"Climate change is a hoax"

Question

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.

Comments

I agree with your response, however I am wondering where you got your information about the investigations that have exonerated these scientists? I would also argue that while there is validity and research to back the human-caused affects of climate change, there are also studies and evidence backing the Earth's cooling and warming cycles so that much at least may not entirely be untrue. https://www.climate.gov/news-features/climate-qa/hasnt-earth-warmed-and-cooled-naturally-throughout-history

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You did a great job finding a reliable source for your claim! Though I feel you could've done a better job elaborating your claim, since this is such an important topic/issue, I would've gone more in depth on the scientific research that was noted in this article.

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I agree with you. I think that humans and other animals cause climate change. NASA specifically responded to this saying that "Scientific evidence continues to show that human activities (primarily the human burning of fossil fuels) have warmed Earth’s surface and its ocean basins, which in turn have continued to impact Earth’s climate. This is based on over a century of scientific evidence forming the structural backbone of today’s civilization." NASA is a reliable site as they have proof of climate change, and it is happening not only from the view of Earth but also in space and around the planet. The Environmental Protection Agency wrote about it as well talking about how it is caused by humans greenhouse gasses and other environmentally harmful substances, specifically "it is extremely likely (> 95%) that human activities have been the dominant cause of that warming." This site is reliable as it is a government website. Although many people think it's not real, graphs and studies done by scientists have proven that wrong.


https://www.epa.gov/climatechange-science/causes-climate-change#:~:text=Rather%2C%20it%20is%20extremely%20likely,dominant%20cause%20of%20that%20warming.&text=It%20is%20unequivocal%20that%20human,the%20atmosphere%2C%20ocean%20and%20land.&text=Human%20activities%20have%20contributed%20substantially,Greenhouse%20Gas%20Emissions

https://science.nasa.gov/climate-change/scientific-consensus/

Answer 1

This claim is false, Firstly, it is important to recognize that a hoax is described as a "humorous or malicious deception" by Oxford. Secondly, according to NASA, 97% of scientists agree that man-made climate change is currently happening (https://science.nasa.gov/climate-change/scientific-consensus/). Climate change is defined as a long-term change in temperature and weather patterns, this could be characterized by severe storms, more intense weather, and raising global temperatures, which is what is most commonly thought to be climate change. Additionally, "Earth’s temperature has risen by an average of 0.11° Fahrenheit (0.06° Celsius) per decade since 1850, or about 2° F in total." (https://dev-04-drupal-climate.woc.noaa.gov/news-features/understanding-climate/climate-change-global-temperature). These changes in temperature prove that climate change is not a hoax and is definitely occuring.