Patrick J. Michaels is research professor of environmental sciences at University of Virginia, state climatologist for Virginia, and senior fellow in environmental studies at the Cato Institute in Washington DC. His Bachelor's and Master's degrees are in Biological Sciences from the University of Chicago, and he was awarded a PhD in Ecological Climatology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1979. Dr. Michaels is past president of the American Association of State Climatologists and was program chair for the Committee on Applied Climatology of the American Meteorological Society. Dr. Michaels is author of four books and hundreds of technical and popular articles on climate and its impact on ecosystems and economies. In 1994 he was awarded the American Library Associations "best government publications worldwide" citation, and was an author of the 2003 "Paper of the Year" in climate science awarded by the Association of American Geographers.

Shattered Consensus: The True State of Global Warming convincingly demonstrates the remarkable differences between what we commonly read about global warming and what is really happening. ... Anyone who reads this book will come away with a new appreciation of the complexity of the climate issue and will question the need for expensive policies that are likely to have little or no detectable effect on the planet's temperature.

• Chapter 1 Introduction: False Impressions: Misleading Statements, Glaring Omissions, and Erroneous Conclusions in the IPCC's Summary for Policymakers, 2001Chapter 2 The Mann et al. Northern Hemisphere "Hockey Stick" Climate Index: A Tale of Due DiligenceChapter 3 Observational Surface Temperature Records versus Model PredictionsChapter 4 Temperature Changes In the Bulk Atmosphere: Beyond the IPCCChapter 5 Severe Weather, Natural Disasters and Global ChangeChapter 6 Precipitation and the "Enhanced" Hydrologic CycleChapter 7 Predictive Skill of the El Nino-Southern Oscillation and Related Atmospheric TeleconnectionsChapter 8 Climate Change and Human HealthChapter 9 The Impact of Solar Variability on the Earth's ClimateChapter 10 Limitations of Computer Predictions of the Effects of Carbon Dioxide on Global Climate

Patrick J. Michaels is research professor of environmental sciences at University of Virginia, state climatologist for Virginia, and senior fellow in environmental studies at the Cato Institute in Washington DC. His Bachelor's and Master's degrees are in Biological Sciences from the University of Chicago, and he was awarded a PhD in Ecological Climatology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1979. Dr. Michaels is past president of the American Association of State Climatologists and was program chair for the Committee on Applied Climatology of the American Meteorological Society. Dr. Michaels is author of four books and hundreds of technical and popular articles on climate and its impact on ecosystems and economies. In 1994 he was awarded the American Library Associations "best government publications worldwide" citation, and was an author of the 2003 "Paper of the Year" in climate science awarded by the Association of American Geographers.

Shattered Consensus: The True State of Global Warming convincingly demonstrates the remarkable differences between what we commonly read about global warming and what is really happening. ... Anyone who reads this book will come away with a new appreciation of the complexity of the climate issue and will question the need for expensive policies that are likely to have little or no detectable effect on the planet's temperature.

• Chapter 1 Introduction: False Impressions: Misleading Statements, Glaring Omissions, and Erroneous Conclusions in the IPCC's Summary for Policymakers, 2001Chapter 2 The Mann et al. Northern Hemisphere "Hockey Stick" Climate Index: A Tale of Due DiligenceChapter 3 Observational Surface Temperature Records versus Model PredictionsChapter 4 Temperature Changes In the Bulk Atmosphere: Beyond the IPCCChapter 5 Severe Weather, Natural Disasters and Global ChangeChapter 6 Precipitation and the "Enhanced" Hydrologic CycleChapter 7 Predictive Skill of the El Nino-Southern Oscillation and Related Atmospheric TeleconnectionsChapter 8 Climate Change and Human HealthChapter 9 The Impact of Solar Variability on the Earth's ClimateChapter 10 Limitations of Computer Predictions of the Effects of Carbon Dioxide on Global Climate

Patrick J. Michaels is research professor of environmental sciences at University of Virginia, state climatologist for Virginia, and senior fellow in environmental studies at the Cato Institute in Washington DC. His Bachelor's and Master's degrees are in Biological Sciences from the University of Chicago, and he was awarded a PhD in Ecological Climatology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1979. Dr. Michaels is past president of the American Association of State Climatologists and was program chair for the Committee on Applied Climatology of the American Meteorological Society. Dr. Michaels is author of four books and hundreds of technical and popular articles on climate and its impact on ecosystems and economies. In 1994 he was awarded the American Library Associations "best government publications worldwide" citation, and was an author of the 2003 "Paper of the Year" in climate science awarded by the Association of American Geographers.

Shattered Consensus: The True State of Global Warming convincingly demonstrates the remarkable differences between what we commonly read about global warming and what is really happening. ... Anyone who reads this book will come away with a new appreciation of the complexity of the climate issue and will question the need for expensive policies that are likely to have little or no detectable effect on the planet's temperature.

• Chapter 1 Introduction: False Impressions: Misleading Statements, Glaring Omissions, and Erroneous Conclusions in the IPCC's Summary for Policymakers, 2001Chapter 2 The Mann et al. Northern Hemisphere "Hockey Stick" Climate Index: A Tale of Due DiligenceChapter 3 Observational Surface Temperature Records versus Model PredictionsChapter 4 Temperature Changes In the Bulk Atmosphere: Beyond the IPCCChapter 5 Severe Weather, Natural Disasters and Global ChangeChapter 6 Precipitation and the "Enhanced" Hydrologic CycleChapter 7 Predictive Skill of the El Nino-Southern Oscillation and Related Atmospheric TeleconnectionsChapter 8 Climate Change and Human HealthChapter 9 The Impact of Solar Variability on the Earth's ClimateChapter 10 Limitations of Computer Predictions of the Effects of Carbon Dioxide on Global Climate