aatomik 's review for:

State of Fear by Michael Crichton
2.0

The problem with this book is that it makes liberal use of facts mainly not to construct a narrative, but to convince the reader of a point. And it sounds preachy.
The storyline is passable, but unconvincing, certainly not up to Crichton's usual standards.
For some scientific discussion on the claims,
http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2004/12/michael-crichtons-state-of-confusion/
seems to be a good place.