Global warming / Debra A. Miller, book editor
- Published
- Detroit : Greenhaven Press, [2013]
- Copyright Date
- ©2013
- Physical Description
- 225 pages ; 24 cm.
- Additional Creators
- Miller, Debra A.
- Series
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Is Global Warming a Scientifically Proven Phenomenon? -- Chapter Preface -- Yes: Global Warming Is a Scientifically Proven Phenomenon -- There Is Overwhelming Scientific Consensus That Global Warming Is Happening and Humans Are Causing It / Union of Concerned Scientists -- The Fundamental Scientific Conclusions About Global Warming Are Compelling / Peter Gleick -- Cooling the Warming Debate / Richard A. Muller -- The CERN Study Does Not Disprove Human-Caused Global Warming / Glenn Wright -- New Research Suggests That Global Warming Will Still Be Dangerous, Though Not Extremely So / Andrew Freedman -- No: Global Warming Is Not a Scientifically Proven Phenomenon -- The BEST Study Did Not Address Whether Humans Are Causing Global Warming / Peter Ferrara -- The BEST Study Hid the Critical Fact That Global Warming Has Stopped in Recent Years / David Rose -- The CERN Study Demonstrates That Nature, Not Humans, Controls the Earth's Temperatures / Chriss W. Street -- The Science Shows There Will Be No Apocalyptic Global Warming / Patrick Michaels -- ch. 2 Are Global Warming Skeptics Motivated by Science? -- Chapter Preface -- Yes: Global Warming Skeptics Are Motivated by Science -- The Number of Scientists Questioning Global Warming Is Growing / Claude Allegre -- Global-Warming Science Is Merely a Working Hypothesis / Gary M. Vasey -- Global-Warming Science Is New and Untested / Evan Sayet -- The Scientific and Policy Debate About Global Warming Has Just Begun / Karin McQuillan -- No: Global Warming Skeptics Are Not Motivated by Science -- Scientists Who Deny Global Warming Rely on Falsehoods and Out-of-Date Research / Joe Romm -- Global Warming Skeptics Are Motivated by Ideology, Not Science / Phil Plait -- Skeptics Are Free-Market Fundamentalists Who Seek to Undermine Scientific Evidence of Global Warming / Erik M. Conway -- The Fossil Fuel Industry Is Funding Global-Warming Denial / Bill McKibben -- Conservative Republicans Are in Denial About Global-Warming Science / Michael Stafford -- ch. 3 What Are the Predicted Impacts of Global Warming? -- Chapter Preface -- Many Climate Impacts Predicted by the IPCC Are Already Happening / National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Snow and Ice Are Decreasing in the Northern Hemisphere at Twice the Rate Predicted by Climate Models / Pete Spotts -- US Farmers Dodge the Impacts of Global Warming---at Least for Now, Stanford Researcher Says / Louis Bergeron -- Global Warming Is Increasing World Food Prices / Damian Carrington -- Global Warming Will Likely Cause Serious Human Health Effects / Thilaka Ravi -- Global Warming Poses a Grave Threat to Wildlife / E. Jean Brennan -- Global Warming Could Create Security Challenges for the US Military / Keith Randall -- ch. 4 What Actions Should Be Taken to Address Global Warming? -- Chapter Preface -- National and Subnational Efforts, Rather than International Agreements, Are the Best Way to Address Global Warming / Harald Heubaum -- The World Should End Fossil Fuel Subsidies to Achieve Emission Reductions / Matthew Yglesias -- Efforts to Slow Global Warming Should Focus on Methane and Soot Instead of Carbon Dioxide / R.P. Siegel -- Governments Must Support New Green Energy Technologies More Quickly / Institution of Mechanical Engineers -- Geoengineering Research Should Be Pursued as a Solution to Global Warming / Dan Vergano -- The World Should Not Waste Resources on Fighting Global Warming / Richard S. Lindzen -- Only Immediate Action Will Keep Global Warming Below Dangerous Levels / Richard A. Kerr.
- Subject(s)
- ISBN
- 9780737762297 (hardcover)
0737762292 (hardcover)
9780737762303 (pbk.)
0737762306 (pbk.) - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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