Global average surface air temperature is one of the most well - recognized metrics of contemporary climate change — hence the term «global warming». (patricktbrown.org)
I intend both to «follow the money» (flowing primarily from special interests opposed to regulation or taxation of greenhouse gas emissions) and to «follow the science» (by exposing the most egregious flaws in the «evidence» against the attribution of contemporary climate change primarily to human causes). (deepclimate.org)
Some skeptics have attributed contemporary climate change to natural fluctuations in solar activity, rather than human - emitted greenhouse gases — the explanation endorsed by nearly all climate scientists, including those convened by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. (livescience.com)