From John Cook's Skeptical Science blog comes this intriguing bit of factoid goodness.
The 97% figure comes from two independent studies, each employing different methodologies. One study surveyed all climate scientists who have publicly signed declarations supporting or rejecting the consensus (Anderegg 2010). Another study directly asked earth scientists the following question "Do you think human activity is a significant contributing factor in changing mean global temperatures?" They found 97% of actively publishing climate scientists answered yes (Doran 2009). As "climate scientists actively publishing peer-reviewed research on climate change" doesn't really roll off the tongue, I abbreviated that down to "climate experts".You know, I can understand people being skeptical about climate change. Skepticism is good thing. I can also understand why people believe that the earth is warming, considering the overwhelming scientific evidence. What I don't understand are those people who are adamant that climate change is bunk. Perhaps other things are at play here: say, the media, the oil industry and the right-wing politicians who are enriched by those industries and just plain stubborn adherence to conservative ideology.
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They want to sell as much product as possible before the planet goes stale.
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