A common remark I make about climate change books I like is that “it wasn’t like a textbook”. I like non-fiction books that I can carry around and read cover-to-cover just like I would a novel. I like them to draw me in and catch my interest as if they were a suspenseful PD James [...]
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The Discovery of Global Warming
Posted in Reviews, tagged arrhenius, carbon dioxide, climate change, credibility, environment, fourier, global warming, greenhouse effect, greenhouse gases, hockey stick, ice age, IPCC, journalism, keeling, media, politics, risk management, science, weart on May 18, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Uncertain Science….Uncertain World
Posted in Reviews, tagged climate change, credibility, debate, education, geology, global warming, journalism, media, pollack, science, uncertainty, united states on May 1, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Several months ago, I wrote a generally favourable review of geophysicist Dr. Henry Pollack’s newest book, A World Without Ice. So when I came across his earlier book, which was about the nature of the scientific process - something that fascinates me – I couldn’t wait to read it. Uncertain Science, Uncertain World is about [...]
Science and Communication, Part 1
Posted in Reviews, tagged climate change, debate, global warming, greenhouse gases, ice age, IPCC, media, politics, science on December 16, 2009 | 8 Comments »
Usually books about climate change take me some time to read. As fascinating as they are, they’re not the kind of literature I would read to relax. They take far more energy to get through than something like Twilight. This wasn’t the case for Science as a Contact Sport, the new book by Stephen Schneider. [...]
Climate Cover-Up
Posted in Reviews, tagged canada, climate change, credibility, debate, denial, global warming, IPCC, media, politics, republican, science, skeptic, Stephen Harper, united states on December 3, 2009 | 23 Comments »
I’m fairly new to the issue of climate change, and even newer to the politics surrounding it. I’ve spent the past two years reading about climate change causes, impacts, projections, myths, media blunders, and public misconceptions. I knew that vested interests, such as the fossil fuel industry and political lobby groups, had played a part [...]
A World Without Ice
Posted in Reviews, tagged al gore, climate change, global warming, ice age, IPCC, science on November 17, 2009 | 18 Comments »
Dr Henry Pollack, the author of A World Without Ice, is a geophysicist and an IPCC author. According to Al Gore, in the foreword, he is also “a scientist with the rare ability to engage ordinary people and to translate scientific ideas into everyday terms that are easy to understand”. I couldn’t agree more. Pollack [...]
Two Great Canadians
Posted in Reviews, tagged canada, climate change, global warming, media, politics, science, Stephen Harper on November 5, 2009 | 21 Comments »
It’s a rare day when you find a book about climate change written by a Canadian. The authors are American, mostly. Some are British or Australian. And that’s a real shame, because there’s a lot going on in Canadian politics about climate change – but you can’t read about it anywhere. The newspapers don’t report [...]
Moments of Revelation
Posted in Reviews, tagged climate change, climate models, debate, global warming, iain stewart, science on August 29, 2009 | 38 Comments »
Over the past few days I’ve worked my way through the three-part BBC series, Climate Wars, hosted by Dr Iain Stewart, a geology professor with a very cool Scottish accent. An excerpt from this series was featured in one of Peter Sinclair’s videos, which looked quite fascinating, and anything Peter refers to as “brilliant” is [...]
Two Good Books
Posted in Reviews, tagged agreement, climate change, credibility, debate, global warming, joseph romm, media, politics, ross gelbspan, science on August 16, 2009 | 4 Comments »
The Heat is On by Ross Gelbspan was an enjoyable book. It didn’t take much effort to keep reading, and I whipped through it in a couple of days. Much of the book was devoted to the politics of climate change, most notably the PR attempts by skeptics to delay action. There were some well-placed but [...]
The Average Person
Posted in Reviews, tagged agreement, climate change, credibility, debate, global warming, greg craven, media, politics, risk management, science, statements on July 27, 2009 | 9 Comments »
I first watched the Manpollo videos about a year and a half ago, when I had the flu, and ended up watching the entire six hours over two days. I don’t remember when it was that I discovered Greg Craven was writing a book based on the videos, but I’ve been excited to read it [...]
A Few Moments of Brilliance
Posted in Reviews, tagged al gore, climate change, global warming, human rights, quote, sustainability on July 20, 2009 | 6 Comments »
I just finished reading one of the many climate change books on my reading list, “Heat: How to Stop the Planet from Burning” by George Monbiot. I have to say that the subtitle really annoys me. Fossil fuels are burning, yes, but the planet isn’t burning. It isn’t combining with oxygen and disintegrating. Most of [...]
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