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Is the weather truly getting worse? When it comes to global warming, dire predictions seem to be all we see or hear. Climatologists Patrick Michaels and Robert Balling Jr. explain why the news and information we receive about global warming have become so apocalyptic. The science itself has become increasingly biased, with warnings of extreme consequences from global warming becoming the norm. That bias is then communicated through the media, who focus on only extreme predictions. The authors compellingly illuminate the other side of the story, the science we aren't being told. This body of work details how the impact of global warming is far less severe than is generally believed and far from catastrophic.
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— NIGEL LAWSON FORMER UK SECRETARY OF STATE FOR ENERGY PAST PRESIDENT, BRITISH INSTITUTE OF ENERGY ECONOMICS
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You don’t have to be a skeptic to be curious about how solid the alleged global warming consensus really is. This book will open your eyes, if you are open to evidence and arguments.
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PATRICK J. MICHAELS is a professor of environmental sciences at the University of Virginia and a senior fellow in environmental studies at the Cato Institute.
— BENNY PEISER LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY, UNITED KINGDOM
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Michaels and Balling have provided a treasure trove of the latest global warming science that you won’t hear about through the media and reveal the absurdity of the claim that the science of man-made global warming is settled.
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— ROY W. SPENCER PRINCIPAL RESEARCH SCIENTIST, UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA-HUNTSVILLE RECIPIENT, NASA’S MEDAL FOR EXCEPTIONAL SCIENTIFIC ACHIEVEMENT
ROBERT C. BALLING JR. is a professor in the
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