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Climate: The Counter-Consensus - A Palaeoclimatologist Speaks (Independent Minds) Paperback – May 1, 2010

4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 98 ratings
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The counter-consensus to quasi-scientific hype and induced panic on climate change is at last assembling. Climate: the Counter Consensus examines, with thoroughness and impartial expertise, the so-called facts of global warming that are churned out and unquestioningly accepted, while the scientific and media establishments stifle or deride any legitimate expression of an opposing view.
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    200 pages
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    English
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    Stacey International
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    May 1, 2010
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  6. ISBN-10
    1906768293
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    978-1906768294
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Professor Robert Carter - Professor Robert Carter is one of the world's leading palaeoclimatologists, and his work investigates the past cycles of the earth's unpredictable natural climate change, especially over the last few million years of planetary ice ages.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Stacey International; 1st edition (May 1, 2010)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 200 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1906768293
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1906768294
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 13.6 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 1 x 8.25 inches
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Customers find the book well-reasoned and presented, giving the facts about the so-called "assassination." They also say it's an outstanding contribution to the public, helping them understand the issue. Readers also mention that the information is presented in a very readable manner.

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Customers find the book well-reasoned and presented, with the author concerned at alarmist attitudes to AGW. They also say it's highly educational and an outstanding contribution to the public.

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Customers find the book very readable, with excellent word choices and clear summaries of conclusions.

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"...Palio climatology is essential and this book is well written and easy to understand. Want to destroy Liberal climate religious sheep?..." Read more

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Leonard J.
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Insight to one of the most important events of our time
Reviewed in the United States on April 29, 2024
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Very well written and backed up with the facts. Anyone wanting to learn more about the climate and the politics now behind the emergency ,should give this a read
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Michael Lasher
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, indispensable, honest, professional and more.
Reviewed in the United States on April 14, 2017
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Impeccably written, this is an outstanding and relatively concise compendium of evidence and arguments against the alarmists' position and claims, from the geological record to the consequences of spin media put on the information they're fed by the IPCC, this book serves an an excellent insight and read into what is indisputably the most politicized issue in the history of scientific research. It is neither too long nor too short and is highly educational for the hopefully soon-to-be apostate alarmist, the sceptic and the 'deniar' alike. With literally hundreds of references and footnotes, this work by the late Professor Carter is written with clarity and high degree of professionalism. This is not propaganda, obviously, because Professor Carter has the FACTS on his side, unlike the alarmists, and he backs up what he says constantly. Truthful, with excellent word choices, this tome of knowledge on this subject is a surprisingly enjoyable read and most certainly belongs in the collection of anyone and everyone who has an interest in this subject, or for that matter, the truth in general about anything, especially in our Brave New World of globalism and mass manipulation of public opinion.
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Ian Fenn
5.0 out of 5 stars Read this and then tell a Libtard what's really going on.
Reviewed in the United States on July 21, 2017
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If you want to understand climate change and what if any effect man has on it, then understanding Palio climatology is essential and this book is well written and easy to understand. Want to destroy Liberal climate religious sheep? Read this and realise that the climate change political science being forced down the throats of the gullible is not science in any real sense of the word. Studying climate over many hundreds of thousands of years is real science, and what it says to us is..... The real data says there is nothing to worry about, and nothing needs to be done or can be done.
That is not to say we need to clean up our act, but that is happening already. Climate change caused by mans activity is so marginal, if indeed anything at all that we should drop this madness, and call it out for what it is........ Nonsense.
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vincit veritas
5.0 out of 5 stars An Extremely Well Written Book on Climate and What is Really Going On
Reviewed in the United States on March 1, 2011
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I have read more than a dozen books on Climate Change and this book stands out head and shoulders above all of the other books on both sides of the issue. It is easy to understand and the author is not afraid to take each of the issues head on. Professor Carter has very succinctly explained that science is always testing theories and laws of science and from this true knowledge is derived. If you are a true believer on either side of the issue I think you will be impressed with both the breadth and the depth of the coverage of the subject. This book will certainly make want to read on in your own investigation and certainly make you a more informed person on the subject. Congratulations to Professor Carter on a great book and clearly an outstanding contribution to the public in helping them understand a complex subject.
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George E. Penfold
4.0 out of 5 stars It's too bad the MSM ( mainly stupid media) can't be trusted ...
Reviewed in the United States on February 6, 2017
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Every book I read these days exposes the lies governments have imposed on the people they supposedly represent. No doubt we will eventually see the exposure of this climate change fraud for our money, at that time we must ensure that those who orchestrated this fraud are charged, jailed and all their profits and possessions seized as proceeds of the world's most horrendous crime. how many have died due to this greed. Also, the global warming lie as a minimum should necessitate the more than welcome outright scrapping of the UN (useless nations).
It's too bad the MSM ( mainly stupid media) can't be trusted to do their jobs and advise the public of how politicians cater only to the wealthy, and the hell with the little guys.
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Truthseeker
5.0 out of 5 stars Clear Focus
Reviewed in the United States on December 11, 2010
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Remove the hype and spin, lay out the facts, and what's left is a clear and highly intelligent discussion of climate change. Written with frequent references to the subject's debate and treatment in Australia, the book draws on the author's scientific approach in assessing the historic record of climate change going back from present to millions of years ago. Probably most succinct is the evidence provided showing that increases in carbon dioxide follow, not precede, warming. The records and evidence from the last few thousand years make clear that there are regular natural fluctuations of temperature, and current world conditions and trends are wholly within the historical record. What the historical record does demonstrate, though, is that the natural fluctuation does and will continue to have significant impacts of life on Earth.

