The Science and Politics of Global Climate Change: A Guide to the Debate

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Cambridge University Press, 2006 - 190 pages
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Climate variability has become the primary environmental concern of the 21st Century. Yet despite the scientific community's warnings of the imminent dangers of global warming, politicians world-wide have failed to agree on what to do about this potentially devastating environmental problem. In this introductory primer, Dessler and Parson combine their respective expertise in the areas of atmospheric science and public environmental policy to help scientists, policy makers and the general public sort through the conflicting claims of the debate.

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About the author (2006)

Andrew E. Dessler is a Professor in the Department of Atmospheric Sciences at Texas A&M University. He received his Ph.D. in Chemistry from Harvard University in 1994. He did postdoctoral work at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (1994-1996) and then spent nine years on the faculty of the University of Maryland (1996-2005). In 2000, he worked as a Senior Policy Analyst in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, where he collaborated with Ted Parson. Dessler's academic publications include three books: The Chemistry and Physics of Stratospheric Ozone (Academic Press, 2000), The Science and Politics of Global Climate Change: A Guide to the Debate (with Ted Parson, Cambridge University Press, 2006, 2010) and Introduction to Modern Climate Change (Cambridge University Press, 2012). He has also published extensively in the scientific literature on stratospheric ozone depletion and the physics of climate.

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TitleThe Science and Politics of Global Climate Change: A Guide to the Debate
AuthorsAndrew E. Dessler, Edward A. Parson, School of Law and School of Natural Resources and the Environment Edward A Parson
Editionillustrated, reprint
PublisherCambridge University Press, 2006
ISBN0521831709, 9780521831703
Length190 pages
  
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