Is climate Change human-made?

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A rise in global temperature has coincided with the rise of carbon dioxide emissions within the same period of time (approximately since the beginning of the 20th century).

The earth is capable of absorbing any increase of CO2 emissions. Oceans can absorb CO2 and forests have increased their growth rates, which leads to a lower level of CO2 in the atmosphere.

Average temperatures on earth have increased much faster than can be explained by natural climate changes.

The rise in temperatures in the 20th century is within the natural boundaries.

The overall effect of human activities (burning of fossil fuels) since the Industrial Revolution has been a warming effect, driven primarily by emissions of carbon dioxide.

There are natural causes for climate change, e.g. volcanic activities and changes in solar radiation, which have occurred all through Earth's history.

More than 90% of experts and scientists with high expertise and extensive peer-reviewed research agree that climate change is caused by human activity.

There is a substantial number of scientists that disagree and believe that climate change is not primarily caused by humans, but also by the environment itself. Some claim that there is too little information to put the blame solely on human activities.

Carbon dioxide is a long-lived greenhouse gas, which will continue to affect the climate.

CO2 is already saturated in the atmosphere, so more emissions will have no or little further impact on the climate. Human-caused CO2 emissions are too insignificant to change the earth's climate.

The rise of CO2 emissions leads to global warming, loss of sea ice, rise of sea levels, stronger and more frequent storms and more periods of severe drought.

Some scientists argue that the measurements are faulty or manipulated or that there is simply not enough information. According to them climate change is a hoax.


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