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The '''anthropogenic global warming theory''' holds human beings responsible for most of the slight [[warming trend]] seen since the [[Little Ice Age]] - at about the time of the [[American Revolutionary War]]. [http://www.sitewave.net/news/s49p1834.htm] (''Anthropo-'' refers to men, ''genic'' means [[cause and effect|cause]].)

The '''anthropogenic global warming theory''' (''Anthropo-'' refers to men, ''genic'' means [[cause and effect|cause]]) holds human beings responsible for most of the slight [[warming trend]] seen since the [[Little Ice Age]] - which began at about the time of the [[American Revolutionary War]].<ref>http://www.sitewave.net/news/s49p1834.htm</ref>

A panel of the [[United Nations]] is "90% sure" that most [[global warming]] since about 1950 has been caused by human beings.<ref>[http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/26979 Mankind to blame for global warming, says IPCC]</ref> But Roger Pielke, [[Professor]] of Environmental Studies at the [[University of Colorado]], said, "After [[Climategate]], the surface temperature record is being called into question." To experts such as McIntyre and Pielke, perhaps the most baffling thing has been the near-unanimity over [[global warming]] in the world’s [[mainstream media]] - a unanimity much greater than that found among scientists.<ref>David Rose. [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1235395/SPECIAL-INVESTIGATION-Climate-change-emails-row-deepens--Russians-admit-DID-send-them.html SPECIAL INVESTIGATION: Climate change emails row deepens as Russians admit they DID come from their Siberian server], [[UK]] ''Mail Online'', December 13, 2009.</ref>

A panel of the [[United Nations]] is "90% sure" that most [[global warming]] since about 1950 has been caused by human beings.<ref>[http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/26979 Mankind to blame for global warming, says IPCC]</ref> But Roger Pielke, [[Professor]] of Environmental Studies at the [[University of Colorado]], said, "After [[Climategate]], the surface temperature record is being called into question." To experts such as McIntyre and Pielke, perhaps the most baffling thing has been the near-unanimity over [[global warming]] in the world’s [[mainstream media]] - a unanimity much greater than that found among scientists.<ref>David Rose. [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1235395/SPECIAL-INVESTIGATION-Climate-change-emails-row-deepens--Russians-admit-DID-send-them.html SPECIAL INVESTIGATION: Climate change emails row deepens as Russians admit they DID come from their Siberian server], [[UK]] ''Mail Online'', December 13, 2009.</ref>

==Relation to current climate change==

==Relation to current climate change==

The '''anthropogenic global warming theory''' is one of several explanations for the 1.5 degrees F of warming<ref>[http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk/cru/info/warming/ Climatic Research Unit Sheet #1]</ref> of the earth's surface recorded since the middle of the 19th century.

The anthropogenic global warming theory is one of several explanations for the 1.5 degrees F of warming<ref>[http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk/cru/info/warming/ Climatic Research Unit Sheet #1]</ref> of the earth's surface recorded since the middle of the 19th century.

The theory enjoys broad based political support from [[Liberals]], [[Greens]] and the US [[Democratic Party]], and theory supporters frequently assert the existence of a "[[scientific consensus]]" favoring their viewpoint (see [[Politics of global warming]]).

The theory enjoys broad based political support from [[Liberals]], [[Greens]] and the US [[Democratic Party]], and theory supporters frequently assert the existence of a "[[scientific consensus]]" favoring their viewpoint (see [[Politics of global warming]]).