Climatology versus pseudoscience : exposing the failed predictions of global warming skeptics / Dana Nuccitelli.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nuccitelli, Dana.

Contributor:

EBSCOhost.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Global warming.

Climatic changes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, [2015]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Although some politicians, pundits, and members of the public do not believe it, global warming predictions by mainstream climate scientists have been remarkably accurate while those made by climate deniers have not. And if mainstream global warming predictions continue to prove correct, the window of opportunity to prevent a climate catastrophe is quickly closing. This book is the first to illustrate the accuracy--and inaccuracy--of global warming predictions made by mainstream climate scientists and by climate contrarians from the 1970s to the present day. Written in simple, non-technical language that provides an accessible explanation of key climate science concepts, the book will appeal to general audiences without previous knowledge about climate science. Author Dana Nuccitelli, an environmental scientist and risk assessor, discusses some key climate discoveries dating back to the 19th century and debunks myths such as the idea that climate scientists and climate models have grossly over-predicted global warming. He addresses recent findings of a 97-percent consensus in the peer-reviewed scientific literature that humans are causing global warming--a nearly unanimous agreement that formed in the early 1990s and has grown through the present day. Nuccitelli also discusses what the future climate might look like if current trends continue unabated, and what we as a global society need to do to prevent a climate catastrophe.

Contents:

The origins of climate science and denial

The growth and development of climate science

The astounding accuracy of early climate models

The formation and growth of the human-caused global warming consensus

The reason behind the strengthening consensus: the science is right

The continuation and acceleration of global warming

What does the future hold?

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1440832021

9781440832024

Publisher Number:

99962479077

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