2007-08-13 17:58:58 · 11 answers · asked by alan p 1 in Environment ➔ Global Warming
99+% of them know that it's real and 80-90% caused by us. There are skeptics, but very few. Proof:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_opinion_on_climate_change
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/306/5702/1686
The reason this consensus exists is that the data clearly shows that is true:
http://www.globalwarmingart.com/wiki/Image:Climate_Change_Attribution.png
"The fact that the community overwhelmingly supports the consensus is evidenced by picking up any copy of Journal of Climate or similar, any scientific program at the meetings, or simply going to talk to scientists. I challenge you, if you think there is some un-reported division, show me the hundreds of abstracts that support your view - you won't be able to. You can argue whether the consensus is correct, or what it really implies, but you can't credibly argue it doesn't exist."
Dr. James Baker - NOAA
"There's a better scientific consensus on this [climate change] than on any issue I know -
Global warming is almost a no-brainer at this point,You really can't find intelligent, quantitative arguments to make it go away."
Dr. Jerry Mahlman, NOAA
Good websites for more info:
http://profend.com/global-warming/
http://www.ucsusa.org/global_warming/science/
http://www.realclimate.org
"climate science from climate scientists"
2007-08-13 18:14:02 · answer #1 · answered by Bob 7 · 6⤊ 5⤋
Rey is right, even though he got a few "thumbs down" from a few "simpletons." I can't think of one person with a brain that can't accept that the earth has warmed up since the last Ice Age.
The real argument/debate that's going on now is whether the current trend (over the past 100 years) is man-made, natural, or a combination. The best guess is a combination, but now we get to debate over which the biggest contributor is ... man or nature. If the scientists, with the data in front of them, can't agree, how can we expect people in Yahoo Answers to agree?
2007-08-14 16:43:07 · answer #2 · answered by jdkilp 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
That's a tough one, because how do we know they really believe it? It is possible they are interpreting their facts in a way that supports this popular theory. It's been done before. Also, whenever you hear about x number of scientists agree with the Global Warming theory how many of those scientists are actually qualified to have a professional opinion of climate science? Would a zoologist studying bat guano have the knowledge to form an adequate opinion on the matter? Hmmm?
2007-08-13 18:10:47 · answer #3 · answered by mazaker2000 3 · 2⤊ 3⤋
Some do some don't. Some fabricate data in papers used by the IPCC to "prove" global warming is caused by humans.
Some use incorrect data like 1998 was the warmest year.
As the old say goes "figures can lie and liars can figure".
2007-08-14 03:39:11 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
A low percentage I reckon.
The reason the majority say they believe in global warming is either because they've never thought it through properly. OR else they are protecting their jobs.
When I was at uni "fudging data" was rife. You did it to get a first class honours or further funding (which kept food on the table).
Determining whether global warming is really a threat or even a fact will only really happen if the system changes and scientists and researchers receive no strings attached funding - i.e. if there is no connection between their stipends or salaries (which they need to pay their mortgages) and the findings of their research.
It's also hard to for scientists to swim against the flow of popular opinion too. Just as scientists are ridiculed for believing in creation in a secular environment, they are also ridiculed for believing that global warming is a farce in the same enviroment.
2007-08-13 19:24:20 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 8⤋
Almost all of them. You can tell by examining their research.
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.
http://www.norvig.com/oreskes.html
2007-08-13 18:30:28 · answer #6 · answered by Dana1981 7 · 5⤊ 4⤋
I haven't heard of any who don't "believe" in it as you put it. Now let me ask a dumb question. If you really don't know the answer to something like this, why don't you just look it up? They hide information of this type in newspapers, magazines and libraries. Posting the same questions and repeating the same myths over and over and over isn't going to get you anything.
2007-08-14 01:30:16 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
ALL scientist receiving gvmt grants believe 'global warming' is real and man made.
Overall, the percentage is slightly less than 50%.
2007-08-14 01:03:05 · answer #8 · answered by Dr Jello 7 · 1⤊ 5⤋
Probably 98% the other 2 just havent gotten around to it yet.
2007-08-13 21:20:47 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
I THINK 100% OF THEM BELIEVE IN IT. OUR PLANET IS SURELY WARMING - WE CAME FROM ICE AGE.
2007-08-13 18:08:36 · answer #10 · answered by Rey 2 · 1⤊ 4⤋