Is there consensus among *climate* scientists that global warming is anthropomorphic? If so, who are they?

Question

You always hear about "growing scientific consensus", but no statistics are ever given and that phrase is never defined.

I mean anthropogenic. Sorry!

candy2mercy- I would accept that, but the article from Science says "That hypothesis was tested by analyzing 928 abstracts, published in refereed scientific journals between 1993 and 2003, and listed in the ISI database with the keywords "climate change". That's 93 papers per year, 75 percent of which agree with anthropogenic warming. That's a lot, but are we positive that these papers aren't produced by the same research groups? And if the perceived causes for global warming weren't anthropogenic, would these journals be as eager to publish articles about climate change?

I want to put 100 of the most reputable climate scientists in an auditorium, and find out how many would agree with anthropogenic climate change.

Answer 1

I found these two articles, they don't really give the exact specifics your asking for but it gives you an idea of the kind of people who are in agreement to the anthropomorphism of global warming. (I've always wanted to use that word). The more recent article cites the head of the National Academy for Sciences, an independent research institution set up by congress to advise the government.

I think you'd be hard pressed to say a consensus on this topic, it certainly isn't as cut and dry as other scientific theories. I think that you could reach a consensus on two things. 1)The earth is hotter getting warmer, warmer than it's been in many centuries. 2) Human beings produce a large amount of greenhouse gases, mostly in the form of carbon.

I'm not a geologist by any means, but it's a mighty big coincidence that the industrial age coincides with a massive climate change. There is no doubt the climate is changing, even if we aren't at "fault" our emissions aren't helping, this alone is enough reason for me to care about the issue.

Answer 2

Only a small minority of scientists discount the role that humanity's actions have played in recent warming. However, the uncertainty is more significant regarding how much climate change should be expected in the future, and there is a hotly contested political and public debate over what, if anything, should be done to reduce or reverse future warming, and how to cope with the predicted consequences.

Answer 3

You are missing a factor...Money! Scientists and indeed many scholars are motivated to see what is politically correct to see for their own tenure. Why does Mr. Bush avoid or deny tough environmental issues...could it be that his family has been in the oil business for years? If indeed the climate is changing because of man, then why no action to prevent it? It would be bad business. Scientists in Australia even suggested that cows were responsible from their stomach gases causing methane pollution of the atmosphere. It would appear that they are working for an oil company or the owners thereof. There is much proof that things are changing, glaciers melting, etc but is it cyclical or anthropomorphic? Even that remains in debate.

Answer 4

Here's the article showing that of almost 1,000 peer-reviewed climate change articles in scientific journals all of them agreed that climate change is real, and a problem. Major reports also agree that it is anthropogenic.

Answer 5

Efforts are still made only to prevent Global Warming. We assume Global Warming also, to be a natural phenomenon and we have already crossed our limits in preventing it.
Being Research Engineers we have made an attempt to suggest a solution to this so called Global Warming in the form of futuresystematization.

Visit www.geocities.com/futuresystematization for my survey on "Global Warming an approach to human survival"

Answer 6

Nobody has definitively determined the cause of global warming, speculation ranges from cyclical to man made, but there is a general consensus that the ozone is thinning and the green house gas's are building. You do the math

Answer 7

In the City where i'm from: you can go before the city and ask anything, and request, to ask anything.. I would simply write a letter, or e-mail them, a request, for documented insight... somehow, someway. Heck, request them to do a "Seminar" if your a skeptic!! Challenge them,about their knowledge, even if you have to go around haveing signatures, to get them in an arena, somewhere, to explain how they came to their conclusions... Good-Luck!!!

Answer 8

Only the ones that live off of government grants agree, the rest(the ones smart enough to do something productive enough to get paid for it) disagree

Answer 9

Absolutely. A number of them post regularly on the site below.

Answer 10

Albert F:
I've seen the movie and have the book.
Like you, I recommend either or both.
Best Answer. There are Statistics also.