John T. Houghton
Sir John Houghton CBE, FRS is a former Chairman of the Scientific Assessment Working Group of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Chairman of the UK's Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution, Vice President of the World Meteorological Organisation, President of the Royal Meteorological Society, and Professor of Atmospheric Physics at Oxford University. He was Chief Executive of the UK Meteorological Office from 1983 to his retirement in 1991. As well as the previous editions of...See more
Sir John Houghton CBE, FRS is a former Chairman of the Scientific Assessment Working Group of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Chairman of the UK's Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution, Vice President of the World Meteorological Organisation, President of the Royal Meteorological Society, and Professor of Atmospheric Physics at Oxford University. He was Chief Executive of the UK Meteorological Office from 1983 to his retirement in 1991. As well as the previous editions of this book, he is author of The Physics of Atmospheres (Cambridge University Press, in three editions), and has published numerous research papers and contributed to many influential research documents. See less
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John T. Houghton book reviews
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Global Warming: The Complete Briefing
Overblown crisis
Global warming is, without question, the most overhyped and politically charged phenomenon of modern times. That political leaders are now contemplating the reversal of economic progress and human ... Read More
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Global Warming: The Complete Briefing
Professional but blinkered
by Lesmac, Apr 1, 2010
This is a most professional text-book, well written and clearly explained. It suffers from one major flaw. It assumes that Carbon dioxide and global warming are synonyms. There is no question about ... Read More
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Global Warming: The Complete Briefing
Thorough
this book was one of two required for a university course. it is very thorough in explaining the science of climate (& change) without being to overwhelming to the lay person. Read More