Chris Mooney, hurricanes, and warming the globe

Speaking of talks, I also went to a talk by author and blogger Chris Mooney. Chris wrote The Republican War on Science -- the title pretty much explains it all -- and just published his new book Storm World. This new book is a neat juxtaposition of how scientists are researching and arguing over the effects of global warming on hurricanes together with how this is all being done in a political arena as well. I am well into the book right now (my reading life is a bit slow these days with all the writing I have to do) and it's really an excellent story. The history of hurricane research all by itself makes this a fun book, and I know the global warming aspects will be interesting indeed. I know Chris a bit from having met him once a couple of years ago, as well as having some ...