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Originally Posted by Sparrow
What is your view of the level of debate in the general public arena?
Can people who don't work in this field aquire enough knowledge and information to make an informed opinion (without having to get PhDs)?
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The level of debate is all over the place, which is one of the problems. Separating the wheat from the chaff would be extremely difficult for someone without a fair bit of knowledge. As an analogy, I wouldn't contribute to a similar debate on, say, the use of DDT for malaria control in developing countries. I am not a medical researcher and wouldn't feel comfortable contributing to the discourse.
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Would you recommend any books aimed at the ordinary reader which stand out from the rest??
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This isn't necessarily aimed at the general reader, but should be accessible to someone with an undergraduate education in the sciences:
Goosse H., P.Y. Barriat, W. Lefebvre, M.F. Loutre and V. Zunz,. Introduction to climate dynamics and climate modeling. Online textbook available at
http://www.climate.be/textbook
Plus, it is freely available, which is nice. Actually, even if you are new to climate science, there are some interesting bits, particularly on climate modeling, that might be useful.