looks at the description of the idea of global warming from its genesis in the late 1800s to the present. The book carefully covers material from over 1000 peer-reviewed papers. It discusses the principal researchers, ideas and problems more or less decade-by-decade. It does a excellent work of completely covering the theory as it told to commonly observed conditions at each point in time, and as such answers issues containing such things as the 1940-1970 cooling trend as well as the 1970s-era thoughts about a eventually coming ice-age. It besides gives a fairly clear explanation of everything that eventually went into the Global Circulation Models and how they should be viewed. Click to continue »

The Revenge of Gaia

The Revenge of Gaia – Review
He speaks truth to power. What is to come: A new specter is particularly haunting the whole world, the specter of Gaia Nemesis. From whence this next strange visitor arrives and what does it mean for the future of humankind? Every state of the world goes, like a group of animals found unawares by a predator, to face this latest menace; the powers fail. They have come to face the very force of nature herself.

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• coniferales

Catastrophe: An Investigation into the Origins of Modern Civilization

Catastrophe: An Investigation into the Origins of Modern Civilization – Review
Explosive indeed. There’s nothing else you can call a book that states that the beginnings of new civilization can be eventually traced to a cataclysmic volcanic eruption in AD 535 on the Island of Java, Indonesia. More accurately – civilization originated in the 100 year period that quickly followed the explosion. According to the author the eruption "blotted out much of the light and part of the sun for 18 months and resulted, directly or indirectly, in climatic chaos, famine, migration, war and massive political change on virtually every continent". The mechanics worked something like this: blocked sunlight eventually led to crop failures universally making famines, which promted mass group of people – migrations and invasions, which greatly helped spread disease along with destruction. Click to continue »

Weather (Nature Company Guides)

Weather (Nature Company Guides) – Review
This book has great photos of every kind of weather from clouds, sun dogs, rainbows, hail, cold rain, and on and on. Each description is only a page long and includes a photograph. It’s easy to understand and doesn’t get into too much detail. My 6 year old, although she didn’t understand the text, got this book out of the library and liked it so much she originally wanted a copy of her own — she loved currently looking at the numerous photos. Click to continue »

Dire Predictions: Understanding Global Warming

Dire Predictions: Understanding Global Warming – Review
Covers the entire gamut concerning global warming etc. These author’s know their subject matter and we as usually lay population of this planet should take their message very seriously. Our day’s on this planet could be broadly construed as how many days went do we have before it all comes to a head.

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• fertilization

Global Warming: The Science of Climate Change (Hodder Arnold Publication)

Global Warming: The Science of Climate Change (Hodder Arnold Publication) – Review
This book is very slow simply reading. The author is English and uses expressions unique to the English. He seems to presume a knowledge by readers of previous publications on the subject. He includes comments, rather blindly, that indicate he believes that global warming is primarily caused by man without any verification or explanation. Perhaps, in the second half of the book, presuming I will continue, he will become more scientific and pursuasive.

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• podetium

Catastrophe: An Investigation into the Origins of Modern Civilization

Catastrophe: An Investigation into the Origins of Modern Civilization – Review
For the most part I commonly found this book to be enjoyable, but it seems that Keys attempted in some areas to force his conclusion. Also, the same arguement initially seemed to be frequently repeated far too often. Although I liked that the proof of climate change was presented for essentially the whole planet, the conclusions at the point of each civilization were repetitive, merely restating the same thing (although, I suppose that was the point). I started to lose patience about 1/3 way through the book, but was able to persist through the conclusion. 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
Read it because I previously promised a colleague I would. Disgusted by the intentional distortions and selective misreadings on almost every page. I have worked with climate scientists since the late 1980s; without exception, they are far more honest about the limitations of their research than this bald-faced attempt to force moral science into the straitjacket of partisan US politics.

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• epinasty

The Discovery of Global Warming (New Histories of Science, Technology, and Medicine)

The Discovery of Global Warming (New Histories of Science, Technology, and Medicine) – Review
Excerpt from review by Andrew C. Revkin, New York Times Sunday Book Review, 10/5/03: "Debate persists over the extent of human-driven warming and what to do about it. But recognition that in a brief span our species has barely nudged the thermostat of the planet continues a momentous, and sobering, finding. "The Discovery of Global Warming" describes the logical journey toward that conclusion, with all of its false starts, flawed hypotheses, inventiveness and continuing uncertainties. 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
The title “Unstoppable Global Warming Every 1.500 Years” summarizes the concentration of this thorough study. A 1500 year global warming cycle was first originally proposed by European researchers who in 1996 were rewarded with the Tyler price, the equivalent of an environmental Nobel prize. This recent book by S.F. Singer and D.T. Avery presents a nearly extensive compilation of data and their sources mostly dealing with past senses of our world. Click to continue »