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On Wednesday, August 17, 2022 at 11:35:21 PM UTC-4, Flyguy wrote:
She cites the source of that statement as the AAAS What We Know publication found here:
https://whatweknow.aaas.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/whatweknow_website.pdf
Wherein they state:
So let us be clear: Based on well-established evidence,
about 97% of climate scientists conclude that humans are
changing the climate.
This widespread agreement is documented not by a
single study but by a converging stream of evidence over
the past two decades from polls of scientists, 4,5 content
analyses of peer-reviewed literature,3,6 and from public statements issued by virtually every expert scientific membership organization on this topic.7
The evidence is
overwhelming: Levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere are rising. Temperatures are going up. Springs are
arriving earlier. Ice sheets are melting. Sea level is rising.
The patterns of rainfall and drought are changing. Heat
waves are getting worse, as is extreme precipitation. The
oceans are acidifying.
More annotation to the literature in support of their summary....
:
An official publication of the AAAS is about as close as you can get to what\'s called a source of primary authority on the topic. So she did her research right, meaning best available knowledge of the subject. Her main area of expertise and thesis is a summary of the deleterious effects on human health due a warmer environment, regardless of how it got warmer.
I assume your information is coming from a 2015 opinion piece by Richard Tol here:
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/climate-change-mr-obama-97-percent-of-experts-is-a-bogus-number
He raises legitimate concerns about what sounds like a slipshod study out of Australia. But the topic of consensus itself is kind of dumb, it\'s sort of like using testimonials to sell a product, as if popularity has anything to do with reality. It does have to a lot to do with a career politician like Obama who by instinct knows popularity garners votes.
Climate change is what it is regardless of what humans think.
She cites the source of that statement as the AAAS What We Know publication found here:
https://whatweknow.aaas.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/whatweknow_website.pdf
Wherein they state:
So let us be clear: Based on well-established evidence,
about 97% of climate scientists conclude that humans are
changing the climate.
This widespread agreement is documented not by a
single study but by a converging stream of evidence over
the past two decades from polls of scientists, 4,5 content
analyses of peer-reviewed literature,3,6 and from public statements issued by virtually every expert scientific membership organization on this topic.7
The evidence is
overwhelming: Levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere are rising. Temperatures are going up. Springs are
arriving earlier. Ice sheets are melting. Sea level is rising.
The patterns of rainfall and drought are changing. Heat
waves are getting worse, as is extreme precipitation. The
oceans are acidifying.
More annotation to the literature in support of their summary....
:
An official publication of the AAAS is about as close as you can get to what\'s called a source of primary authority on the topic. So she did her research right, meaning best available knowledge of the subject. Her main area of expertise and thesis is a summary of the deleterious effects on human health due a warmer environment, regardless of how it got warmer.
I assume your information is coming from a 2015 opinion piece by Richard Tol here:
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/climate-change-mr-obama-97-percent-of-experts-is-a-bogus-number
He raises legitimate concerns about what sounds like a slipshod study out of Australia. But the topic of consensus itself is kind of dumb, it\'s sort of like using testimonials to sell a product, as if popularity has anything to do with reality. It does have to a lot to do with a career politician like Obama who by instinct knows popularity garners votes.
Climate change is what it is regardless of what humans think.