Climate at a Glance for Teachers and Students: Facts on 30 Prominent Climate Topics

I bought the soft cover version of the book. There are 77 pages of text, which include one blank page and many pages which are only partially filled with text. The book is comprised of five numbered and named sections. Each section consists of from five to seven named subsections. The subsections have titles which are related to the title of their respective section (i.e. Section 3 is titled “Temperature and Extreme Weather” while the titles of the subsections are named “Cold Spells,” “Hurricanes,” “Tornadoes” and so forth).The book is a quick and easy read. This is not just because there aren’t many pages, but also because each page is not jammed packed with information and data. The authors chose 30 important topics to present. So, this book is just a sampling of the topics which comprise weather, climate, climate change, science and energy. Believe me, I know, I’ve read more than 50 general circulation books on these five broad subjects (all available through Amazon) and one can easily separate them into hundreds of more narrowly focused topics.I do not have any negative comments regarding the book. The real issue is which teachers and which students should receive the book for use in their lesson plans. Very few teachers have the knowledge level or skills needed to teach subjects such as the five I have mentioned above. This is not surprising as there are relatively few scientists and technical professionals worldwide who truly understand most of even one of the broad subjects titled weather, climate, climate change, science and energy. There is also the problem where, at least in many elementary grade schools, teachers who usually present non-scientific subjects are often suddenly tasked with explaining scientific topics. This leads to confusion and frustration on the part of the teachers, which is carried over to the students. Another problem is that the great majority of grade school and college teachers truly believe what they see on television and read in the print media is accurate climate information. Additionally, climate change has evolved into a religion with a cult following and a format of “group think” that is coercive and does not allow for deviation from the accepted dogma. There is a lot of pressure on individuals of all ages to conform to the idea that anthropogenic climate change is real. Some have deliberately “jumped on the band wagon.” I’m sure they will refuse to teach using “Climate at a Glance.”As far as the students are concerned, the teacher (if he or she is intellectually honest) will have to judge how much information should be presented to each class. The younger the students are, the simpler the lesson plan will have to be. In such instances, the teacher should read to the students from the book and explain each topic in simple terms. However, students attending grades nine and higher should have developed strong enough learning skills such that they can pick up the book and understand what is written. The science teacher’s role would be to lead discussions about the various subjects and direct further exploration. There is a reference list at the end of each subsection. Each student should have a copy of the book. The book serves as a primer in these situations. Hopefully, the minds of these older students are still open to questioning all scientific information.I gave “Climate at a Glance” five stars and highly recommend the book not just for students, but also for armchair climatologists.Raphael KetaniSunnyside, NY

This is a great book - something all kids should read - adults too! It made a great read. Kids need to understand the weather is not going to kill them and life can be great, they will live past 2030 or 2050. All grandparents buy one for your grandkids, all teachers got one for your students. The sky is not falling - get the message out!

This short but highly informative book provides some necessary background on the so-called climate crisis. It explains, in simple language, why an endless succession of deadlines for disaster might be overdone. The author has kept it short and simple. The graphics are easy to understand, and the explanations are fair-minded. Well recommended.

Let’s a person look at the data themselves in a concise summary. Lacks the shrill fear mongering so often found in climate books. A resource to help people form their own opinions as the data discussed is publicly available for anyone to peruse.

Rebuttal, based on facts, of the fearmongering climate disaster people.

The topics covered in this book include subjects such as the following: crop production, drought, floods, sea level rise, hurricanes, tornadoes, wildfires, etc. Each chapter ends with a list of citations for the scientific or other reference that provided the data presented. Often the data comes from the IPCC itself. This book is a book of facts not politics or agendas. This book is a counter point to the idea that is popular in the media today that human caused changes in the Earth's climate will lead to untold disasters including flooding, loss of crops, and mass deaths from extreme events. The FACTS do not support these THEORIES and that is all this book shows. Nothing more and nothing less. To describe this book as full of "lies" is itself a lie. Time to stand up to the climate terrorists that are creating insanity in the media and our government. Yes, human activity is changing the Earth's climate; no the climate is not at some "tipping" point of imminent disaster. (P.S. As is typical of climate activists the one star reviews in part attack the author and not the facts.)

