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1 online resource |
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Abbreviations and Acronyms ix; PROLOGUE What Is the Hockey Stick? xi; 1 Born in a War 1; 2 Climate Science Comes of Age 11; 3 Signals in the Noise 26; 4 The Making of the Hockey Stick 38; 5 The Origins of Denial 59; 6 A Candle in the Dark 78; 7 In the Line of Fire 98; 8 Hockey Stick Goes to Washington 108; 9 When You Get Your Pictureon the Cover of ... 126; 10 Say It Ain't So, (Smokey) Joe! 146; 11 A Tale of Two Reports 160; 12 Heads of the Hydra 176; 13 The Battle of the Bulge 192; 14 Climategate: The Real Story 207; 15 Fighting Back 233; Epilogue 249; Glossary 259; Notes 265 |
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Selected Bibliography 373Acknowledgments 375; Index 379 |
| Summary |
In its 2001 report on global climate, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change of the United Nations prominently featured the?Hockey Stick," a chart showing global temperature data over the past one thousand years. The Hockey Stick demonstrated that temperature had risen with the increase in industrialization and use of fossil fuels. The inescapable conclusion was that worldwide human activity since the industrial age had raised CO2 levels, trapping greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and warming the planet. The Hockey Stick became a central icon in the?climate wars," and wel |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Restricted to users at subscribing institutions |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Subject |
Environmental policy
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Climatic changes -- Public opinion
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Climatic extremes -- Public opinion
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Global warming -- Public opinion
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Climatology
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Ebooks Corporation
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| ISBN |
0231526385 (electronic bk.) |
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9780231526388 (electronic bk.) |
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