And that's enough information for you to accept the "97%" figure as fact?
Again folks, a simple google search is in order. I found this in less than thirty seconds on a NASA site (
https://climate.nasa.gov/scientific-consensus/ ). So here are five references all agreeing on a summation of the literature out there. The journals I am familiar with are among the most reputable in the world (PNAS and Science). THIS IS ENOUGH to convince me.
I have NEVER read an opinion disagreeing with the consensus from a peer reviewed journal from a source not receiving funding from the energy corporations. Please feel free to show me a
peer reviewed quality piece of literature that states a contrary opinion. Bueller...Bueller...Bueller....
J. Cook, et al, "
Consensus on consensus: a synthesis of consensus estimates on human-caused global warming,"
Environmental Research Letters Vol. 11 No. 4, (13 April 2016);
DOI:10.1088/1748-9326/11/4/048002
Quotation from page 6: "The number of papers rejecting AGW [Anthropogenic, or human-caused, Global Warming] is a miniscule proportion of the published research, with the percentage slightly decreasing over time. Among papers expressing a position on AGW, an overwhelming percentage (97.2% based on self-ratings, 97.1% based on abstract ratings) endorses the scientific consensus on AGW.”
J. Cook, et al, "
Quantifying the consensus on anthropogenic global warming in the scientific literature,"
Environmental Research Letters Vol. 8 No. 2, (15 May 2013);
DOI:10.1088/1748-9326/8/2/024024
Quotation from page 3: "Among abstracts that expressed a position on AGW, 97.1% endorsed the scientific consensus. Among scientists who expressed a position on AGW in their abstract, 98.4% endorsed the consensus.”
W. R. L. Anderegg, “Expert Credibility in Climate Change,”
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Vol. 107 No. 27, 12107-12109 (21 June 2010); DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1003187107.
P. T. Doran & M. K. Zimmerman, "Examining the Scientific Consensus on Climate Change,"
Eos Transactions American Geophysical Union Vol. 90 Issue 3 (2009), 22; DOI: 10.1029/2009EO030002.
N. Oreskes, “Beyond the Ivory Tower: The Scientific Consensus on Climate Change,”
Science Vol. 306 no. 5702, p. 1686 (3 December 2004); DOI: 10.1126/science.1103618.