The author does not dismiss the potential effects which can be posed by climate change, but his discussion rather challenges the reader to focus on the debate as one of determining appropriate strategies for contributing to our at present very poor understanding of climate change drivers, and ultimately the actions which can be taken to prepare for the inevitable changes.
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WidebayVic
5.0 out of 5 stars For any person who wants REAL facts
Reviewed in the United States on June 6, 2011
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I am delighted to have this book of solid and well researched evidence and the menner in which it is presented. This is a history book on our planet Earth and the influences of Carbon emissions and other natural pollutants. The fact that it covers hundreds of thousands of years is in itself a remarkable research document.
The fact that it demonstrates the insignificant contribution made by mankind shows clearly that Al Gore's claims are driven by money not real facts.
I am glad that we have experts in our midst who are able to refute populist and fashion views totally opposed to mother nature's own evidence.
The book is commended as a treasure of fact
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Windy
5.0 out of 5 stars A must read.
Reviewed in the United States on December 12, 2021
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A tour de force by the late great Robert M. Carter in refuting all the main tenets of climate alarmism. He paid heavily for bucking the government narrative as his university cut ties with him after forty years of stellar service.
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Jeffrey Noah
5.0 out of 5 stars Comprehensive Rebuttals of Watermelons
Reviewed in Canada on September 20, 2018
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Thorough and comprehensive factual and rational rebuttals of watermelon lunacy.
Buy a copy now.
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William Geddes
5.0 out of 5 stars BEST SCIENTIFIC INPUT TO THE CLIMATE DEBATE.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 1, 2019
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In view of Theresa May’s insane legal requirement for the UK to become “carbon neutral” by 2050, plus the uneducated ravings of a sixteen year old Swedish school girl - - I thought I would, in order to reassure myself that the world has not gone completely mad, re-read the excellent "Climate:The Counter Consensus (a Palaeoclimatologist Speaks)" by the late Professor Robert Carter. In the first half of his book Carter sets forth in detail the science which underlies the climate debate, using language which is clearly intelligible to all, including the layman. Herein lies the book’s unique value, for he makes several points which are rarely, if ever heard in the debate. The two most important of these are:
1). Less temperature bang for every carbon dioxide buck (as he puts it). Most laymen assume that the greenhouse effect is a directly linear one. But it is not. A negative logarithmic relationship exists between the addition of CO2 to the atmosphere and consequential radiative heating, which means that each incremental amount of extra CO2 exerts a lesser heating effect. This phenomenon is shown perfectly in his Fig.15.
2). In line with Henry’s Law CO2 goes into solution in the oceans in proportion to its partial pressure in the atmosphere and is then precipitated as limestone or sequestered by marine organisms - and It has been calculated that the burning of all currently available fossil fuel resources would increase atmospheric CO2 concentration by just 20 percent.

So why all the fuss about CO2? It’s a False Alarm!
It is worth buying Carter’s book for these first four chapters alone, but in the second half of the book he focuses on the political and socio-economic aspects of the debate, including, for example, noble cause corruption and the precautionary principle, and drawing our attention to the fact that over $100 billion per year is spent on climate change research- so many careers, reputations and businesses now rest on this newly created industry.
Donald Trump said that "global warming" was a hoax. But "hoax is not the appropriate term: the correct word is "scam". It is the biggest scientific and economic scam in history.
the book was published in 2008 and unfortunately it is now out of print - and used copies are excessively expensive (but worth it!). It is a worthy sequel to Ian Plimer’s Heaven and Earth and an authoritative forerunner to Gregory Wrightstone’s Inconvenient Facts.
Second edition please!
RIP Robert Carter.
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Mark Ross-Smith
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book.
Reviewed in Australia on December 15, 2020
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Good book.
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Alejandro
5.0 out of 5 stars La ciencia no funciona por consensos
Reviewed in Spain on July 22, 2013
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Fiel al espíritu científico, el profesor Carter dedica sus esfuerzos a desmontar la hipótesis del calentamiento global antropogénico (AGW). Repasa todos los posibles aspectos y no deja nada al azar.

La redacción es muy cuidada y, a la vez, accesible para el lector de habla no inglesa.
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Jan de Ruiter
5.0 out of 5 stars A cool-headed, rational, and much needed book with real scientific arguments in it.
Reviewed in Germany on July 27, 2010
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Together with A. Montford's more technical "The Hockey Stick Illusion", and Ian Plimer's "Heaven and Earth", this book is one of the most authoritative summaries about the hypothesis that human-produced CO2 causes the earth's climate to change catastrophically. The main strengh of the book is that it presents convincing scientific arguments without needing to refer to "majorities", "authorities" or "consensus". In that sense the title is a bit unfortunate, but that doesn't change the fact that this is a well-written, well argued piece of work, in which all factual statements are backed up with solid, checkable references. Fanatic proponents of the theory of Anthropocentric Global Warming would really have a hard time defusing (or overshouting) the arguments in this book, and for that reason, would probably prefer to ignore it. However, for those interested in the scienctific discussion (as opposed to the emotional and political one), it is an absolute must-read.
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