'Case closed': 99.9% of scientists agree climate emergency caused by humans

[Nevilledog]

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Mark Lynas
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Do you remember the famous 97% study - that 97% of climate science supported the consensus on human-caused climate change? Well we have just published an update for 2012-2021 papers in the same journal, Environmental Research Letters. The figure is now... drumroll please...99.9%!


Here is the full paper, which is open access (no paywall) in ERL. It explains the methodology, and also links to all the data files - how we rated the different papers, calculated the % of sceptical ones, and which they are.

https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ac2966…

Here's the Guardian's take, courtesy of @jonathanwatts

‘Case closed’: 99.9% of scientists agree climate emergency caused by humans
Trawl of 90,000 studies finds consensus, leading to call for Facebook and Twitter to curb disinformation
theguardian.com
8:15 AM · Oct 19, 2021

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/oct/19/case-closed-999-of-scientists-agree-climate-emergency-caused-by-humans

The scientific consensus that humans are altering the climate has passed 99.9%, according to research that strengthens the case for global action at the Cop26 summit in Glasgow.

The degree of scientific certainty about the impact of greenhouse gases is now similar to the level of agreement on evolution and plate tectonics, the authors say, based on a survey of nearly 90,000 climate-related studies. This means there is practically no doubt among experts that burning fossil fuels, such as oil, gas, coal, peat and trees, is heating the planet and causing more extreme weather.

A previous survey in 2013 showed 97% of studies published between 1991 and 2012 supported the idea that human activities are altering Earth’s climate.

This has been updated and expanded by the study by Cornell University that shows the tiny minority of sceptical voices has diminished to almost nothing as evidence mounts of the link between fossil-fuel burning and climate disruption.

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[hunter]

1. Global warming is how our civilization dies.

One might think it would be the topic of most political internet postings but it's not.

I figure I'm about half and half, global warming and social justice issues, even in my most frivolous "I liked this baby elephant video" recommendations.

[roamer65]

2. Get rid of humans.

Problem solved.

Callous, but true.

[Silent3]

3. No case is ever closed...

...as long as you can imagine an even-bigger conspiracy!

[Shermann]

4. But but there was that concern troll over on FXN who had some unaddressed concerns... nt

[Duppers]

5. "How did WE cause it?"

"Only God has that kind of power!"
- RW relative

[Dirty Socialist]

6. Who are you gonna believe???

Everyone knows that 99.9% percent of scientists are immoral to the core, while college dropout AM radio hosts and Big Oil are both models of integrity /sarc