Storm World: Hurricanes, Politics, and the Battle Over Global Warming - Softcover

Chris Mooney

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0156033666 ISBN 13: 9780156033664

Publisher: Harcourt Publishers,U.S., 2008

Synopsis

Are hurricanes increasing in ferocity and frequency because of global warming? In the wake of Katrina, leading science journalist Chris Mooney follows the careers of top meteorologists on either side of this red-hot question through the 2006 hurricane season, tracing how the media, special interests, politics, and the weather itself have skewed and amplified what was already an intense scientific debate.In this fascinating and urgently important book, Mooney - a native of New Orleans - delves into a compelling consequence of the great inconvenient truth of our day: Are we responsible for making hurricanes even bigger monsters than they already are?

About this title

Review:

"Compelling..... In STORM WORLD, Mooney catches real science in the act and, in so doing, weaves a story as intriguing as it is important." Los Angeles Times book Review"

From the Back Cover:

"Storm World . . . skillfully anatomizes the scientific and political debate over hurricanes and global warming . . . Mooney convincingly portrays that debate as a classic paradigm shift in progress."?Washington Post

  Are hurricanes increasing in ferocity and frequency because of global warming? And, if so: What can we do to protect ourselves? In the wake of Katrina, leading science journalist Chris Mooney delves into these urgent questions. Storm World charts the work of top meteorologists on both sides of the argument through the 2006 hurricane season and, in this updated edition, the record-breaking events of 2007. The result is a startling and dynamic account of how the media, special interests, politics, and the weather itself have skewed and amplified what was already a red-hot scientific dispute.

"A clear-eyed, uncompromising account of storms and climates (of the both the planetary and political sort) . . . Storm World has everything a non-expert would want from a book on hurricane science?the context, the basic concepts, the key players, and the implications."?American Prospect

  "Mooney has hit upon an important and controversial topic, and attacks it with vigor."?Boston Globe

Chris Mooney is the author of the Republican War on Science and has written for Harper's, Wired, and many other publications. He lives in Los Angeles.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harcourt Publishers,U.S.
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0156033666
• ISBN 13: 9780156033664
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 416