What percent of published climate scientists think that humans are contributing to global warming?

Question

By elevated greenhouse gas emission? I'm talking published scientists working in the field, not TV meteorologists, not joe blow blog writer but published scientists working in the field.

I'm asking because I see all these answers saying there's disagreement about this issue in the scientific community but that's not what I hear/ read.

Thumbs up if you supply a link. And if you don't know, don't bother answering...

Answer 1

Although there may have been disconsensus earlier in the process (including two members of the Intergovernmnetal Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) that disagreed with minor findings in the third report), there is now a formal consensus about the science of anthropogenic (human-caused) link with climate change.

The fourth IPCC report was written by over 800 climate scientists, with 450 lead authors, in addition, 2500 scientists that fact-checked and supported all conclusions, and then (if that wasn't enough), 113 line-by-line fact checkers by the governments of the world. These government fact checkers are the ones that have consistently watered down the findings of the IPCC.

What is important, is that the IPCC aims at collecting all the data and presenting the scientific findings. This means that it uses over 3,000 top ranking climate scientists from around the world and has found that all the published reports lead to the conclusion that: "Most of the observed increase in globally averaged temperatures since the mid-20th century is very likely due to the observed increase in anthropogenic greenhouse gas concentrations."

There may be disconsensus, but it is not being published in academic journals or academic publishers. Essentially, the scientific community is uniform in finding global warming is irrefutible and that it is probably anthropogenic.

Answer 2

The problem is that there is virtually no science or scientists who defend the global warming denier position. They always quote the same few skeptics (when they quote anybody) who are often coincidentally funded by Exxon Mobile.

Here's a study to answer your question:

In 2004 an article in Science magazine discussed a study by Prof. Naomi Oreskes in which she surveyed 928 scientific journal articles that matched the search [global climate change] at the ISI Web of Science. Of these, according to Oreskes, 75% agreed with the consensus view (either implicitly or explicitly), 25% took no stand one way or the other, and none rejected the consensus.

Answer 3

Though I too cannot find exact numbers on this, The Union of Concerned Scientists has the best compilation of global warming info I've seen, and they have a few articles that are on point.

From what I've heard, there is not a single peer-reviewed article that questions the basic facts of global warming: it's happening now, and human activity is a substantial contributor to it.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

In Al Gore's movie, they randomly searched for articles published in scientific journals, and they found 100% of them agreed that humans are contributing to it. I would guess that around 99% accept that humans are contributing to it.

In a quick search, I couldn't find exact numbers, but here is a general wikipedia on the subject. I'm sure someone will do better.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_consensus_on_climate_change#Scientific_consensus

Answer 6

Here's your answer: nobody knows. Nobody's interested.

Except you. So here's your chance to collect all the work ever done on global warming and then calculate the percentage.

Have fun.

Answer 7

i'm a doubter... mostly because my dad works in the government... and in one of those little sections the media isn't aloud to talk about...
its just a bunch of hype to get more money and take peoples thoughts about whats really going on in our crooked world

http://downloads.heartland.org/18869.pdf
http://www.globalwarmingheartland.org/
(go under "a primer on global warming")

Answer 8

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/05/20070531-13.html


Oh, sorry, the White House believes we are contributing to global warming.

Answer 9

This might help answer your question:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_opinion_on_climate_change

Answer 10

I'm not sure but my daddy sometimes says we are but then he says no.