Library > Process of Science > Ideas in Science: Scientific Controversy
A recent article on the mantle plume debate.
From Mantleplumes.org, a collection of articles, research papers, and other materials relating to the origin of “hotspot volcanism.”
Access to publications and activities of the World Meteorological Organization.
Papers exploring the link between hurricanes and climate change, compiled by the Environmental Defense Fund.
An overview of the current research on connections between global warming and hurricanes.
A collections of articles and assessment reports related to climate change and hurricanes.
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From the University of Edinburgh series of lectures "Our Changing World." Dr. Richard Milne discusses the influences on public perception on climate change and helping to separate skepticism form outright denial.
Reactions to the science of global warming have followed a similar course to those of other inconvenient truths from physics.
An article at PNAS exploring the level of agreement on climate change among experts in the field.
From Understanding Science, a discussion of how frequently disagreement among scientists really occurs.
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An alphabetical glossary of relevant scientific terms.
A special report on the Galveston Hurricane of September 8, 1990. By Isaac M. Cline. NOAA
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