Review: Climate Change Facts, Evidence and Analysis Well Told
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 6, 2012
Do today's extreme weather events corroborate global warming? This is the question that Rough Winds attempts to answer. Skeptics will find facts to consider without which their opinion is incomplete. Those who demand a "preponderance of the evidence" before committing to action may find it here. Regardless of your opinion about global warming, if you want to be informed on this subject Rough Winds is worth reading.Author James Lawrence Powell methodically examines the occurrence of record temperatures, drought, fires, rain and snow, floods, tornadoes and hurricanes to understand the connection between these events and climate change. He quotes government and scientific authorities worldwide each of whom expresses his or her opinion about their nation's extreme weather disasters and global warming.Global warming is the megatrend of our lifetimes. This book serves a specific purpose: it documents the geophysical evidence as of late 2011 that global warming is responsible for an increase in the frequency and severity of weather-related disasters. And it does so in a very interesting and entertaining fashion for the lay reader.In particular I appreciate the succinct summary and conclusion chapter entitled "Playing Dice with the Planet." This is the section what I wanted to see in Powell's earlier novella "2084" as mentioned in my review of that book.When you put all of the evidence together in one short book, the phenomenon of global warming is at once fascinating, frightening and undeniable.  I rate this book four stars. See my profile for an explanation of my Amazon rating system.