July 7, 2011 | 12:42 PM | By

See for yourself: A brief history of climate science

FILED UNDER: Straight talk, see for yourself


There are a lot of statistics that get thrown around when talking about the scientific consensus supporting human-caused climate change. For example, more than 98% of climate scientists are convinced humans are largely responsible for global warming. And those who are
Skeptical Science has produced a great interactive visual demonstration of not only the weight of published scientific support for human-caused climate change, but also its evolution. I picked five years along the way to highlight the history of published climate science. There’s a circle for each year, and the size of the circle reflects the number of scientific studies published in that year.
I highly recommend checking out the real deal on the Skeptical Science website . With it’s slider and flying circles, the original version is far more fun to experience. Plus, there’s a description of how Skeptical Science determines what’ss pro- and con-AGW (anthropogenic global warming), as well as listings of the studies published each year.