Storm world : hurricanes, politics, and the battle over global warming / Chris Mooney.

By:

Mooney, Chris (Chris C.)

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Orlando, Fla. : Harcourt, c2007.Edition: 1st edDescription: 392 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:

0151012873 (hbk.)
9780151012879 (hbk.)

DDC classification:

363.73874 22

LOC classification:

QC944 .M66 2007

Partial contents:

Pt. I: Warming and storming -- 1. Chimneys and whirlpools -- 2. Of heat engines... -- 3. ...and computer models -- 4. "Lay that matrix down" -- 5. From hypercanes to Hurricane Andrew -- Pt. II: Boiling over -- 6. The Luck of Florida -- 7. Frictional divergence -- 8. Anger dissipation -- 9. "The #$% & hit the fan" -- 10. Resistance -- 11. "Consensus" -- Pt. III: Storm world -- 12. Pre-season warm-ups -- 13. Where are the storms? -- 14. Hurricane climatology.

Review: "One of the leading science journalists and commentators working today, Chris Mooney delves into a red-hot debate in meteorology: whether global warming is increasing the ferocity of hurricanes. In the wake of Katrina, Mooney follows the careers of leading scientists on either side of the argument through the 2006 Atlantic hurricane season, tracing how the media, special interests, politics, and the weather itself have skewed and amplified what was already a fraught scientific dispute. As Mooney puts it: "Scientists, like hurricanes, do extraordinary things at high wind speeds."" "Mooney - who grew up in New Orleans - has written a book on one of the most urgently compelling questions raised by the global warming debate: Are we responsible for making hurricanes even bigger monsters than they already are?"--BOOK JACKET.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Australian Emergency Management Library	BOOK	363.73874 MOO (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		900182841

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. [371]-375.

"One of the leading science journalists and commentators working today, Chris Mooney delves into a red-hot debate in meteorology: whether global warming is increasing the ferocity of hurricanes. In the wake of Katrina, Mooney follows the careers of leading scientists on either side of the argument through the 2006 Atlantic hurricane season, tracing how the media, special interests, politics, and the weather itself have skewed and amplified what was already a fraught scientific dispute. As Mooney puts it: "Scientists, like hurricanes, do extraordinary things at high wind speeds."" "Mooney - who grew up in New Orleans - has written a book on one of the most urgently compelling questions raised by the global warming debate: Are we responsible for making hurricanes even bigger monsters than they already are?"--BOOK JACKET.

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