Sentences with phrase «significant contributing factor in changing mean global temperatures»
``... about 58 % of the general public in the US thinks that human activity is a significant contributing factor in changing the mean global temperature, as opposed to 97 % of specia lists surveyed.»
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Responses to the question: «Do you think human activity is a significant contributing factor in changing mean global temperatures?»
That's why I prefer statements like «82 % of scientists said «yes» to the question: «Do you think human activity is a significant contributing factor in changing mean global temperatures?»
Figure 1: Response to the survey question «Do you think human activity is a significant contributing factor in changing mean global temperatures?»
In January 2009, a poll of 3146 earth scientists found that 82 % answered yes to the question: «Do you think human activity is a significant contributing factor in changing mean global temperatures?».
Doran and Zimmerman (2009) surveyed Earth scientists, and found that of the 77 scientists responding to their survey who are actively publishing climate science research, 75 (97.4 %) agreed that «human activity is a significant contributing factor in changing mean global temperatures.»
The second question asked: «Do you think human activity is a significant contributing factor in changing mean global temperatures?»
When researchers surveyed climate scientists on the cause of global warming 97 % of the actively publishing climatologists said that «human activity is a significant contributing factor in changing mean global temperatures» (Doran 2009) Researchers found the same patterns when they analysed public statements of climate experts (Anderegg 2010).