the predictable distortion of global warming by scientists, politicians, and the media /
نام نخستين پديدآور
Patrick J. Michaels.
وضعیت نشر و پخش و غیره
محل نشرو پخش و غیره
Washington, D.C. :
نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره
Cato Institute,
تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره
2004.
مشخصات ظاهری
نام خاص و کميت اثر
1 online resource (vii, 271 pages) :
ساير جزييات
illustrations (some color), color maps
یادداشتهای مربوط به کتابنامه ، واژه نامه و نمایه های داخل اثر
متن يادداشت
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-254) and index.
یادداشتهای مربوط به مندرجات
متن يادداشت
1. Foreword -- 2. An introduction to global warming -- 3. Meltdown? : the truth about icecaps -- 4. All creatures cute and furry -- 5. Spin cycle : hurricanes, tornadoes, and other cyclones -- 6. Droughts and floods : worse and worse? -- 7. A greener world of changing seasons? -- 8. Global warming, disease, and death -- 9. No fact checks, please! -- 10. The "National Assessment" disaster -- 11. The predictable distortion of global warming -- 12. Breaking the cycle.
بدون عنوان
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یادداشتهای مربوط به خلاصه یا چکیده
متن يادداشت
Why is news about global warming always bad? Why do scientists so often offer dire predictions about the future of the environment? In Meltdown, climatologist Patrick J. Michaels says it's only natural. He argues that the way we do science today--when issues compete with each other for monopoly funding by the federal government--creates a culture of exaggeration and a political community that then takes credit for having saved us from certain doom.