[Vision2020] Skeptical Science: Examining the Science of Global Warming Skepticism

Fri Jun 12 16:09:22 PDT 2009

http://www.skepticalscience.com/argument.php Skeptic Arguments

This is a list of every skeptic argument encountered online as well as how
often each argument is used. How this is
calculated...<http://www.skepticalscience.com/page.php?p=20>
  1

 It's the sun<http://www.skepticalscience.com/solar-activity-sunspots-global-warming.htm>

 7.7%

 sun<http://www.skepticalscience.com/solar-activity-sunspots-global-warming.htm>
 2

 Climate's changed
before<http://www.skepticalscience.com/climate-change-little-ice-age-medieval-warm-period.htm>

 6.7%

 change<http://www.skepticalscience.com/climate-change-little-ice-age-medieval-warm-period.htm>
 3

 There is no consensus<http://www.skepticalscience.com/global-warming-scientific-consensus.htm>

 5.9%

 consensus<http://www.skepticalscience.com/global-warming-scientific-consensus.htm>
 4

 It's cooling<http://www.skepticalscience.com/global-cooling-january-2007-to-january-2008.htm>

 5.1%

 cooling<http://www.skepticalscience.com/global-cooling-january-2007-to-january-2008.htm>
 5

 Models are unreliable <http://www.skepticalscience.com/climate-models.htm>

 4.6%

 model <http://www.skepticalscience.com/climate-models.htm>
 6

 Surface temp is
unreliable<http://www.skepticalscience.com/surface-temperature-measurements.htm>

 4.3%

 surface<http://www.skepticalscience.com/surface-temperature-measurements.htm>
 7

 Ice age predicted in the
70s<http://www.skepticalscience.com/ice-age-predictions-in-1970s.htm>

 3.6%

 ice70s <http://www.skepticalscience.com/ice-age-predictions-in-1970s.htm>
 8

 We're heading into an ice
age<http://www.skepticalscience.com/heading-into-new-little-ice-age.htm>

 3.5%

 newice<http://www.skepticalscience.com/heading-into-new-little-ice-age.htm>
 9

 It hasn't warmed since
1998<http://www.skepticalscience.com/global-warming-stopped-in-1998.htm>

 3.5%

 1998 <http://www.skepticalscience.com/global-warming-stopped-in-1998.htm>
 10

 Antarctica is cooling/gaining
ice<http://www.skepticalscience.com/antarctica-gaining-ice.htm>

 3.2%

 antarctica <http://www.skepticalscience.com/antarctica-gaining-ice.htm>
 11

 Al Gore got it
wrong<http://www.skepticalscience.com/al-gore-inconvenient-truth-errors.htm>

 3.1%

 gore<http://www.skepticalscience.com/al-gore-inconvenient-truth-errors.htm>
 12

 CO2 lags temperature<http://www.skepticalscience.com/co2-lags-temperature.htm>

 3.1%

 co2lag <http://www.skepticalscience.com/co2-lags-temperature.htm>
 13

 Global warming is
good<http://www.skepticalscience.com/global-warming-positives-negatives.htm>

 3.0%

 posneg<http://www.skepticalscience.com/global-warming-positives-negatives.htm>
 14

 Hurricanes aren't linked to global
warming<http://www.skepticalscience.com/hurricanes-global-warming.htm>

 2.6%

 hurricane <http://www.skepticalscience.com/hurricanes-global-warming.htm>
 15

 It's freaking cold!<http://www.skepticalscience.com/global-warming-cold-weather.htm>

 2.6%

 cold <http://www.skepticalscience.com/global-warming-cold-weather.htm>
 16

 Mars is warming<http://www.skepticalscience.com/global-warming-on-mars.htm>

 2.4%

 mars <http://www.skepticalscience.com/global-warming-on-mars.htm>
 17

 1934 - hottest year on
record<http://www.skepticalscience.com/1934-hottest-year-on-record.htm>

 2.3%

 1934 <http://www.skepticalscience.com/1934-hottest-year-on-record.htm>
 18

 It's cosmic rays<http://www.skepticalscience.com/cosmic-rays-and-global-warming.htm>

