Mainstream Scientific Position, and Challenges To It
The finding that the climate has warmed in recent decades and that human activities are already contributing adversely to global climate change has been endorsed by every national science academy that has issued a statement on climate change, including the science academies of all of the major industrialized countries.
Attribution of recent climate change discusses how global warming is attributed to anthropogenic greenhouse gasses (GHGs).
Read more about this topic: Global Warming Controversy
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