Ninety seven percent of scientists agree that climate change is happening, & human activity is the dominant cause,1,2,3,4 but television debates usually have an equal number of speakers on each side. Last week Tonight with John Oliver was more representative (NSFW):
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1 “Scientific consensus: Earth's climate is warming”, http://climate.nasa.gov/scientific-consensus/
2 “The 97% consensus on global warming”, https://www.skepticalscience.com/global-warming-scientific-consensus.htm
3 “How to Determine the Scientific Consensus on Global Warming”, http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-to-determine-the-scientific-consensus-on-global-warming/
4 “Survey finds 97% of climate science papers agree warming is man-made“, http://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2013/may/16/climate-change-scienceofclimatechange / anthropically caused climate change anthropic climate change global warming carbon dioxide CO2 carbon oxide atmosphere green house green-house greenhouse effect scientist scientific consensus political debate climate skeptic climate denier drought el nino el nina heat stress health future generations dehydration drought flood cyclone hurricane burning fossil fuel hydrocarbon energy renewable sustainable green photovoltaic PV solar cell solar energy hydro electricity wind turbine climatologist /