 2.2%

 cosmic <http://www.skepticalscience.com/cosmic-rays-and-global-warming.htm>
 19

 Urban Heat Island effect exaggerates
warming<http://www.skepticalscience.com/urban-heat-island-effect.htm>

 1.9%

 uhi <http://www.skepticalscience.com/urban-heat-island-effect.htm>
 20

 Sea level rise is
exagerated<http://www.skepticalscience.com/sea-level-rise.htm>

 1.9%

 sealevel <http://www.skepticalscience.com/sea-level-rise.htm>
 21

 Arctic icemelt is a natural
cycle<http://www.skepticalscience.com/Arctic-sea-ice-melt-natural-or-man-made.htm>

 1.8%

 arctic<http://www.skepticalscience.com/Arctic-sea-ice-melt-natural-or-man-made.htm>
 22

 Other planets are
warming<http://www.skepticalscience.com/global-warming-other-planets-solar-system.htm>

 1.7%

 planet<http://www.skepticalscience.com/global-warming-other-planets-solar-system.htm>
 23

 Greenland was green<http://www.skepticalscience.com/greenland-used-to-be-green.htm>

 1.7%

 greenland <http://www.skepticalscience.com/greenland-used-to-be-green.htm>
 24

 Hockey stick was
debunked<http://www.skepticalscience.com/broken-hockey-stick.htm>

 1.6%

 hockey <http://www.skepticalscience.com/broken-hockey-stick.htm>
 25

 Water vapor is the most powerful greenhouse
gas<http://www.skepticalscience.com/water-vapor-greenhouse-gas.htm>

 1.6%

 vapor <http://www.skepticalscience.com/water-vapor-greenhouse-gas.htm>
 26

 We're coming out of an ice
age<http://www.skepticalscience.com/coming-out-of-ice-age.htm>

 1.3%

 oldice <http://www.skepticalscience.com/coming-out-of-ice-age.htm>
 27

 Human CO2 is a tiny % of CO2
emissions<http://www.skepticalscience.com/human-co2-smaller-than-natural-emissions.htm>

 1.3%

 manc02<http://www.skepticalscience.com/human-co2-smaller-than-natural-emissions.htm>
 28

 It cooled mid-century<http://www.skepticalscience.com/global-cooling-mid-20th-century.htm>

 1.2%

 midcen<http://www.skepticalscience.com/global-cooling-mid-20th-century.htm>
 29

 Oceans are cooling <http://www.skepticalscience.com/cooling-oceans.htm>

 1.2%

 30

 It warmed before 1940 when CO2 was
low<http://www.skepticalscience.com/global-warming-early-20th-century.htm>

 1.2%

 lowco2<http://www.skepticalscience.com/global-warming-early-20th-century.htm>
 31

 Mt. Kilimanjaro's ice loss is due to land
use<http://www.skepticalscience.com/mount-kilimanjaro-snow.htm>

 1.2%

 kilimanjaro <http://www.skepticalscience.com/mount-kilimanjaro-snow.htm>
 32

 Glaciers are growing<http://www.skepticalscience.com/himalayan-glaciers-growing.htm>

 1.1%

 glacier <http://www.skepticalscience.com/himalayan-glaciers-growing.htm>
 33

 There's no empirical
evidence<http://www.skepticalscience.com/empirical-evidence-for-global-warming.htm>

 1.0%

 empirical<http://www.skepticalscience.com/empirical-evidence-for-global-warming.htm>
 34

 Climate sensitivity is
low<http://www.skepticalscience.com/climate-sensitivity.htm>

 1.0%

 sensitivity <http://www.skepticalscience.com/climate-sensitivity.htm>
 35

 Satellites show no warming in the
troposphere<http://www.skepticalscience.com/satellite-measurements-warming-troposphere.htm>

 0.9%

 troposphere<http://www.skepticalscience.com/satellite-measurements-warming-troposphere.htm>
 36

 If scientists can't predict weather, how can they predict long term
climate?<http://www.skepticalscience.com/weather-forecasts-vs-climate-models-predictions.htm>

