• DOI:10.1029/2009EO030002
Corpus ID: 128398335

Examining the Scientific Consensus on Climate Change

@article{Doran2009ExaminingTS,
  title={Examining the Scientific Consensus on Climate Change},
  author={P. Doran and M. Zimmerman},
  journal={Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union},
  year={2009},
  volume={90},
  pages={22-23}
}

• P. Doran, M. Zimmerman
• Published 2009
• Political Science
• Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union

Fifty-two percent of Americans think most climate scientists agree that the Earth has been warming in recent years, and 47% think climate scientists agree (i.e., that there is a scientific consensus) that human activities are a major cause of that warming, according to recent polling (see http://www.pollingreport.com/enviro.htm). However, attempts to quantify the scientific consensus on anthropogenic warming have met with criticism. For instance, Oreskes [2004] reviewed 928 abstracts from peer… Expand