Does the news media have an agenda to exaggerate stories about climate change? Is it true that the global scientific community has not reached a consensus on whether climate change is real or imagined? This important book addresses these questions and many more about global warming, delivering scientific information about climate change by identifying common misconceptions or myths about climate change and demonstrating their inaccuracies.
Readers will learn five core truths that are backed up by indisputable evidence: that climate change is happening; this effect is man-made; this is a serious problem; scientists agree on the fundamentals of climate change; and climate change is a problem that can be addressed by human actions. Examples of the specific climate change myths debunked include the assertion that the Arctic Sea ice pack is expanding, that the surface temperature record is contaminated, and that global warming is caused by the ozone hole.
Does the news media have an agenda to exaggerate stories about climate change? Is it true that the global scientific community has not reached a consensus on whether climate change is real or imagined? This important book addresses these questions and many more about global warming, delivering scientific information about climate change by identifying common misconceptions or myths about climate change and demonstrating their inaccuracies.
Readers will learn five core truths that are backed up by indisputable evidence: that climate change is happening; this effect is man-made; this is a serious problem; scientists agree on the fundamentals of climate change; and climate change is a problem that can be addressed by human actions. Examples of the specific climate change myths debunked include the assertion that the Arctic Sea ice pack is expanding, that the surface temperature record is contaminated, and that global warming is caused by the ozone hole.
• Provides a broad overview of the subject of climate change that is specifically written to be accessible and interesting for senior high school or introductory college-level audiences
• Presents a comprehensive explanation of the science of climate change that directly addresses widely held misconceptions head-on—a strategy that has been demonstrated in education research to be more effective in dispelling myths and advancing student learning than straight fact-based teaching
• Demonstrates why climate change is a serious problem, but one that is within our capacity as a society to address successfully