Let's Cut to the Chase

The Earth is warming, largely due to human impact, a fact supported by a strong scientific consensus on climate change concerns.

Written byKeith Kloor
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This is not rocket science. The Earth is warming; there's an important human contribution, and it's something to worry about. This is the scientific consensus. Earth scientists are substantially split only on whether the warming is potentially catastrophic.

A nice distillation by John Nielsen-Gammon on where we stand.

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