A report found most scientists believe humans are the source of global warming, but the public thinks the scientists are at odds with each other. OSLO â Ninety-seven percent of scientists say global warming is mainly man-made but a wide public belief that experts are divided is making it harder to gain support for policies to curb climate change, an international study showed on Thursday. The report found an overwhelming view among scientists that human activity, led by the use of fossil fuels, was the main cause of rising temperatures in recent decades. "There is a strong scientific agreement about the cause of climate change, despite public perceptions to the contrary," said John Cook of the University of Queensland in Australia, who led the study in the journal Environmental Research Letters. They also asked authors for their views and found a 97 percent conviction from replies covering 2,000 papers. "There is a gaping chasm between the actual consensus and the public perception," he said in a statement. "When people understand that scientists agree on global warming, they're more likely to support policies that take action on it." Experts in Australia, the United States, Britain and Canada studied 4,000 summaries of peer-reviewed papers in journals giving a view about climate change since the early 1990s and found that 97 percent said it was mainly caused by humans. They also asked authors for their views and found a 97 percent conviction from replies covering 2,000 papers. http://news.msn.com/science-technol...ts-say-global-warming-is-man-made-study-finds
LOL. Al Gore must be sending out e-mails this morning. FULL ALERT. Artic Ice grows by 60%? WTF! Hurricane season is going bust and now this? Ain't good for our scam. Get your "scientific" studies out. You know, the ones we supplied you from our pretend scientists who are bought and paid for. The ones who would make a tabacco industry supporter smile and shake his head.