Happy Solstice from bookish, a weblog by George Girton

Happy Solstice . . . . . jun 21 2005 — bookish123.dat

Today a bike-riding shopper wished me a "Happy Solstice". And so it is! She was well aware of the earth, as we all should be. For my part, I have checked the 2nd edition of "Global Warming: the complete briefing" out of the library. The third edition, which was just published last year, adds over 100 pages and ten years more experience with climate change.

If you're interested in the climate of Earth, I think there's probably no better introduction than this charts-and-graphs-filled book. Easy to read, hard to refute, not alarmist by any means (but maybe I should wait until I've actually read the 3rd edition, rather than the older 2nd!) Paddle your kayak on down through the rising waters (if you live near the ocean) or saddle your dustbowl desert burro (if you live inland) to amazon.com and grab a copy of Global Warming: the complete briefing [buy at amazon] by Sir John Houghton. I guarantee you'll be better-informed on greenhouse gases and the global carbon cycle.

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