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The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars: Dispatches from the Front Lines Hardcover – Illustrated, 1 Mar. 2012

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The ongoing assault on climate science in the United States has never been more aggressive, more blatant, or more widely publicized than in the case of the Hockey Stick graph-a clear and compelling visual presentation of scientific data, put together by MichaelE. Mann and his colleagues, demonstrating that global temperatures have risen in conjunction with the increase in industrialization and the use of fossil fuels. Here was an easy-to-understand graph that, in a glance, posed a threat to major corporate energy interests and those who do their political bidding. The stakes were simply too high to ignore the Hockey Stick-and so began a relentless attack on a body of science and on the investigators whose work formed its scientific basis. The Hockey Stick achieved prominence in a 2001 UN report on climate change and quickly became a central icon in the "climate wars." The real issue has never been the graph's data but rather its implied threat to those who oppose governmental regulation and other restraints to protect the environment and planet. Mann, lead author of the original paper in which the Hockey Stick first appeared, shares the story of the science and politics behind this controversy. He reveals key figures in the oil and energy industries and the media frontgroups who do their bidding in sometimes slick, sometimes bare-knuckled ways. Mann concludes with the real story of the 2009 "Climategate" scandal, in which climate scientists' emails were hacked. This is essential reading for all who care about our planet's health and our own well-being.

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023115254X
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978-0231152549
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Illustrated
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Columbia University Press
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1 Mar. 2012
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English
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16 x 3.3 x 23.11 cm
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384 pages
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A very entertaining book that winds its way through the thicket of climate science and politics.--Natural Hazards Observer

An 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

If you read only one book on climate change, this one is hard to beat.--Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith

In this meticulous and engaging brief on climate change research and the political backlash to legitimate scientific work, Penn State professor Mann narrates the fight against misinformation from the inside.--Publishers Weekly

Mann's account and nontechnical rebuttal of the attacks on climate science provide an excellent primer on contemporary climate science....Highly recommended.--Choice

Mann's honest and thorough testimony on the attacks against climate science is a critical step toward resolving the climate change debate.--Science

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

...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 Bova "Naples Daily News "

must-read--Jeff Goodell "Rolling Stone "

A harrowing ride through the politics of truth and denial.--Shawn Lawrence Otto "Huffington Post "

A must read for every serious student of climate change science, and gets my highest rating: five stars out of five.--Jeff Masters "Jeff Masters WunderGround Blog "

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

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 Summerhayes "Geoscientist "

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 Oreskes "Physics Today "

Mann deserves praise for taking the time to speak to other scientists and citizens about what threatens us all. He is not only a brilliant scientist but an ethical hero, a model for all.--Kristin Shrader-Frechette "Metascience "

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. Baum "Chemical & Engineering News "

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.--DarkSyde "Daily Kos "

Vitally important to all citizens of a warming planet Earth.--James P. Lenfestey "Star Tribune "

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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 well-funded science deniers immediately attacked the chart and the scientists responsible for it. Yet the controversy has had little to do with the depicted temperature rise and much more with the perceived threat the graph posed to those who oppose governmental regulation and other restraints to protect our environment and planet. Michael E. Mann, lead author of the original paper in which the Hockey Stick first appeared, shares the real story of the science and politics behind this controversy. He introduces key figures in the oil and energy industries, and the media front groups who do their bidding in sometimes slick, bare-knuckled ways to cast doubt on the science. Mann concludes with an account of the "Climategate" scandal, the 2009 hacking of climate scientists' emails. Throughout, Mann reveals the role of science deniers, abetted by an uninformed media, in once again diverting attention away from one of the central scientific and policy issues of our time.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Columbia University Press; Illustrated edition (1 Mar. 2012)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 384 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 023115254X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0231152549
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 16 x 3.3 x 23.11 cm

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Thomas A. Regelski

Total vindication of brave scentists

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 2 November 2018

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A spirited and thorough defense by Dr. Mann of his demonizing by climate change unbelievers. A maddening read about all that he and fellow scientists had to go through. It provides a very good survey of the tactics used by politicians and the fossil fuel industra, replication a lot of the tactics used in convincing people that tobacco wasn't harmful. Litany of faux-scientists claiming that climate warming is a hoax is repeated throughout the book. In the end, Dr. Mann is totally vindicated, although the public still insn't convinced. A good source for data and info to use locally to educated the public.

