The Consensus on Anthropogenic Global Warming: 99.94%.
Studies of the consensus on anthropogenic global warming based on literature surveys give higher and more consistent results than opinion polls. The five literature surveys that used (or could have used) rejection as the criterion of consensus (11-15) agree closely. They comprise 54,195 articles from 1991-2015 and reveal an average consensus of 99.94%. I estimate that at least 150,000 individual authors wrote those articles and that does not represent all who wrote about AGW, but only those found using specific search terms. (See Powell 2017, Bulletin of Science, Technology, and Society, here for free download.)
Is it not past time that, for the sake of our grandchildren's future, scientists and those who support science respond with one voice to say that on anthropogenic global warming, publishing scientists are as close to unanimous as Science gets?
Is it not past time that, for the sake of our grandchildren's future, scientists and those who support science respond with one voice to say that on anthropogenic global warming, publishing scientists are as close to unanimous as Science gets?
