Climate Scientists Need to Set the Record Straight: There is a Scientific Consensus that Human-Caused Climate Change is Happening

The document highlights a significant disconnect between the scientific community and the American public regarding the consensus on human-caused climate change. While nearly all climate scientists agree that human-caused climate change is occurring, approximately half of Americans are either unaware of or do not believe in this consensus. The author asserts that this lack of understanding is critical and calls for climate science societies and individual scientists to take action to correct the record.

• There is a near-unanimous consensus among climate scientists that human-caused climate change is occurring, but approximately 50% of Americans either do not know or do not believe this consensus exists.

APA

Team, M. 4. (2014). Climate Scientists Need to Set the Record Straight: There is a Scientific Consensus that Human-Caused Climate Change is Happening. Center for Climate Change Communication. https://climatecommunication.gmu.edu/all/there-is-scientific-consensus-that-human-caused-climate-change-is-happening/

Chicago

Team, Mason 4C. Climate Scientists Need to Set the Record Straight: There is a Scientific Consensus that Human-Caused Climate Change is Happening. Center for Climate Change Communication, 2014. https://climatecommunication.gmu.edu/all/there-is-scientific-consensus-that-human-caused-climate-change-is-happening/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{team2014climate, author = {Team, Mason 4C}, title = {{Climate Scientists Need to Set the Record Straight: There is a Scientific Consensus that Human-Caused Climate Change is Happening}}, institution = {Center for Climate Change Communication}, year = {2014}, month = may, url = {https://climatecommunication.gmu.edu/all/there-is-scientific-consensus-that-human-caused-climate-change-is-happening/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }