Also global heat content of the ocean (which constitutes 85 % of the total warming) has continued to rise strongly in this period, and
ongoing warming of the climate system as a whole is supported by a very wide range of observations, as reported in the peer - reviewed scientific literature.
In environmental circles there is a clear and correct recognition
of the fact that the planet is
warming at an astounding pace, yet, there is a perplexing denial
of the
ongoing climate engineering insanity (which is mathematically the greatest single negative influence on the
climate system overall).
Even with
ongoing questions about the proxy data, the IPCC's key statement — that most
of the
warming since the mid-twentieth century is «very likely» to be due to human - caused increases in greenhouse - gas concentration — remains solid because it rests on multiple lines
of evidence from different teams examining many aspects
of the
climate system, says Susan Solomon, the former co-chair
of the IPCC team that produced the 2007 physical science report and a
climate researcher with the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Boulder, Colorado.