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But just how good is the science?

Would you cross a bridge if 99.9% of bridge engineers said that it was dangerous?

That’s the number of climate scientists who have concluded that human-caused climate change is happening*.

But when asked to name this figure, respondents in the UK guessed 65%, way below the real level.**

Ask your friends, family, and colleagues what figure they would estimate.

We’re past realizing what’s happening, and we’re past realizing who’s to blame.

Now it’s time to fix the problem.

Sources:
* Lynas, M et al (2021) ‘Greater than 99% consensus on human caused climate change in the peer-reviewed scientific literature,’ Environmental Research Letters 16(11): 1-7.

** Quoted from King’s College London: Public hugely underestimate scientific consensus on climate change

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