Essentially All Climate Scientists Agree: Man-Made Global Warming is Real
Virtually Complete Unanimity of Acceptance of Man-Made Global Warming . James Lawrence Powell recently published an article ( Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society 1–4, 2016; DOI:10.1177/0270467616634958 ) which found that during 2013 and 2014 only 0.0058% of authors of peer-reviewed journal articles rejected the reality of man-made global warming. Of the almost 70,000 authors of those articles only 4 reached that conclusion, giving a ratio of 1:17,352. Powell writes “The extent of the consensus among scientists on [man-made] global warming [(MGW)] has the potential to influence public opinion and the attitude of political leaders and thus matters greatly to society. [The results developed here show] the consensus on [MGW] among publishing scientists is above 99.99%, verging on unanimity.” Powell screened peer-reviewed articles found in the Web of Science Core Collection database over 2013-2014, using the search terms “global warming” or...