Source: Where do they get the number of 97% of climate scientists' concensus on change?

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It’s good to have this source book-marked for discussions with those who aren’t sure man-made climate change is real..

The percentage, 97%, is reported by NASA at:

http://climate.nasa.gov/scientific-consensus/ (ftnt)

The implications of this level of consensus is staggering and should easily convince all but the delusional and/or co-opted. Here is the short and simple observation I make and it is stunningly effective:

Getting 97% consensus of the general adult population on any matter, much less a controversial one, is nearly impossible. (Perhaps on the existence of gravity or the idea that the earth circles the sun, or . . .) But this 97% is a specialized population, professional scientists, many of whom dedicated themselves to the discovery of truth in their teens. The odds of getting 97% of such dedicated professionals to agree to a falsehood (and fudge their research to support it) simply for tenure or to secure grants are slimmer than the changes of winning Mega-Millions!!!!

Then I ask something like, "What sane individual would stake the future of our species on such a long-shot?"



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(ftnt) The high percentage is not based on heresy or ideology but on three articles in reputable scientific journals:

W. R. L. Anderegg, “Expert Credibility in Climate Change,” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Vol. 107 No. 27, 12107-12109 (21 June 2010); DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1003187107.

P. T. Doran & M. K. Zimmerman, "Examining the Scientific Consensus on Climate Change," Eos Transactions American Geophysical Union Vol. 90 Issue 3 (2009), 22; DOI: 10.1029/2009EO030002.

N. Oreskes, “Beyond the Ivory Tower: The Scientific Consensus on Climate Change,” Science Vol. 306 no. 5702, p. 1686 (3 December 2004); DOI: 10.1126/science.1103618.

This site also includes the encapsulated positions of eighteen scientific societies, unions, associations, and academies, as well as one governmental agency and intergovernmental body.

Indeed, the site is one of the best places to send critics of the scientific consensus.