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[–] Avnomke 1 point 0 points (+1|-1) ago 

There are people who spend a lot of time going over the data, and the overwhelming consensus (97%) among them is that we're causing it, or at the very least, making it worse. We're definitely causing it. And there is evidence showing that earth is warmer than it's been in the past 2000 years. Reports from the IPCC state that the second half of the 20th century has a >90% chance of being the warmest 50 year period in the last 500 years and a >66% chance of being the warmest in the last 1300 years. It's not a coincidence that this is also when we started pumping carbon dioxide into the air - CO2 levels and global temperatures are very closely linked. There is evidence of climate change raising sea levels (r=.99) in addition to many other harmful effects, which are laid out in detail by the IPCC. Also in that last link is what we can do about it.

Climate change is real, dangerous, and not up for debate anymore.

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[–] Phoenix_MD 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago  (edited ago)

To claim "not up for debate anymore" is a very dangerous plea for censorship of other expert's alternative theories.

And remember >97% of the humans used to think the world was flat.

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[–] Aragorn_ ago  (edited ago)

Not to mention that 97% number doesn't mean much. What the survey found was that the majority of studies were neutral on the cause of climate change. The 97% was only among studies that expressed an opinion, but it probably doesn't sound as good to say that a minority but plurality of papers believe climate change is anthropogenic.

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[–] Aragorn_ ago 

I'm not sure if you read my post, which was about the fact that that climate change exists whether or not humans are contributing to it. So do you believe that the climate would not change if there were not human activity in the mix?