I am curious to know where you found the range of 80-90 percent? I honestly would have guessed that the percentage was even higher than 90 percent. There are many skeptics and denialists out there, but the actual number of them who are truly climate scientists is very small. For example, TV weather forecasters are not climate scientists; however, they frequently spout off about climate change and TV viewers blindly believe them assuming that their TV weather guy is the all-knowing local weather (and climate) expert. Forecasters and meteorologists rarely look beyond 7-10 days ahead. What occurs within the next 7-10 days is weather, not climate. There is a big difference.
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Date: 2010-04-22 02:01 pm (UTC)I am curious to know where you found the range of 80-90 percent? I honestly would have guessed that the percentage was even higher than 90 percent. There are many skeptics and denialists out there, but the actual number of them who are truly climate scientists is very small. For example, TV weather forecasters are not climate scientists; however, they frequently spout off about climate change and TV viewers blindly believe them assuming that their TV weather guy is the all-knowing local weather (and climate) expert. Forecasters and meteorologists rarely look beyond 7-10 days ahead. What occurs within the next 7-10 days is weather, not climate. There is a big difference.