Global Warming - Myth or Reality?: the Erring Ways of Climatology

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In the global-warming debate, definitive answers to questions about ultimate causes and effects remain elusive. In Global Warming: Myth or Reality? Marcel Leroux seeks to separate fact from fiction in this critical debate from a climatological perspective. Beginning with a review of the dire hypotheses for climate trends, the author describes the history of the 1998 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and many subsequent conferences. He discusses the main conclusions of the three IPCC reports and the predicted impact on global temperatures, rainfall, weather and climate, while hig.  Read more... Abstract: In the global-warming debate, definitive answers to questions about ultimate causes and effects remain elusive. In Global Warming: Myth or Reality? Marcel Leroux seeks to separate fact from fiction in this critical debate from a climatological perspective. Beginning with a review of the dire hypotheses for climate trends, the author describes the history of the 1998 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and many subsequent conferences. He discusses the main conclusions of the three IPCC reports and the predicted impact on global temperatures, rainfall, weather and climate, while hig Content: Introduction History of the notion of global warming Conclusions of the IPCC (Working Group I) Science, media, politics ... Greenhouse effect -- water effect Causes of climate change Models and climate The general circulation of the atmosphere The observational facts: Past climates The observational facts: Present temperatures The observational facts: Weather, rainfall, and drought The observational facts: Climate and aerological units The North Atlantic aerological unit The North Pacific aerological unit. The lessons of the observation of real facts in the aerological units: ConclusionThe observational facts: Sea level and circulation General conclusion.