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Expert credibility in climate change.

William R L Anderegg¹, James W Prall, Jacob Harold

¹Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA. anderegg@stanford.edu

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

|June 23, 2010

Summary

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Over 97% of publishing climate scientists agree on human-caused climate change (ACC). Researchers unconvinced of ACC have significantly less scientific expertise and prominence than those who agree.

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Area of Science:

Climate science
Environmental science
Atmospheric science

Background:

Public perception of climate change differs from scientific consensus.
Previous estimates of scientific agreement on anthropogenic climate change (ACC) are based on limited data.
A comprehensive analysis of climate scientist expertise and agreement is needed.

Purpose of the Study:

To quantify the level of scientific consensus on ACC among actively publishing climate researchers.
To assess the relative expertise and prominence of scientists with dissenting views on ACC.

Main Methods:

Analysis of publication and citation data for 1,372 climate researchers.
Evaluation of researcher prominence based on scientific output and impact.
Comparison of expertise levels between scientists supporting and questioning ACC.

Main Results:

97-98% of actively publishing climate researchers support the tenets of ACC.
Climate researchers unconvinced of ACC possess substantially lower scientific expertise and prominence.
The findings align with established scientific consensus on anthropogenic climate change.

Conclusions:

There is an overwhelming consensus among actively publishing climate scientists regarding ACC.
The scientific credibility of dissenting voices in climate science is significantly lower.
This study reinforces the robust scientific agreement on the causes of climate change.