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Climate change is a change in the statistical distribution of weather over periods of time that range from decades to millions of years. It can be a change in the average weather or a change in the distribution of weather events around an average (for example, greater or fewer extreme weather...
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The Hype about Hydrogen
The Hype about Hydrogen: Fact and Fiction in the Race to Save the Climate is a book by Joseph J. Romm, published in 2004 by Island Press and updated in 2005. The book has been translated into German as Der Wasserstoff-Boom. Romm is "one of the world...
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- 2004
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Global Warming: Opposing Viewpoints
:This article is about the second edition of Global Warming: Opposing Viewpoints; for the first edition see Global Warming: Opposing Viewpoints (1997); for the third edition see Global Warming: Opposing Viewpoints (2006).
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Taken By Storm
Taken By Storm is a book about the global warming controversy by Christopher Essex and Ross McKitrick.
The authors argue that politicians and others claim far more certainty than is justified by the science:
The authors argue that public policy...
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Plows, Plagues and Petroleum
Plows, Plagues and Petroleum: How Humans Took Control of Climate is a 2005 book published by Princeton University Press and written by William Ruddiman, a paleoclimatologist and Professor Emeritus at the University of Virginia. He has authored and...
Hell and High Water
Hell and High Water: Global Warming — the Solution and the Politics — and What We Should Do is a book by author, scientist, and former U.S. Department of Energy official Joseph J. Romm, published December 26, 2006. The author is "one of the world's...
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- 2006
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The Weather Makers
The Weather Makers: The History and Future Impact of Climate Change (2005) is a book by Tim Flannery.
The book received critical acclaim, and won the major prize at the 2006 New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards.
The book includes 36 short...
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The Carbon War: Global Warming and the End of the Oil Era
The Carbon War: Global Warming and the End of the Oil Era is a book by former oil geologist Jeremy Leggett about global warming.
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- 1999
Greenhouse Solutions with Sustainable Energy
Greenhouse Solutions with Sustainable Energy is a 2007 book by Australian academic Dr Mark Diesendorf. The book puts forward a set of policies and strategies for implementing the most promising clean energy technologies by all spheres of government,...
Storm World
In his book Storm World: Hurricanes, Politics, and the Battle Over Global Warming, Chris Mooney discusses tensions between two different approaches to analyzing global warming and its effect on hurricanes.
Tropical Cyclones and Global Warming
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The Clean Tech Revolution
The Clean Tech Revolution: The Next Big Growth and Investment Opportunity, is a 2007 book by Ron Pernick and Clint Wilder, who argue that commercializing clean technologies is a profitable enterprise that is moving steadily into mainstream business....
Reaction Time
Reaction Time: Climate Change and the Nuclear Option is a book by Professor Ian Lowe which was officially launched by science broadcaster Robyn Williams at the Brisbane Writers' Festival on 15 September 2007. The book is about energy policy and Lowe...
Energy Autonomy
Energy Autonomy: The Economic, Social & Technological Case for Renewable Energy is a 2007 book written by Hermann Scheer.
For 200 years industrial civilization has relied on the combustion of abundant and cheap fossil fuels. But continued reliance...
Energy and American Society
Energy and American Society: Thirteen Myths is a 2007 book about energy security and climate change, edited by Benjamin K. Sovacool (Oak Ridge National Laboratory) and Marilyn A. Brown (Georgia Institute of Technology). The book discusses and...
Strategies to mitigate 21st century threats: Predicting the impacts of urbanization and climate change to landscapes and bird populations
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- Jul 2006
Cool It: The Skeptical Environmentalist's Guide to Global Warming
Cool It: The Skeptical Environmentalist's Guide to Global Warming is a book by the Danish statistician and political scientist and author Bjørn Lomborg. Lomborg argues that many of the elaborate and expensive actions now being considered to stop...
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- Sep 4, 2007
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Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet
Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet (336 pages), ISBN 142620213X is a 2007/2008 non-fiction book by author Mark Lynas.
The book is a meta-analysis that details the science of climate change. The first chapter describes the expected effects of...
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An Inconvenient Truth: The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do About It
An Inconvenient Truth: The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do About It is a 2006 book by Al Gore released in conjunction with the film An Inconvenient Truth. It is published by Rodale Press in Emmaus, Pennsylvania, in the...
