If you find the IPCC report intimidating--I do, and I've been doing intensive reading in this area--you might prefer Climate Change: Science and Policy. The first section brings together the many converging lines of evidence on anthropogenic climate change, in a way I found fairly straightforward. (I'm an experimental psychologist interested in how public opinion develops around major policy issues, so I'm familiar with the area but not a trained climate scientist.)
I also found this summary of the history of climate change science to be helpful for context.
There are many cases of scientists supporting politically motivated ideas, but few with the level of agreement among in-area researchers, or the diversity of evidence, that attend climate change. Eugenic claims, for example, were opposed by a large number of credible researchers--notably behavioral psychologists, who were well aware of the degree to which environment shapes capability.
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Date: 2011-07-01 08:09 pm (UTC)I also found this summary of the history of climate change science to be helpful for context.
There are many cases of scientists supporting politically motivated ideas, but few with the level of agreement among in-area researchers, or the diversity of evidence, that attend climate change. Eugenic claims, for example, were opposed by a large number of credible researchers--notably behavioral psychologists, who were well aware of the degree to which environment shapes capability.