Global Warming - Myth or Reality?: The Erring Ways of Climatology

Author:   Marcel Leroux
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Edition:   Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2005
ISBN:  

9783642062919


Pages:   510
Publication Date:   21 October 2010
Format:   Paperback
Availability:   Out of print, replaced by POD   Availability explained
We will order this item for you from a manufatured on demand supplier.

Our Price $657.36 Quantity:  
Add to Cart

Share |

Global Warming - Myth or Reality?: The Erring Ways of Climatology


Add your own review!

Overview

In the global-warming debate, definitive answers to questions about ultimate causes and effects remain elusive. In Global Warming: Myth or Reality? Marcel Leroux seeks to separate fact from fiction in this critical debate from a climatological perspective. Beginning with a review of the dire hypotheses for climate trends, the author describes the history of the 1998 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and many subsequent conferences. He discusses the main conclusions of the three IPCC reports and the predicted impact on global temperatures, rainfall, weather and climate, while highlighting the mounting confusion and sensationalism of reports in the media. After taking a hard look at the reality of the greenhouse effect, the ‘evidence’ from climate models, and the models’ limitations, Leroux postulates alternate causes of climate change and analyzes the trends for global temperatures, rainfall patterns, and sea level. He poses the ‘heretical’ question if warming may be considered a benefit in some regions. Finally Leroux suggests a number of priorities for climatologists to better understand processes of climate change, to integrate them into climate models, and to predict accurately future changes in climate. This timely and controversial book lays out the scientific case of the sizable skeptical scientific community who challenge the accepted wisdom.

Full Product Details

Author:   Marcel Leroux
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition:   Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2005
Dimensions:   Width: 17.00cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 24.20cm
Weight:   0.916kg
ISBN:  

9783642062919


ISBN 10:   3642062911
Pages:   510
Publication Date:   21 October 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of print, replaced by POD   Availability explained
We will order this item for you from a manufatured on demand supplier.

Table of Contents

Reviews

Aus den Rezensionen: ! Als Professor fur Klimatologie ! ging Leroux dieser Entdeckung nach, indem er eine Vielzahl von Satellitenphotos auswertete. ! Der ! Klimatologe wirft seinen Zunftkollegen in einer ... grundlegenden Auseinandersetzung mit der These von der 'Globalen Erwarmung' vor, ! uberkommene Vorstellungen von den Triebkraften des Wettergeschehens kritisch in Frage zu stellen !Demgegenuber hat Leroux Ansatz, ! den Vorteil, die seit den 70er Jahren ohne Zweifel wachsende Zahl von Wetterextremen nachprufbar erklaren zu konnen ! (Edgar Gartner, in: Schweizer Monatshefte Zeitschrift fur Politik Wirtschaft Kultur, 2006, Vol. 86, Issue 11-12, S. 57 f.)


Aus den Rezensionen: ... Als Professor fur Klimatologie ... ging Leroux dieser Entdeckung nach, indem er eine Vielzahl von Satellitenphotos auswertete. ... Der ... Klimatologe wirft seinen Zunftkollegen in einer ... grundlegenden Auseinandersetzung mit der These von der `Globalen Erwarmung` vor, ... uberkommene Vorstellungen von den Triebkraften des Wettergeschehens kritisch in Frage zu stellen ...Demgegenuber hat Leroux Ansatz, ... den Vorteil, die seit den 70er Jahren ohne Zweifel wachsende Zahl von Wetterextremen nachprufbar erklaren zu konnen ... (Edgar Gartner, in: Schweizer Monatshefte Zeitschrift fur Politik Wirtschaft Kultur, 2006, Vol. 86, Issue 11-12, S. 57 f.)


Author Information

Tab Content 6

Author Website:  

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

No review item found!

Add your own review!

Countries Available

All regions
Latest Reading Guide

lgn

al

Shopping Cart
Your cart is empty
Shopping cart
Mailing List