An Antidote for Climate Contrarianism

I would guess a few Green readers had the experience, over the holidays, of arguing yet again about global warming with a parent or brother-in-law who thinks it’s all a big hoax. Maybe there’s some undiscovered substance in roast turkey that makes people want to pick fights around the dinner table. M.I.T. Press Fortunately, the M.I.T. climate scientist Kerry Emanuel has provided us with a solution to this problem: an updated edition of “What We Know About Climate Change,” his 2007 book explaining the science of global warming. I’m happy to report that the new edition of this slender volume is an improvement — perhaps even the single best thing written about climate change for a general audience. It is a little longer than the first edition, 93 pages instead of 85, but it’s still an easy read — most people will get through it in a single sitting. The new version updates the...

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@warrenwizard » 30 Jan '13, 2am
An Antidote for Climate Contrarianism [link] worth a read.
@theturner » 11 Jan '13, 8pm
RT @DougSaunders: Here's the little book to give your uncle who says "It's snowing today, so much for the global warming thing." [link]
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@DougSaunders » 11 Jan '13, 8pm
Here's the little book to give your uncle who says "It's snowing today, so much for the global warming thing." [link]
@JosOlivier » 09 Jan '13, 8am
NYT: An Antidote for #Climate Contrarianism: updated book by Kerry Emanuel [link]
@KaiChanUBC » 08 Jan '13, 2pm
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@j_zelikova » 07 Jan '13, 8pm
This would have been a useful guide for debating climate deniers over the holidays. Better late than never [link]
@archweek » 07 Jan '13, 4pm
"Perhaps the single best thing written about #climatechange for a general audience." @nytimesscience [link]
@brianbhalley » 07 Jan '13, 3pm
Wow @mitpress: Perhaps even the single best thing written about climate change for a general audience @nytimesgreen : [link]
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RT @mitpress: Perhaps even the single best thing written about climate change for a general audience @nytimesgreen on new Emanuel ed: [link]
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@DrSalwaBeheiry » 07 Jan '13, 1pm
M.I.T. climate scientist Kerry Emanuel-An Antidote for Climate Contrarianism [link]
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RT @ClimateComms: From Dr. Kerry Emanuel: An Antidote for Climate Contrarianism [link]
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From Dr. Kerry Emanuel: An Antidote for Climate Contrarianism [link]
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RT @jcohen570: " the single best thing written about climate change for a general audience." From Boston Review and MIT Press: [link]
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" the single best thing written about climate change for a general audience." From Boston Review and MIT Press: [link]
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RT @BjornKHaugland: An Antidote for Climate Contrarianism [link] #sustainability
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@esierra65 » 05 Jan '13, 11pm
An Antidote for Climate Contrarianism [link] A book for global warming skeptics.
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@PrezMulkeyUnity » 05 Jan '13, 4pm
Kerry Emanuel brings his conservative credentials to the discussion. Great book. An Antidote for Climate Contrarianism [link]
@IBBio » 05 Jan '13, 4pm
5.2 An Antidote for Climate Contrarianism [link]
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@BNmarit » 05 Jan '13, 9am
RT @BjerknesBCCR: Kerry Emanuel fra MIT(orkanekspert og republikaner) har skrevet boken alle bør ha om alt vi vet (og ikke vet) om klima: [link]
@BjerknesBCCR » 05 Jan '13, 9am
Kerry Emanuel fra MIT(orkanekspert og republikaner) har skrevet boken alle bør ha om alt vi vet (og ikke vet) om klima: [link]
@NPImagazine » 04 Jan '13, 9pm
"He sees #nuclear energy as one of the few ways to reduce CO2 emissions...on a large scale." A book review via @nytimes [link]
@keithkloor » 04 Jan '13, 6pm
Can it neutralize the venom? RT @the_wrangler: 'An Antidote for Climate Contrarianism,' [link] @nytimesgreen via @revkin
@natzcha » 04 Jan '13, 5pm
RT @PlanetPositive: Fancy some engaging reading on climate change? This book is a great primer [link]
@PlanetPositive » 04 Jan '13, 4pm
Fancy some engaging reading on climate change? This book is a great primer [link]
@dana1981 » 04 Jan '13, 4pm
RT @ClimateOfGavin: Relevant to Sarewitz op-ed on party affiliations among scientists: [link] @nytimesgreen
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Relevant to Sarewitz op-ed on party affiliations among scientists: [link] @nytimesgreen
@davidwogan » 04 Jan '13, 4pm
Downloading Kerry Emanuel's update book "What We Know About Climate Change". [link]
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RT @Revkin: Justin Gillis @nytimesgreen sees Kerry Emanuel's updated global warming primer as An Antidote for Climate Contrarianism [link]
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@SHammerstein » 04 Jan '13, 4pm
Read this. Don't ask, just do it. [link]
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"the [climate] science itself has nothing to do with politics — and everything to do with physics" @nytimes [link]
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RT @Revkin: Justin Gillis @nytimesgreen sees Kerry Emanuel's updated global warming primer as An Antidote for Climate Contrarianism [link]
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An Antidote for Climate Contrarianism [link]
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RT @Revkin: Justin Gillis @nytimesgreen sees Kerry Emanuel's updated global warming primer as An Antidote for Climate Contrarianism [link]