Study Confirms Scientific Consensus on Climate Change
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
The work to promote clean energy and reduce global warming pollution has been based on the research of climate scientists, the vast majority of whom have found for decades that human activity is causing global warming. But there are climate scientists who disagree, and some skeptics have called into question whether this scientific consensus actually exists.
A new study from researchers at Stanford University compiles a database of scientists actively working on climate change and identifies their positions on human caused global warming. The study found that over 97% of the top experts on climate science believe that global warming is happening and human activity is the cause, while many of those identified as climate skeptics are not actively publishing in the field.