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- May 26, 2006
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Factor 5: A Convenient Truth
Factor 5: A Convenient Truth: Increasing Wealth and Reducing Resource Use is a forthcoming book which will focus on reductions in resource use through increased efficiency. Its name bears a strong resemblance to Inconvenient Truth, the book and...
Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation
The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is planning a special report on Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation, to be published in 2010. The IPCC examined renewable energy and energy efficiency in its...
A Big Fix
A Big Fix: Radical Solutions for Australia's Environmental Crisis is a 2005 book by Ian Lowe which argues that the warnings from environmental scientists are urgent and unequivocal. Professor Lowe suggests that resources are being used too quickly,...
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Living in the Hothouse: How Global Warming Affects Australia
Living in the Hothouse: How Global Warming Affects Australia is a 2005 book by Professor Ian Lowe which is a sequel to his Living in the Greenhouse (1989). The book presents a detailed analysis of climate change science and the likely impact of...
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Climate Code Red: The Case for Emergency Action
Climate Code Red: The Case for Emergency Action is a 2008 book, published by Scribe Publications, which presents scientific evidence that the global warming crisis is worse than official reports and national governments have so far indicated. The...
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The Deniers: The world-renowned scientists who stood up against global warming hysteria, political persecution, and fraud
The Deniers: The world-renowned scientists who stood up against global warming hysteria, political persecution, and fraud is a book by Lawrence Solomon, a Canadian writer and columnist for the National Post, a newspaper based in Ontario. In this...
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- Apr 1, 2008
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Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution - and How It Can Renew America
Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution--And How It Can Renew America is a book by New York Times Foreign Affairs columnist Thomas L. Friedman, proposing that the solutions to global warming and the best method to regain the United...
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- Sep 2008
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An Appeal to Reason
An Appeal to Reason is a 2008 book by Nigel Lawson. In it, Lawson argues that global warming is happening, but that the science is far from settled. He opposes the scientific consensus as summarized by the IPCC. He also argues that warming will...
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Klima Macht Geschichte: Menschheitsgeschichte als Abbild der Klimaentwicklung
Klima Macht Geschichte: Menschheitsgeschichte als Abbild der Klimaentwicklung is a book written by Kenneth J. Hsu, published in German by Orell Füssli Verlag (Zürich, Switzerland) on 17th October 2000. The English transliteration of the title is...
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How to Live a Low-Carbon Life
How to Live a Low-Carbon Life: The Individual's Guide to Stopping Climate Change is a 2007 book by Chris Goodall, published by Earthscan. This book provides a guide for householders wanting to reduce their carbon footprint. Goodall explains how...
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- 2007
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Surviving the Century: Facing Climate Chaos and Other Global Challenges
Surviving the Century: Facing Climate Chaos and Other Global Challenges, edited by Herbert Girardet, is the first major book from the World Future Council, published by Earthscan in 2007. Eight main issues relating to the politics of climate change...
High and Dry
High and Dry: John Howard, Climate Change and the Selling of Australia's Future is a 2007 book written by Guy Pearse. In the book, Pearse accuses Prime Minister John Howard of "wilful blindness" on the issue of global warming. According to the book,...
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Ten Technologies to Save the Planet
Ten Technologies to Save the Planet is a popular science book by Chris Goodall published in 2008 by Profile Books. Its ten chapters each detail a technology that has the potential to reduce Greenhouse Gases while being economically and...
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- Nov 13, 2008
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Birds and Climate Change Ecological Disruption in Motion
Amid mounting concerns over accelerating global climate change, Audubon looked to the birds to determine if and how these sensitive creatures might be responding to changes here in the continental U.S. Birders have long reported surprising sightings...
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- Feb 2009
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Break Through: From the Death of Environmentalism to the Politics of Possibility
Break Through: From the Death of Environmentalism to the Politics of Possibility, first published in October 2007, is a book written by Ted Nordhaus and Michael Shellenberger, both long-time environmental strategists. Break Through is an argument...
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- Oct 2007
Potential impacts of climatic change on the breeding and non-breeding ranges and migration distance of European Sylvia warblers
Aim To explore the potential impacts of climatic change on species with different migratory strategies using Sylvia warblers breeding in Europe as a ‘model’ species group.
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- 2009
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Heaven and Earth
Heaven and Earth: Global Warming — The Missing Science is a popular science book published in 2009 and written by Australian geologist and mining company director Ian Plimer. It argues against the scientific consensus on climate change, rejecting...
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- May 2009
