Climatology Versus Pseudoscience: Exposing the Failed Predictions of Global Warming Skeptics: Exposing the Failed Predictions of Global Warming Skeptics

Climatology Versus Pseudoscience: Exposing the Failed Predictions of Global Warming Skeptics: Exposing the Failed Predictions of Global Warming Skeptics

by Dana Nuccitelli
Climatology Versus Pseudoscience: Exposing the Failed Predictions of Global Warming Skeptics: Exposing the Failed Predictions of Global Warming Skeptics

Climatology Versus Pseudoscience: Exposing the Failed Predictions of Global Warming Skeptics: Exposing the Failed Predictions of Global Warming Skeptics

by Dana Nuccitelli

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Overview

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.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781440832024
Publisher: ABC-CLIO, Incorporated
Publication date: 03/03/2015
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 212
File size: 1 MB

About the Author

Dana Nuccitelli is an environmental scientist and risk assessor at a private environmental consulting firm in California.

Table of Contents

Figures vii

Preface ix

Acknowledgments xv

1 The Origins of Climate Science and Denial 1

2 The Growth and Development of Climate Science 11

3 The Astounding Accuracy of Early Climate Models 19

4 The Formation and Growth of the Human-Caused Global Warming Consensus 51

5 The Reason behind the Strengthening Consensus: The Science Is Right 81

6 The Continuation and Acceleration of Global Warming 113

7 What Does the Future Hold? 155

Notes 189

Index 205

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