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The article "The HOAX of Climate Change" calls it a political scam. Some scientists avoided the data and tried to shut down opposing views, referencing the 2009 "Climategate" controversy. It also said any warming we're seeing is just part of natural solar cycles and not because of human actions. Those claims are false because several investigations have exonerated the scientists behind those accusations, and temperature records from NASA and NOAA plainly show that the planet has been steadily warming, due mostly to human-caused greenhouse gas emissions, not solar activity.

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ago by Newbie (300 points)

Claim: Climate change is a hoax 

The article uses little to no credible information to back up the authors opinion where climate change is a hoax. There is evidence from "NASA"  https://science.nasa.gov/climate-change/evidence/ that is scientifically proven to show how Climate change is not a hoax and is very much real. The article is false and uses unreliable evidence to prove the authors point.

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The scientific data of changes in our oceans brought on by rising greenhouse gasses contradicts the claim that "climate change is a hoax." According to a NASA study, the ocean absorbs around 90% of the excess heat from global warming, which has caused sea levels to rise by more than 4 inches since 1992 and marine heat waves to become more intense. Two effects of the warmer water are ocean acidification, which damages marine ecosystems, and bigger hurricanes. Also, the thinning of sea ice brought on by rising air and ocean temperatures speeds up warming even further by reducing the amount of sunlight reflected back into space. These measured changes in ocean conditions prove the reality of climate change and its ongoing effects on our world.

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https://science.nasa.gov/earth/explore/the-ocean-and-climate-change/ 

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ago by Newbie (260 points)

The word hoax is the incorrect use of words for this. A hoax would indicate that climate change is simply unreal and something made up. Climate change is a real thing in our world, and not something made up and false, which is why the claim climate change is a hoax is simply false. There are many studies and research that shows climate change is a real factor in society. 

https://science.nasa.gov/earth/explore/the-ocean-and-climate-change/ 

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ago by Newbie (300 points)

I believe that saying climate change is a hoax is not true because the article they link is outdated and saying that climate change is a hoax is very one-sided and opinionated which makes the argument. https://science.nasa.gov/earth/explore/the-ocean-and-climate-change/ 

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