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Author:   Patrick J. Michaels ,  Dr. Sallie L. Baliunas ,  Robert C. Balling Jr, M.D. ,  Dr. Randall S. Cerveny
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Rowman & Littlefield
Dimensions:   Width: 16.80cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 22.80cm
Weight:   0.390kg
ISBN:  

9780742549234

ISBN 10:   0742549232
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   28 November 2005
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

"Chapter 1 Introduction: False Impressions: Misleading Statements, Glaring Omissions, and Erroneous Conclusions in the IPCC's Summary for Policymakers, 2001 Chapter 2 The Mann et al. Northern Hemisphere ""Hockey Stick"" Climate Index: A Tale of Due Diligence Chapter 3 Observational Surface Temperature Records versus Model Predictions Chapter 4 Temperature Changes In the Bulk Atmosphere: Beyond the IPCC Chapter 5 Severe Weather, Natural Disasters and Global Change Chapter 6 Precipitation and the ""Enhanced"" Hydrologic Cycle Chapter 7 Predictive Skill of the El Nino-Southern Oscillation and Related Atmospheric Teleconnections Chapter 8 Climate Change and Human Health Chapter 9 The Impact of Solar Variability on the Earth's Climate Chapter 10 Limitations of Computer Predictions of the Effects of Carbon Dioxide on Global Climate"

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Shattered Consensus: The True State of Global Warming convincingly demonstrates the remarkable differences between what we commonly read about global warming and what is really happening. ... Anyone who reads this book will come away with a new appreciation of the complexity of the climate issue and will question the need for expensive policies that are likely to have little or no detectable effect on the planet's temperature. Science Daily Eleven essayists skillfully contradict and disassemble many false assumptions within the science of global warming as well as methodology used to warn world governments of catastrophic futures. Recommended. CHOICE

Author Information

Patrick J. Michaels is research professor of environmental sciences at University of Virginia, state climatologist for Virginia, and senior fellow in environmental studies at the Cato Institute in Washington DC. His Bachelor's and Master's degrees are in Biological Sciences from the University of Chicago, and he was awarded a PhD in Ecological Climatology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1979. Dr. Michaels is past president of the American Association of State Climatologists and was program chair for the Committee on Applied Climatology of the American Meteorological Society. Dr. Michaels is author of four books and hundreds of technical and popular articles on climate and its impact on ecosystems and economies. In 1994 he was awarded the American Library Associations ""best government publications worldwide"" citation, and was an author of the 2003 ""Paper of the Year"" in climate science awarded by the Association of American Geographers.

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