Review: ThumpThump, ThumpThump
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 10, 2011
The author wants your heart rate to go up when you read these tales of extreme weather, which he (a geologist and decorated scientist) says are evidence of climate change when considered together. More importantly, in the author's view, they represent a downward cycle that makes the problem worse as higher temperatures lead to more ocean water evaporation adding to a heat-trapping blanket of atmosphere,  increased lightning storms that create more fires, and then those  fires destroying forests needed to convert CO2 to oxygen. Referencing a number of weather events from around the world (including starting and ending the book with Hurricane Irene), he says we don't need to wait for further evidence to "take out insurance" against climate change. Some examples were certainly more compelling than others, and the book left this reader with a huge question: even if the author is 100% correct, what could or should we do to change something that he says is already happening?