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John Morrissey

who do not share a universe that replenishes and renews itself with the most brilliant of minds endeavouring for us to develop and employ ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 9 July 2017

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Close your eyes and listen to Michael Douglas impersonating Liberace and the person that comes to mind is Donald Trump. I find that weird. On that note, more absurd is when we open the window for humanity to view what we know about our very life source that creates the only environment for sustaining us, that gets lambasted, we again realise that there was and will always be a charismatic sinister element whom are different; who do not share a universe that replenishes and renews itself with the most brilliant of minds endeavouring for us to develop and employ creative innovations.
The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars: Dispatches from the Front Lines outlines in detail dysfunctional features of humanity--whom I refer to those sabotaging deniers as outlined in this masterpiece presentation--as a Dark Triad; narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy. On a personal note, in 2011, I also encountered similar repercussions, albeit I am not a climate scientist, but equal as a victim of harassing manipulative mischievous bullying plots and its resultant isolation, I know how difficult a maze it is to convey, relay and right the wrongs of misrepresentations and disinformation for the third person comprehension. Credit to the Michael Mann et al; who have set the record straight. In 500 years from now, as we evolve, humanity will hold his efforts with high esteem. I hope & pray with less hostility towards supporting humanity’s quest to be among our higher selves. Our political leaders need to be supported for their steps, but yet these steps do not go far enough nor fast enough. I expect they will with us shouldering the wheel. Ojala

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ashie

Essential Reading

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 17 October 2014

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This is a must read for anyone interested in Climate Change and the attacks on the science. It explains clearly how Dr Mann found himself in the middle of a political maelstrom by doing nothing more than basic scientific research and reporting his findings. It cites attacks on his finding and , more worryingly, personal attacks on his competence, his honesty and his integrity from a variety of sources such as fossil-fuel interests, right-wing politicians, dubiously-biased journalists and any number of astro-turf organisations.

If like most sentient beings, you follow the science and accept the principle of AGW, this will be a good eye-opener about those who are anti-science - or at least anti-inconvenient science. It brings back memories of the lobbying by the tobacco industry many of us will recall from a different time. If you are a sceptic/denier about AGW etc, this should provide plenty of good talking points for your next comments to your favourite blogs.

I'm glad that Dr Mann has come out of all this with good humour and his spirit and integrity intact. His book is a triumph. And a damn good read.

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Doc Richard

Sweet Reason in a Charged Debate

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 14 September 2012

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This book is a joy to read. Despite dealing with what is possibly among the most complex systems on the planet, and what is certainly one of the most highly charged debates in science, it runs smoothly and easily as a narrative of one scientist whose findings about past temperatures led him into a maelstrom of controversy. Such is the emotional intensity of his opponents that some of them have gone so far as to make death threats. Nevertheless, he develops his theme calmly and dispassionately, showing how the temperature records of the planet are constructed and modified as new data comes in.

Reading this book brings home the huge disconnect between science carried out in academic journals, and controversy carried out in op-ed pieces and by loudmouthed radio shock-jocks. Michael Mann's account is of one scientist emerging from the laboratory to present the reasons behind the case that modern temperatures are the highest in the last 1000 years, and that it is impossible to account for this without factoring in increases caused by the increases in greenhouse gases caused by our fossil fuel burning.

Along with James Hansen, Michael Mann is a hero of the environmental movement, and this book deserves to be widely read by everyone who is concerned about what kind of legacy our generation is going to leave for our descendants.

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 February 2013

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Brilliant book of Michael Mann's defence of the Hockey Stick graph against powerful American fossil fuel organisations, the sponsored congressmen and right-wing media outlets.

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A fascinating and honest account by an insider.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 14 January 2013

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I found the description of the science behind climate change by a brilliant scientist compelling and well explained. And there is the fascinating and depressing account of how an honest (but initially politically naive) scientist trying to do science in the traditional way (peer reviewed papers in reputable journals with a time scale of years) gets ambushed in the instant media by unscrupulous vested interests employing rhetoric rather than rational argument. It is unfortunate that the scientific establishment did not recognise that in modern times its role explaining itself to the public is as vital as carrying out research in a rigorous manner and this has led to the current messy confusion.

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