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Record Nr.

UNINA9911004892103321

Autore

Michaels Patrick J

Titolo

Climate of extremes : global warming science they don't want you to know / / Patrick J. Michaels and Robert C. Balling Jr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Cato Institute, c2009

ISBN

9786612077784

9781282077782

1282077783

9781935308041

1935308041

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (302 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BallingRobert C

Disciplina

551.6

Soggetti

Global warming

Climatic changes

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-241) and index.

Nota di contenuto

A global warming science primer -- Our changing climate history -- Hurricane warning! -- Sea-level rise and the great unfreezing world -- Extreme climate: floods, fires, and droughts -- Climate of death and the death of our climate -- Pervasive bias and climate extremism -- Balancing act: a modest proposal.

Sommario/riassunto

An in-depth look at consistent, solid science on the other side of the gloom-and-doom global warming story that is rarely reported and pushed aside: that global warming is likely to be modest, and there is no apocalypse on the horizon.