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Assessments of climate science by the United Nations (see [[IPCC]] - ''Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change'')
 
Assessments of climate science by the United Nations (see [[IPCC]] - ''Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change'')
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have ignored natural causes and highlighted guesses
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have claimed that there is a scientific consensus on the subject. According to their latest report, scientists are 90% sure that over 50% of the observed global warming in recent decades is human-caused, and that continued global warming could be expected to raise sea levels by one foot over the next century.
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that human activity,  
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such as burning of [[fossil fuels]] in increasing amounts,  
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might aggravate warming to the detriment of the environment.  
      
Several prominent scientists have pointed out the [[politicized science]] of the UN's assessment methods. The scientific reports are submitted to a panel of representatives appointed by each country in the IPCC. The panel picks and chooses what they want to put in the [[Summary for Policymakers]], over the objections of scientists whose actual evaluations are disregarded when the do not fit the preordained conclusions of the panel.
 
Several prominent scientists have pointed out the [[politicized science]] of the UN's assessment methods. The scientific reports are submitted to a panel of representatives appointed by each country in the IPCC. The panel picks and chooses what they want to put in the [[Summary for Policymakers]], over the objections of scientists whose actual evaluations are disregarded when the do not fit the preordained conclusions of the panel.

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