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The publishing industry is fairly well known for being afraid of nonfiction environmental books, especially on subjects like global warming. What a snooze, publishers often think. Moreover, they have data to show that a number of books on this subject have not sold particularly well in the past. (…
I take a look at two new books on global warming in Sunday's New York Times Book Review. The International Herald Tribune has already posted it on their site (which has no subscription wall to boot). (Update: NYTBR link.) The books are The Weather Makers by Tim Flannery and Field Notes From a…
Tim Flannery's The Weather Makers is at # 18 overall on Amazon.com this morning, presumably boosted dramatically by an appearance on "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross yesterday. He now has a shot at making the New York Times bestseller list. For those of us trying to convince the publishing industry…
I really, really enjoyed Elizabeth Kolbert's new book, Field Notes from a Catastrophe. I gave it a nice little review/plug in Seed. I would recommend it to anyone.
Still, I must say, I was staggered to read on the book's Amazon page the following editorial review (it's unclear who from): "An…
I wrote a review of The Weather Makers here. It's just coming out in the U.S. -- great book!
Dr. Lambert-
Any update on reviving the old Deltoid AGW threads, "Disinfo...cycle" for example? I've noticed you've made brief posts on at least one other climate blog, but there you've posted little/no statistics, and no thermodynamics content.
Reminder: nearly a month ago, you mentioned of an assistant that would be returning to work on this -- a scienceblogs employee, I presumed?
I'm afraid there has been no progress on moving the posts across.
And then we have this garbage:
"Aussies' Suzuki heavier on rhetoric than on science
Tim Ball, For The Calgary Herald
Published: Wednesday, April 19, 2006
Unknown to most Canadians until this week, Australians have their very own David Suzuki, a self-promoting zoologist who has garnered a large and loyal following for his sensationalist views on climate change.
Like Suzuki, Aussie zoologist Tim Flannery has no professional credentials in the field and so blunders regularly while pushing governments to save the world from global warming."
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http://www.canada.com/components/print.aspx?id=d622e9fa-cdc8-4163-8292-…
I can't believe this crap still exists, this libel or slander. Tim Flannery is most definitely qualified to speak on this matter. I heard him speak yesterday and he was definitely much more "on the ball" than Tim Ball is, despite his last name.
These contrarians are no "Friends of Science" as they proclaim they are, but toxic to science as they are badmouthing and denegrating all true climate scientists and their reputations.
Also, with the April 6 letter to the Canadian Prime Minister by some of these contrarians, there has been a more rational response yesterday:
http://www.cbc.ca/story/science/national/2006/04/19/climate-change06041…
What appalls me is that certain politicians and "think-tankers" will listen to economists, mathematicians, and former mining executives (McKitrick, Essex, and McIntyre) on the topic of climate change over those who are actually climatologists (Mann, Bradley, Hughes, etc.). That's like trusting a plumber to perform open-heart surgery on a patient. Completely irrational.