Michael E. Mann Books
Michael E. Mann is an American climatologist and geophysicist, currently Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric Science at Penn State University.
Known for: The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars: Dispatches from the Front Lines, The New Climate War: The Fight to Take Back Our Planet
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The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars: Dispatches from the Front Lines
In this book, climatologist Michael E. Mann recounts his experiences at the center of the climate change debate. He explains the science behind the 'hockey stick' graph, which illustrates the rapid ri...
The New Climate War: The Fight to Take Back Our Planet
In this book, climate scientist Michael E. Mann exposes the tactics used by powerful interests to delay climate action. He explains how fossil fuel companies and their allies have shifted from outrigh...
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Early Climate Research
In the 1990s, we were piecing together fragments of Earth's past, attempting to reconstruct temperature changes long before thermometers existed. The challenge was formidable: how could we know what the climate was centuries or millennia ago? The answer lay in proxies—natural recorders like tree rin...
From The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars: Dispatches from the Front Lines
Publication and Initial Reception
The publication of the hockey stick graph attracted immediate attention within the scientific community. For decades, climate scientists had suspected that modern warming was anomalous, but our study offered a clear, quantitative depiction. The simplicity of the image—a long flat handle and a sharp,...
From The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars: Dispatches from the Front Lines
From Denial to Deflection
In the first phase of the climate struggle, the fossil fuel industry’s goal was straightforward: deny everything. They launched aggressive campaigns asserting that climate change was a myth, or that natural cycles, not human emissions, were responsible. But denial has a shelf life. With the melting ...
From The New Climate War: The Fight to Take Back Our Planet
The Role of Disinformation
Disinformation is the lifeblood of the new climate war. I have seen firsthand how misinformation morphs across different platforms—from fake scientists touting 'alternative facts' to coordinated digital networks amplifying conspiracy theories that discredit legitimate research. The objective is simp...
From The New Climate War: The Fight to Take Back Our Planet
About Michael E. Mann
Michael E. Mann is an American climatologist and geophysicist, currently Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric Science at Penn State University. He is known for his pioneering work on climate reconstructions and for his advocacy for science-based climate policy.
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