Resources: Books
Last Update: 02.28.23
Arranged Chronologically: most recent is last
Arranged Chronologically: most recent is last
Dire Predictions: Understanding Global Warming
Michael E. Mann and Lee R. Kump
DK Publishing Inc., July 2008
ISBN 978-0-7566-3995-2
This book is an "illustrated guide to the findings of the IPCC" and is written by two climate scientists carrying out forefront research. It is designed for readers with no formal background in science and explains in clear language not only the basic science of climate change but the projected impacts of climate change and steps that can be taken to deal with them. Highly recommended.
Review by Penn State / Amazon
Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke
to Global Warming
Erik M. Conway and Naomi Oreskes
Bloomsbury Press, June 2010
ISBN-13: 9781596916104
ISBN-10: 1596916109
The U.S. scientific community has long led the world in research on such areas as public health, environmental science, and issues affecting quality of life. Our scientists have produced landmark studies on the dangers of DDT, tobacco smoke, acid rain, and global warming. But at the same time, a small yet potent subset of this community leads the world in vehement denial of these dangers.
Bloomsbury Press / Amazon
The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars: Dispatches from the Front Lines
Michael E. Mann
Columbia University Press, March 2012
ISBN: 978-0-231-15254-9
In its 2001 report on global climate, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change of the United Nations prominently featured the “Hockey Stick,” a chart showing global temperature data over the past one thousand years. The Hockey Stick demonstrated that temperature had risen with the increase in industrialization and use of fossil fuels. The inescapable conclusion was that worldwide human activity since the industrial age had raised CO2 levels, trapping greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and warming the planet.
Columbia University Press / Amazon
Review and Commentary by Dr. Ray Weymann
The Climate Book
Greta Thunberg
Pengiun Press, New York, 2023
ISBN 9780593492314
(also available in Kindle e-edition)
Although I am listing this under Resources> Books, it is a valuable resource for teachers at all grade levels, or, for high school and college students for student reading. I have written a description of the book as well as material about the author, a young 20 year-old Swedish woman who will be well-known to most of you. Here is the link to my description of the book:
thunberg_book.pdf
Michael E. Mann and Lee R. Kump
DK Publishing Inc., July 2008
ISBN 978-0-7566-3995-2
This book is an "illustrated guide to the findings of the IPCC" and is written by two climate scientists carrying out forefront research. It is designed for readers with no formal background in science and explains in clear language not only the basic science of climate change but the projected impacts of climate change and steps that can be taken to deal with them. Highly recommended.
Review by Penn State / Amazon
Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke
to Global Warming
Erik M. Conway and Naomi Oreskes
Bloomsbury Press, June 2010
ISBN-13: 9781596916104
ISBN-10: 1596916109
The U.S. scientific community has long led the world in research on such areas as public health, environmental science, and issues affecting quality of life. Our scientists have produced landmark studies on the dangers of DDT, tobacco smoke, acid rain, and global warming. But at the same time, a small yet potent subset of this community leads the world in vehement denial of these dangers.
Bloomsbury Press / Amazon
The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars: Dispatches from the Front Lines
Michael E. Mann
Columbia University Press, March 2012
ISBN: 978-0-231-15254-9
In its 2001 report on global climate, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change of the United Nations prominently featured the “Hockey Stick,” a chart showing global temperature data over the past one thousand years. The Hockey Stick demonstrated that temperature had risen with the increase in industrialization and use of fossil fuels. The inescapable conclusion was that worldwide human activity since the industrial age had raised CO2 levels, trapping greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and warming the planet.
Columbia University Press / Amazon
Review and Commentary by Dr. Ray Weymann
The Climate Book
Greta Thunberg
Pengiun Press, New York, 2023
ISBN 9780593492314
(also available in Kindle e-edition)
Although I am listing this under Resources> Books, it is a valuable resource for teachers at all grade levels, or, for high school and college students for student reading. I have written a description of the book as well as material about the author, a young 20 year-old Swedish woman who will be well-known to most of you. Here is the link to my description of the book:
thunberg_book.pdf