Encyclopedia of Opinion
Question
Is climate change real?
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Yes, climate change is real

This position holds that climate change is real and driven by human carbon emissions. It argues that the science is clear and the evidence overwhelming — that climate models have proven accurate, that only human emissions explain the warming, and that even oil companies long knew it was real.

Supporting arguments · 4

  1. All published scientific research on climate change confirms it's real
    Thousands of papers from scientists all over the world confirm that climate change is real, and are demonstrating global warming's impact on sea ice, ocean level rise, heat waves, crops, people's health, animal migrations, and more.
  2. Climate change models have proven very accurate
    Scientific predictions about human emissions and the rise in global temperatures have proven very accurate. If anything they have been too conservative, underestimating the impacts and speed of climate change.
  3. Oil companies have known for many years climate change is real
    In the 1960s and 70s oil company scientists understood that climate change was real, and the companies worked to hide and obscure this information from the public.
  4. Only human emissions account for climate change
    Not solar activity, not volcanoes, not natural cycles like el Nino, the data is clear that human activity alone is what is driving the rise in global temperatures.