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It's the sun
Climate's changed before
There is no consensus
Surface temp is unreliable
It's cooling
Models are unreliable
Ice age predicted in the 70s
Al Gore got it wrong
We're heading into an ice age
CO2 lags temperature
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Skeptic Arguments

This is a list of every skeptic argument encountered online as well as how often each argument is used.

1 It's the sun 7.8% sun
2 Climate's changed before 6.9% change
3 There is no consensus 6.1% consensus
4 Surface temp is unreliable 4.7% surface
5 It's cooling 4.7% cooling
6 Models are unreliable 4.6% model
7 Ice age predicted in the 70s 3.9% ice70s
8 Al Gore got it wrong 3.5% gore
9 We're heading into an ice age 3.4% newice
10 CO2 lags temperature 3.3% co2lag
11 It hasn't warmed since 1998 3.3% 1998
12 Global warming is good 3.2% posneg
13 Antarctica is cooling/gaining ice 3.2% antarctica
14 Hurricanes aren't linked to global warming 2.7% hurricane
15 Mars is warming 2.7% mars
16 1934 - hottest year on record 2.5% 1934
17 It's freaking cold! 2.4% cold
18 It's cosmic rays 2.4% cosmic
19 Urban Heat Island effect exaggerates warming 2.2% uhi
20 Other planets are warming 1.9% planet
21 Greenland was green 1.8% greenland
22 Water vapor is the most powerful greenhouse gas 1.7% vapor
23 Hockey stick was debunked 1.6% hockey
24 Arctic icemelt is a natural cycle 1.4% arctic
25 We're coming out of an ice age 1.4% oldice
26 Human CO2 is a tiny % of CO2 emissions 1.3% manc02
27 It warmed before 1940 when CO2 was low 1.3% lowco2
28 Mt. Kilimanjaro's ice loss is due to land use 1.3% kilimanjaro
29 It cooled mid-century 1.2% midcen
30 There's no empirical evidence 1.0% empirical
31 Satellites show no warming in the troposphere 1.0% troposphere
32 Oceans are cooling 1.0%
33 Climate sensitivity is low 1.0% sensitivity
34 Glaciers are growing 0.9% glacier
35 If scientists can't predict weather, how can they predict long term climate? 0.9% weather
36 Greenland is cooler/gaining ice 0.9% greenl
37 Neptune is warming 0.8% neptun
38 Jupiter is warming 0.7% jupiter
39 Less than half of published scientists endorse global warming 0.4% schulte
40 It's the ocean 0.4% ocean
41 It's aerosols 0.4% aerosols
42 CO2 measurements are suspect 0.4% co2sus
43 Can animals and plants adapt to global warming? 0.4%
44 It's Pacific Decadal Oscillation 0.3%
45 It's volcanoes (or lack thereof) 0.3% volcano
46 It's methane 0.2% methane
47 It's Solar Cycle Length 0.2% scl
48 Naomi Oreskes' study on consensus was flawed 0.2% oreskes
49 Water levels correlate with sunspots 0.1% water
50 Solar cycles cause global warming 0.1% solarcycle
51 The sun is getting hotter 0.1% hotsun
52 It's the ozone layer 0.0% ozone
53 It's satellite microwave transmissions 0.0%
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