Storm World - Hardcover

"Riveting."--The Boston Globe "... a well-researched, nuanced book ..."--The New York Times "Storm World ... skillfully anatomizes the scientific and political debate over hurricanes and global warming."--The Washington Post Book World "The author's thorough research is evident throughout, and he does a fine job of sifting through complexities and presenting the science in an engaging and readable package. ... In Storm World, Mooney catches real science in the act and, in so doing, weaves a story as intriguing as it is important."--The Los Angeles Times "In Storm World, Mooney serves his readers as both an empiricist who gathers data and an analyst who puts it into context. The result is an important book, whose author succeeds admirably in both his roles."--The Cleveland Plain Dealer PRAISE FOR THE REPUBLICAN WAR ON SCIENCE "Nothing short of a landmark in contemporary political reporting."--SALON.COM "A well-researched, closely argued, and amply referenced indictment of the right wing's assault on science and scientists."--Boyce Rensenberger, Scientfic American "Addresses a vitally important topic and gets it basically right."--John Horgan, New York Times Book Review

One of the leading environmental journalists and bloggers working today, Chris Mooney delves into a red-hot debate in global meteorology and weather forecasting: whether the increasing ferocity and frequency of hurricanes are connected to global warming. In the wake of Katrina, Mooney follows the lives and careers of the two leading scientists on either side of the debate through the 2006 hurricane season, tracing how government, the media, big business, and politics influence the ways in which weather patterns are predicted, charted, and even defined.Mooney written a fascinating and urgently compelling book that calls into question the great inconvenient truth of our day: Are we responsible for making hurricanes even bigger monsters than they already are?