Storm world : hurricanes, politics, and the battle over global warming / Chris Mooney.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Mooney, Chris (Chris C.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Hurricanes.
• Hurricanes--Social aspects.
• Global warming--Political aspects.
• Climatology.
• Global warming.

Physical Description:

392 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Orlando : Harcourt, [2007]

Summary:

One of the leading science journalists and commentators working today, Chris Mooney delves into a red-hot debate in meteorology: whether the increasing ferocity of hurricanes is connected to global warming. In the wake of Katrina, Mooney follows the careers of leading scientists on either side of the argument through the 2006 hurricane season, tracing how the media, special interests, politics, and the weather itself have skewed and amplified what was already a fraught scientific debate. As Mooney puts it: "Scientists, like hurricanes, do extraordinary things at high wind speeds." Mooney--a native of New Orleans--has written a fascinating and urgently compelling book that calls into question the great inconvenient truth of our day: Are we responsible for making hurricanes even bigger monsters than they already are?

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

• 9780151012879
• 0151012873

OCLC:

85822695