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The best books on global warming five books expert. Six degrees our future on a hotter planet by mark lynas 336 pp. Global warming the missing science is a popular science book published in 2009 and written by australian geologist, professor of mining geology at adelaide university, and mining company director ian plimer. Climate change is one of the most complex issues facing policymakers today. Aerosol particles also emitted from fossil fuel and biomass burning are believed to result in cooling, partly masking global warming. Global warming by na and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Global warming has had extreme effects on the planet. Spencer weart, author of the discovery of global warming.
Jun 01, 2017 an appeal to reason 2008 a cool look at global warming by nigel lawson the overlook press. The book is designed to educate and empower, leaving. Safe in the confines of his geothermic lifebubble beneath the surface of the atlantic ocean, noah and his associates fire the nuclear propulsion devises designed to increase earths orbit and lower its surface temperature. Global warming and associated climate change exists but the role of humans in that change is entirely debatable.
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