Unstoppable Global Warming Every 1,500 Years

by Singer, Fred S.; Avery, Dennis T.

• ISBN13: 9780742551169
• ISBN10: 0742551164
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-09-13
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

Singer and Avery presentin popular language supported by in-depth scientific evidencethe compelling concept that global temperatures have been rising mostly or entirely because of a natural cycle. Unstoppable Global Warming explains why we're warming, why it's not very dangerous, and why we can't stop it anyway.

Table of Contents

Is humanity losing the global warming debate?	p. 1
How did we find the earth's 1,500-year climate cycle?	p. 21
Shattered glass in the greenhouse theory	p. 35
The baseless fears : sea levels will surge, bringing floods and devastation	p. 45
The treaty that would change earth's climate - or maybe not	p. 55
The baseless fears : a million wild species will be lost forever	p. 75
Warming and cooling in human history	p. 97
The baseless fears : warming brings famine, drought, and barren soils	p. 117
The earth tells its own story of past climate cycles	p. 127
The baseless fears : more frequent and fiercer storms	p. 161
How far can we trust the global climate models?	p. 175
The baseless fears : abrupt global cooling	p. 187
The sun-climate connection	p. 191
The baseless fears : millions of human deaths from warming	p. 201
Powering the future : can we depend on renewable energy?	p. 209
The ultimate failure of the Kyoto Protocol	p. 221
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