Global warming is not a hunch

Average Americans may view global warming as a hunch - one of several competing notions, none of them proven, so fair game for a never ending debate. To scientists, a theory is not a hunch. It is a way of explaining why or how things happen that is grounded in the scientific method.

Numerous letters written to the editors and lots of comments written in blogs in response to articles and opinion about global warming or climate change are often saying that it's a farce... Everything happening is "natural," they say. "The media and the scientists are pumping out gloom and doom because it's in their interest. And moreover you'll kill industry and put us into a depression if you institute any controls."

But consider this:

Today, research scientists around the world are reinforcing to the non-scientific world that the 'theory of global warming' is not a mere guess. Rather, it's a series of explanations based on reliable data that's been exhaustively tested and retested in hundreds of reputable, peer-reviewed research reports.

Global warming is anything but a hunch. It's time to listen to the scientists and respect the actual evidence. See Global warming is theory backed by facts.