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Climate at a Glance: Consensus
« on: November 24, 2020, 01:58:53 pm »

Climate at a Glance: Consensus
 

Bullet Point Summary:

    Facts and scientific evidence always trump a show of hands.

    A majority of scientists (including skeptics) believe the Earth is warming and humans are playing a role, but a strong majority of scientists are not very worried about it.

    The key debate between alarmists and skeptics is the issue of impacts, not whether we are causing some warming.

The only consensus that matters is whether scientists are very worried about climate change, and most scientists are not very worried.

Short Summary: Science is the evaluation of evidence, not a vote or show of hands. Nevertheless, to the extent people claim a scientific consensus exists, there has been only a single science organization whose full membership has been polled on climate-change issues – the American Meteorological Society (AMS). Surveys of AMS members show two-thirds believe humans are causing a majority of recent warming. More importantly, however, only 30% are very worried about it. Almost as many – 28% – are “not at all worried” or “not very worried”.  A plurality of 42% are merely “somewhat worried,” which indicates monitoring the scientific evidence and perhaps implementing some modest, cost-effective programs.

https://climateataglance.com/climate-at-a-glance-consensus/