It is widely believed that the theory of man-made climate change is still controversial, to a large extent thanks to the media who seem to keep dividing their attention equally between the ‘believers’ and the skeptics. This gives the impression that there is a scientific ‘debate’ going on. But now it’s official: a study published in PNAS claims that 97% of climate scientists are convinced of man-made climate change, and perhaps even more importantly, that those are also better scientists (as far as that is measurable).
I doubt that this will put an end to the ‘debate,’ but hopefully it will prompt the media to give us a more balanced view on climate science.
(via The Guardian)