Multiple Viewpoints - Global Warming

This paper is an annotated multiple viewpoints booklist for senior high school students on the topic of global warming.

~Michele Afonso

Christianson, Gale E. Greenhouse: The 200-Year Story of Global Warming. Walker & Co., 1999. Christianson discusses global warming, focusing on "the history of industrialization and fuel use over the past two centuries." (National Review)

Flannery, Tim F. The Weather Makers: How Man Is Changing The Climate and What It Means For Life On Earth. Atlantic Monthly Press, 2006. This is a "look at the connection between climate change and global warming." (Publishers Weekly).

Gaughen, Shasta, ed. Global Warming. Greenhaven Press, 2005. Various perspectives on the issue of global warming are presented "including discussions of the research and science of global warming, the possible consequences of unchecked global warming, and potential solutions." (Introduction)

Gelbspan, Ross. Boiling Point: How Politicians, Big Oil and Coal, Journalists, and Activists are Fueling the Climate Crisis--and What We Can Do To Avert Disaster. Basic Books, 2004. This is a "treatise on how global warming is a threat and how it can be avoided. Gelbspan expands the argument about global warming: not only is the current U.S. administration to blame, but journalists and activists are as well." (Publishers Weekly)

Haley, James, ed. Global Warming: Opposing Viewpoints. Greenhaven Press, 2002. A collection of articles exploring the scientific evidence for global warming and what, if any, measures should be taken to combat it. Preservation of the world's rain forests is also discussed.

Hunter, Robert. Thermageddon: Countdown to 2030. Arcade Pub, 2003.  The author goes over "the well-debated points of global warming and comes to an even darker conclusion: the stable global weather system of the last 10,000 years will 'tip' under the weight of the greenhouse effect.   The Arctic ice cap will nearly disappear during one summer within the next 30 years; then, on accepted geophysical principles around the radiation effect, what follows must be massive one-way dislocations of climate: heat surges, desertification, floods and other large-scale shifts in local geography." (Publishers Weekly)

Vogel, Carole Garbuny. Human Impact. F. Watts, 2003.  “A detailed description of the results of population growth, global warming, and the development of coastal areas. The devastation to marine life resulting from occurrences such as oil spills and the dead zones caused by oxygen-depleted water are described through both heart-wrenching photographs and informative text." (School Library Journal)