Climate Change: The Facts Paperback – April 21, 2015

If you are already skeptical of the public pontification of AGW, this book may broaden your domain of credible sources (lots of the essay contributors have other more extensive materials). I've been reading a good bit over the years, but this book widened my sources. If you are supportive of the AGW platform, challenge yourself...read some of the essays...its not like you have to read the whole thing. And you can get the pre-owned copies very cheap. Each of the 6 essays under the Chapter 'The Science of Climate Change' i thought were invaluable at giving the layperson a foundation to at least understand the essentials as that is the level where many of the issues on accurate climate prediction can be understood. Chris Essex's essay on certainty/uncertainty related to computations regarding 'complex dynamic processes' (such as climate) also really stands out. I just received Essex/Mckitrick's book 'Taken By Storm' which also looks to be intriguing. The essays which most supplemented my knowledge as a layperson detailed the 'politics' of climate change. These essays are more characterized by sobriety rather than polemic (at least as i recognize polemic), the latter of which much popular reading on the political AGW tagenda ake the form of. The most valuable essay in this group (for me, alone worth the price of the book) is by Bernie Lewin 'The Scientists and the Apocalypse'. This offers a condensed but substantively detailed history (particularly since 1985) of the IPCC and related global organizations, which have gradually been granted (unquestionable?)authority for central scientific assessment and policy proposal and execution. This one essay is simply a startling read. Anyone with an interest in the AGW debate can't do without this sort of information (from this or other reliable sources) whether it bolsters their viewpoint or if they'd rather set about refuting the narrative's obvious influence on AGW mitigation policy. This subject and the info presented in this brief piece, open to fact checking and possible refute, is a major nerve animating the entire debate.Nuff said. 'Facts' is a volume worth the time of anyone with a serious interest in the debate, regardless of their point of view.

PRO: A wide-ranging collection of 21 essays that thoroughly debunks the myth that climate science is "settled". It also relates some of the history of the CAGW (Catastrophic anthropogenic global warming) movement and how it became the "consensus" despite the lack of real scientific evidence. Most importantly, it cites the growing evidence that climate sensitivity is low after all.CON: The book assumes basic familiarity with climate science and politics so it's not a good introduction. Also, some of the info is repetitive. American readers should note that many of the essays are written by Australians so names and institutions may be unfamiliar.Summary:The central issue in the climate "wars" is climate sensitivity to CO2 (warming per doubling of CO2). Despite 40 years of effort, climate scientists still can't narrow the possible range (1-10 C) with 3-4 C being the "most likely". But if it turns out to be "low" (<2C), then all of the controversy and concern have been for nothing.Global temperatures increased by 0.5C from the 1970s to the late 1990s. Since then, temperatures have been basically flat ("paused") with slight random fluctuations. So it's both true we've had no global warming for almost 2 decades and yet temperatures are at "record" highs. (But the "highs" are far lower than climate models predict- and any "increase"- e.g. the recent "2014 warmest year" hype- is within the measurement error!) The pause was not predicted by climate models- and its length is increasingly embarrassing for alarmists, who can't explain it (numerous theories have been proposed with natural variation being increasingly cited). Several of the essayists point out that if natural variation explains the pause, then perhaps it also explains most of the 0.5C rise in the first place! The climate debate is incredibly polarized, so the only way it can be settled now is by nature itself. During the next decade, if the pause continues or if global cooling commences (as predicted by some alternate theories which say the sun's impact on climate has been greatly underestimated), then CAGW will finally be falsified. Stay tuned.Note: Climate science isn't the only field to face such an impasse. For 40 years, the "consensus" of particle physicists have believed in a theory called super-symmetry (SUSY). The problem is there's no evidence for it- and if it isn't found soon at the LHC collider, then most physicists will finally abandon it. But some will continue to believe in it anyway- just like some climate scientists who keep insisting climate sensitivity is high in the midst of the pause. As Planck wrote, "scientific theories don't change because old scientists change their minds; they change because old scientists die".

This book is essentially a collection of essays about climate change from the skeptics point of view. The essays are divided into 3 categories.The first 6 essays cover the science of climate change and covered most of the points skeptics generally make very well. I have been very active in staying on top of the issue and am an engineer by trade so I appreciated this section. There were a couple of points I hadn't thought about before, but most were issues I was aware of.The next 6 essays covered the economics of climate change, which is a subject all need to better understand. Bottom line is that even if what the alarmists say is true, the proposed solutions are very expensive and have virtually no impact.The final 9 essays were under the heading of 'The climate change movement', and covered the issues from the journalists and cultural point of view. Most of these essays were written by the best known skeptics such as Anthony Watts and Mark Steyn. Many were very entertaining and covered many of the critical moments in the climate change debate such as the Hockey Stick.I generally enjoyed nearly all of the essays and the book as a whole. Highly recommend this book for those wishing to understand the Climate Change debate from the skeptic's point of view.

Helpful for those who haven't studied the history of climate to understand from different authors.

If you want honest, unbiased information about climate change, this is the book for you. It is impossible to get facts and honest data from the mainstream media and government subsidized scientist. This book pulls the curtain back on the climate scam that has been going on for a couple of decades now. Lots of data, facts, and perspectives from a lot of reliable and renowned sources.

I can't imagine Amazon allowing this review to be viewed, and so I'll be brief in my assessment. This book debunks everything the globalists have tried to promote about "climate change." There are climate anomalies, but climate is dynamic. In fact, more of these anomalies are occurring because of artificial weather manipulation. This book essentially looks at climate as an ongoing dynamic event. Carbon dioxide emissions are not affecting climate at all. In fact, it's at a low of .04% of all atmospheric gasses. Read the book and learn.....and this is not the only source that debunks so-called "climate change." RM

Manmade climate change is the original sin, the root cause of the suicidal policies of the world in recent years. The book explains the way that this lie has been created and promoted. It is a collection of various writers, from distinct fields. I would highly recommend this book.

Must read. Scientific facts rather than religious arguments ...

Humanity loves an 'end of the world' or 'Doomsday' myth. Sadly, most of them aren't anything more than claptrap. This book tells the truth.

Una visione ben documentata, che mette fortemente in discussione la scientificità della narrativa attuale sull'aumento delle temperature.