Simple stated FACTS about "Climate Change" The fear mongers who started by calling it Global Warming, than "Catastrophic Anthropomorphic Global Warming" and now like to call it "Climate Change" because THAT is true since the Earth's climate always changes.Written for the lay reader directed towards school age children and teachers who have been indoctrinated to believe the climate is going to hell and SOMETHING MUST BE DONE!!!The reality is there is no "tipping point" rapidly approaching and it would be MUCH LESS EXPENSIVE for society as a whole to just adapt to any changes in the climate than spend the billions to trillions spent on "renewable" unreliable energy. Note the recent headlines about blackouts in the US this summer, all due to the construction of highly subsidized unreliable wind and solar electricity generation instead of reliable coal, oil and natural gas generation capacity.

I am using it to try to get others to read about the real issues and not buy into all the fake news about climate. I live on Guam and we were to believe 10-20 years ago that we must make drastic changes or suffer the consequences within 10 years. Well it is more than 10 years later and nothing has happened - they are still using the 10 threat! This book gets to the facts and people need to know the facts!

Ill-informed teachers and alarmists are instilling real fear into our children without regard for the actual data. This excellent book is a timely antidote and an important reality check. There is no climate emergency, just a slightly warming world with CO2 helping to green the planet. What's not to like?

No true scientist disputes that the climate is changing - it has always done so. The question is how much man has had to do with the the small rises in average atmospheric temperature over the past century and what effects this has had on our environment.This short and easy to read book set out facts about numerous aspects of climate change such as snow cover, numbers of hurricanes, wild fires, droughts etc. It draws heavily on recent IPCC reports (the full reports, not the heavily politicised summary for policy makers) and numerous other peer reviewed sources to examine what has been happening based on observation not computer models.The conclusions are in stark contrast to the alarmist reports promulgated in our media. There is not much discernable change in any of the above and some actually some strong positives, especially in terms of improved food production, which dramatically benefits from rising CO2 levels.My only criticism is that much of the content is heavily US-centric; nevertheless it clearly shows there is much to be alarmed about in the one sided way the green lobby has been allowed to dominate the discussion.Strongly recommended to everyone, especially policy makers.

Watts is cast as a climate denier by the environmentalists, and yet Watts is a qualified meteorologist with published papers on climate that to date have not been refuted by other scientists, specifically the condition and reliability of the United States weather stations.The detractors try to sway opinion by attacking Watts claiming he's a shrill of the oil industry, instead of attacking and disproving his scientific efforts to understand the reasons for the current atmospheric warming. Watts himself has stated he has never received any funding from fossil fuel industries.The book, "Climate at a Glance for Teachers and Students", is divided into 5 easy to read sections discussing everything from sea level rise to the increase in the polar bear population. Using easily verifiable data complete with references Watts blows away the myth that we in currently in some kind of "climate crisis".Whilst it would be impossible to cover everything related to climate change in a book of this type, I would have prefered information on:1 The mining of materials for EVs, including child labour, and the damage and deaths that occur to these people who are working for less than $1 a day.2 The use of unvalidated climate models, particularly RCP8.5, being used to create scary scenarios to frighten vulnerable people into believing we are all going to die. I'm mostly concerned about the effect on some young minds who believe they have no future.3 The benefits of the warming we are experiencing of which there are many."Climate at a Glance for Teachers and Students" is highly recommended for teachers, students and parents of children who would like their family and friends to have a more balanced view of the current warming than is presented by the mainstream media and the baying crowds of "social" media.

A great book. The authors have done an excellent job in homing in on thirty key topics in the climate debate.I feel that quite a few people, if they have the guts to read it will initially: not believe it. Then, after looking at and checking out a few of the references provided, will come to the realisation that they have been sold a pup by climate alarmists.A nice touch is the links on the first couple of pages to a soft copy of the book and a slide show.The benefit of the soft book is: each reference is clickable to the data used. In many cases the data is government data such as NASA, NOAA, FAO, EIA and EPA.I would estimate each section has on average five web links you can click on.Well done to the authors.

This a well written introduction to the climate controversy. It takes 30 topics and shows the scientific evidence underlying each one. It combines facts with what is being stated by the IPCC, rather than rhetoric of the more alarmist sector. I certainly would recommend this to anyone interested in the climate debate. Although it should be available in schools, I believe there will be strong resistance among the alarmist community.Although I understand the necessity of its concise nature, I personally would have liked to have seen more elaborations and I have slight disagreements. For example, Mingulay Reef Complex is a deep cold water white coral rather than tropical. Malaria has been a contentious issue in the climate debate which would be worth mentioning, as there were many large outbreaks in cold areas, e.g. Arkhangelsk (ref. Paul Reiter). It would also have been good to have a comment on the poor validation of climate models or the (mis) use of RCP 8.5.However it is a very excellent introduction and well worth buying.