 0.8%

 weather<http://www.skepticalscience.com/weather-forecasts-vs-climate-models-predictions.htm>
 37

 Greenland is cooler/gaining
ice<http://www.skepticalscience.com/greenland-cooling-gaining-ice.htm>

 0.8%

 greenl <http://www.skepticalscience.com/greenland-cooling-gaining-ice.htm>
 38

 Neptune is warming<http://www.skepticalscience.com/global-warming-on-neptune.htm>

 0.7%

 neptun <http://www.skepticalscience.com/global-warming-on-neptune.htm>
 39

 There's no correlation between CO2 and
temperature<http://www.skepticalscience.com/argument.php?a=161>

 0.7%

 40

 Jupiter is warming<http://www.skepticalscience.com/global-warming-on-jupiter.htm>

 0.6%

 jupiter <http://www.skepticalscience.com/global-warming-on-jupiter.htm>
 41

 It's Pacific Decadal
Oscillation<http://www.skepticalscience.com/Pacific-Decadal-Oscillation.htm>

 0.5%

 42

 It's volcanoes (or lack
thereof)<http://www.skepticalscience.com/volcanoes-and-global-warming.htm>

 0.4%

 volcano <http://www.skepticalscience.com/volcanoes-and-global-warming.htm>
 43

 It's the ocean<http://www.skepticalscience.com/ocean-and-global-warming.htm>

 0.4%

 ocean <http://www.skepticalscience.com/ocean-and-global-warming.htm>
 44

 Less than half of published scientists endorse global
warming<http://www.skepticalscience.com/klaus-martin-schulte-consensus.htm>

 0.4%

 schulte<http://www.skepticalscience.com/klaus-martin-schulte-consensus.htm>
 45

 CO2 measurements are
suspect<http://www.skepticalscience.com/co2-measurements-uncertainty.htm>

 0.3%

 co2sus <http://www.skepticalscience.com/co2-measurements-uncertainty.htm>
 46

 It's aerosols <http://www.skepticalscience.com/aerosols-global-warming.htm>

 0.3%

 aerosols <http://www.skepticalscience.com/aerosols-global-warming.htm>
 47

 Can animals and plants adapt to global
warming?<http://www.skepticalscience.com/Can-animals-and-plants-adapt-to-global-warming.htm>

 0.3%

 48

 It's methane<http://www.skepticalscience.com/methane-and-global-warming.htm>

 0.2%

 methane <http://www.skepticalscience.com/methane-and-global-warming.htm>
 49

 It's Solar Cycle Length<http://www.skepticalscience.com/solar-cycle-length.htm>

 0.2%

 scl <http://www.skepticalscience.com/solar-cycle-length.htm>
 50

 Naomi Oreskes' study on consensus was
flawed<http://www.skepticalscience.com/naomi-oreskes-consensus-on-global-warming.htm>

 0.1%

 oreskes<http://www.skepticalscience.com/naomi-oreskes-consensus-on-global-warming.htm>
 51

 Water levels correlate with
sunspots<http://www.skepticalscience.com/sunspots-and-water-levels.htm>

 0.1%

 water <http://www.skepticalscience.com/sunspots-and-water-levels.htm>
 52

 Solar cycles cause global
warming<http://www.skepticalscience.com/solar-cycles-global-warming.htm>

 0.1%

 solarcycle<http://www.skepticalscience.com/solar-cycles-global-warming.htm>
 53

 The sun is getting
hotter<http://www.skepticalscience.com/acrim-pmod-sun-getting-hotter.htm>

 0.1%

 hotsun <http://www.skepticalscience.com/acrim-pmod-sun-getting-hotter.htm>
 54

 It's satellite microwave
transmissions<http://www.skepticalscience.com/satellite-microwave-transmissions.htm>

 0.0%

 55

 It's the ozone
layer<http://www.skepticalscience.com/ozone-layer-global-warming.htm>

 0.0%

 ozone <http://www.skepticalscience.com/ozone-layer-global-warming.htm>
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