According to an April 2022 survey on climate change conducted in the United States, approximately 20 percent of the respondents believed that 91 to 100 percent of all climate scientists have concluded human-caused global warming is happening. Only two percent of respondents believed that zero to 10 percent of climate scientists thought human-caused global warming is happening.
Opinion on the degree of scientific consensus on human-caused global warming among adults in the United States in 2022
Share of scientists that think human-caused global warming is happening
The question was phrased by the source as follows: "To the best of your knowledge, what percentage of climate scientists think that human-caused global warming is happening?".
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Center For Climate Change Communication, & Yale Program on Climate Change Communication. (July 18, 2022). Opinion on the degree of scientific consensus on human-caused global warming among adults in the United States in 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 23, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/654488/public-understanding-of-the-degree-of-scientific-consensus-on-global-warming-us/
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