The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars: Dispatches from the Front Lines
1Michael E. Mann is Distinguished Professor of Meteorology and Director of the Earth Systems Science Center at Penn State University. Despite being in the public eye, he continues an active research program in climate science and has published over 160 peer-reviewed papers in leading scientific journals. He is a fellow of the American Meteorological Society and the American Geophysical Union. In 2012 he received the Hans Oeschger Medal of the European Geosciences Union. Along with other scientists, he contributed to the reports of the IPCC, which was awarded a Nobel Peace Prize in 2007. He is also a co-founder of the award-winning website www.RealClimate.org.A brilliant and courageous climatologist, Michael E. Mann knows what it's like to be viciously attacked by the well-funded deniers of scientific evidence and how critical it is to respond. In this gripping, personal, front-lines account of climate politics, he eloquently conveys the importance of both doing great science and communicating its societal implications to a wider public.(Paul R. Ehrlich, coauthor ofThe Dominant Animal: Human Evolution and the Environment)Michael E. Mann has been the most important, resilient, and outspoken warrior in the climate battle, responding to threats and persecution with courage and resolve every step of the way. Anyone who cares about the climate issue must read his fascinating -- and enraging -- story.(Chris Mooney, author ofUnscientific America: How Scientific Illiteracy Threatens Our Future)Michael E. Mann presents his conviction that climate change is real and potentially deadly. A truly readable book on a topic that will remain evergreen.(James Lovelock, author ofThe Revenge of Gaia: Earth's Climate Crisis and the Fate of Humanity)A must read to appreciate the endless disinformation campaign by climate change deniers at the highest levels of government and corporate America and the chilling yet serious implications of the crusade to discredit distinguished scientists like Michael E. Mann.(Sherwood Boehlert, Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives 1983-- 2007 and former chairman of the House Science Committee)If you don't believe our climate is changing, read this book. Dr. Mann will change your mind. For us, it's a war of words. Preserve the Earth, and pass the ammunition.(Bill Nye the Science Guy ©)Abbreviations and AcronymsPrologue: What Is the Hockey Stick?1. Born in a War2. Climate Science Comes of Age3. Signals in the Noise4. The Making of the Hockey Stick5. The Origins of Denial6. A Candle in the Dark7. In the Line of Fire8. Hockey Stick Goes to Washington9. When You Get Your Picture on the Cover of...10. Say it Ain't So (Smokey) Joe!11. A Tale of Two Reports12. Heads of the Hydra13. The Battle of the Bulge14. Climategate: The Real Story15. Fighting BackEpilogueGlossaryNotesSelected BibliographyAcknowledgmentsIndexAn important and disturbing account of the fossil-fuel industry's well-funded public-relations campaign to sow doubt about the validity of the science of climate change...This blistering indictment of corporate-funded chicanery demands a wide audience.(Kirkus Reviews (starred review))And if you read just one book on climate change, make it Michael E. Mann's riveting exposé of disinformation and denial....(Irish Times)The best part, in my science-geeky opinion, is readers of this book will enjoy a dazzling, informative tour of the science underlying climatology and especially the analysis that went into the diagram that caused all the ruckus.(DarkSydeDaily Kos)A harrowing ride through the politics of truth and denial.(Shawn Lawrence OttoHuffington Post)...this is a book you should read, because it clearly shows the contrast between how science works and how politics works. The difference is dramatic. And fateful.(Ben BovaNaples Daily News)Vitally important to all citizens of a warming planet Earth.(James P. LenfesteyStar Tribune)A must read for every serious student of climate change science, and gets my highest rating: five stars out of five.(Jeff MastersJeff Masters WunderGround Blog)I heartily recommend this book for an unusually clear view of the action on the front line of climate science from one of its principle palaeoclimate protagonists.(Colin SummerhayesGeoscientist1900-01-00)Mann deserves our respect and admiration for what he has been through and for his willingness to discuss it. The narrative is a deeply honest scientific coming-of-age story.(Naomi OreskesPhysics Today)This book is well written and tells a remarkable story that is likely to be of interest to a wide range of readers.(Australian Book Review)Mann's honest and thorough testimony on the attacks against climate science is a critical step toward resolving the climate change debate.(Science)Mann's account and nontechnical rebuttal of the attacks on climate science provide an excellent primer on contemporary climate science....Highly recommended.(Choice)One of the most useful books yet in explaining climate science, especially the use of paleoclimate proxy data to assess the history of Earth's climate.(Rudy M. BaumChemical & Engineering News)Confronting climate change will require clear scientific thinking and courageous actions by many individuals. Dr, Mann's book details the powerful evidence supporting climate change as well as the relentless attempts by climate deniers to distort climate science and attack those who are speaking the truth about it.(Jerry Brown, governor of California)A very entertaining book that winds its way through the thicket of climate science and politics.(Natural Hazards Observer)must-read(Jeff GoodellRolling Stone)--This text refers to thePaperbackedition.