Global warming : myth or reality : the erring ways of climatology /

In this, his most recent book, Leroux (Universite Jean Moulin, France) offers a refreshing critique of the current state of climatological research, blaming much of the field's current impasse on misconceptions about climate change put forth by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). He reviews the three IPCC reports published in 1990, 1995, and 2001, and examines how scientists, politicians, and the media all share responsibility for the climate change misinformation now widely accepted by the general public. While providing informative background on the basic principles of the climate system, the general circulation of the atmosphere and oceans, and climate change and prediction, Leroux offers alternative explanations for events often erroneously blamed on climate change. Although his arguments are generally supported by his use of recent and historical scientific literature, many of his views (e.g., the greenhouse effect as a myth) are not shared by the scientific community at large. Nonetheless, Global Warming: Myth or Reality? provides an alternative to the sometimes blindly accepted truths about climate and should be enjoyed as an exercise in critical thinking. ^BSumming Up: Recommended. General readers; upper-division undergraduates through faculty. J. Schoof Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies