Open AccessClimate scientists need to set the record straight: There is a scientific consensus that human‐caused climate change is happening
Author(s) -
Maibach Edward,
Myers Teresa,
Leiserowitz Anthony
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
earth's future
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.641
H-Index - 39
ISSN - 2328-4277
DOI - 10.1002/2013ef000226
Subject(s) - scientific consensus , climate change , happening , climate science , set (abstract data type) , environmental ethics , scientific evidence , political science , global warming , history , epistemology , ecology , computer science , biology , philosophy , performance art , programming language , art history
Nearly all climate scientists are convinced that human‐caused climate change is occurring, yet half of Americans do not know or do not believe that a scientific consensus has been reached. That such a large proportion of Americans do not understand that there is a near‐unanimous scientific consensus about the basic facts of climate change matters, a lot. This essay briefly explains why, and what climate science societies and individual climate scientists can do to set the record straight.