Lukewarming : the new climate science that changes everything /

"In "Lukewarming ..." Michaels and Knappenberger, two scientists with more than half a century experience between them, explore the realities and myths of global warming --which is more likely to be lukewarm rather than hot." --Descripción del editor.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Michaels, Patrick J.
Otros Autores: Knappenberger, Chip
Formato: Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : Cato Institute, c2016.
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245 1 0 |a Lukewarming :  |b the new climate science that changes everything /  |c Patrick J. Michaels and Paul C. Knappenberger. 
260 |a Washington, D.C. :  |b Cato Institute,  |c c2016. 
300 |a xviii, 248 p. :  |b il., mapa ;  |c 23 cm. 
504 |a Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice. 
505 0 |a A little history -- The lukewarm world -- Autumn in Paris -- Getting real about the greenhouse effect -- Human nature and forecasting models -- Grand narratives, availability cascades, and grandfalloons -- In the availability cascade, what is not real is real -- The availability cascade runs amok -- Paris, December 1, 2015 -- California cascade -- Outside the cascade : reality bites -- Breaking up with your forecast is hard to do -- Is the pause just an artifact or bad data? -- Testing the climate models -- Paris, December 4, 2015 -- If you explain everything, you explain nothing -- Popper vs. Knobs on the climate machine : lukewarmers choose Popper -- Does this tail make me look fat? -- Some more insensitivity about global warming -- The sociology of climate alarmism -- The first National Climate Assessment : willful violation of normative science -- The second National Climae Assessment : "a key deliverable of President Obama's climate action plan" -- Paris, December 10, 2015 -- U.S. temperature assessments : cherries for the picking -- Alternative reality : the lukewarmer's greener world -- Back to the genetic garden of Eden? -- Rational optimism in the lukewarm world -- Food to burn -- Is global warming making us ill? -- The sexiest storms on earth -- How the U.S. global change research program sees hurricanes -- Typhoon Haiyan : "Man has slapped nature in the face" -- Are floods increasing? -- Tornado warning! -- Quiz time : damages from extreme weather -- Polar ice extent : a tale of two hemispheres -- Death of the polar bear? -- The end of the apocalypse -- Human nature -- Climate MAGICC -- Damn the MAGICC, full speed ahead -- Paris, December 12, 2015 -- Paris's last tango? 
520 |a "In "Lukewarming ..." Michaels and Knappenberger, two scientists with more than half a century experience between them, explore the realities and myths of global warming --which is more likely to be lukewarm rather than hot." --Descripción del editor. 
650 0 |a Global warming  |x Political aspects. 
650 0 |a Global warming  |x Social aspects. 
650 0 |a Climatic changes  |x Political aspects. 
650 0 |a Climatic changes  |x Social aspects. 
650 0 |a Global warming  |x International cooperation. 
650 7 |a Calentamiento global  |x Aspectos políticos.  |2 UDESA 
650 7 |a Calentamiento global  |x Aspectos sociales.  |2 UDESA 
650 7 |a Cambios climatológicos  |x Aspectos políticos.  |2 UDESA 
650 7 |a Cambios climatológicos  |x Aspectos sociales.  |2 UDESA 
650 7 |a Calentamiento global  |x Cooperación internacional.  |2 UDESA 
700 1 |a Knappenberger, Chip.