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It's the sun
Climate's changed before
There is no consensus
It's cooling
Models are unreliable
Surface temp is unreliable
Ice age predicted in the 70s
We're heading into an ice age
It hasn't warmed since 1998
Antarctica is cooling/gaining ice
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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. How this is calculated...

1 It's the sun 7.7% sun
2 Climate's changed before 6.7% change
3 There is no consensus 5.9% consensus
4 It's cooling 5.2% cooling
5 Models are unreliable 4.6% model
6 Surface temp is unreliable 4.3% surface
7 Ice age predicted in the 70s 3.6% ice70s
8 We're heading into an ice age 3.5% newice
9 It hasn't warmed since 1998 3.5% 1998
10 Antarctica is cooling/gaining ice 3.2% antarctica
11 Al Gore got it wrong 3.1% gore
12 CO2 lags temperature 3.1% co2lag
13 Global warming is good 3.0% posneg
14 Hurricanes aren't linked to global warming 2.6% hurricane
15 It's freaking cold! 2.6% cold
16 Mars is warming 2.4% mars
17 1934 - hottest year on record 2.3% 1934
18 It's cosmic rays 2.2% cosmic
19 Urban Heat Island effect exaggerates warming 1.9% uhi
20 Sea level rise is exagerated 1.9% sealevel
21 Arctic icemelt is a natural cycle 1.8% arctic
22 Other planets are warming 1.7% planet
23 Greenland was green 1.7% greenland
24 Hockey stick was debunked 1.6% hockey
25 Water vapor is the most powerful greenhouse gas 1.6% vapor
26 We're coming out of an ice age 1.3% oldice
27 Human CO2 is a tiny % of CO2 emissions 1.3% manc02
28 It cooled mid-century 1.2% midcen
29 Oceans are cooling 1.2%
30 It warmed before 1940 when CO2 was low 1.1% lowco2
31 Mt. Kilimanjaro's ice loss is due to land use 1.1% kilimanjaro
32 Glaciers are growing 1.1% glacier
33 There's no empirical evidence 1.0% empirical
34 Climate sensitivity is low 1.0% sensitivity
35 Satellites show no warming in the troposphere 0.9% troposphere
36 If scientists can't predict weather, how can they predict long term climate? 0.8% weather
37 Greenland is cooler/gaining ice 0.8% greenl
38 Neptune is warming 0.7% neptun
39 There's no correlation between CO2 and temperature 0.7%
40 Jupiter is warming 0.6% jupiter
41 It's Pacific Decadal Oscillation 0.5%
42 It's volcanoes (or lack thereof) 0.4% volcano
43 It's the ocean 0.4% ocean
44 Less than half of published scientists endorse global warming 0.4% schulte
45 CO2 measurements are suspect 0.3% co2sus
46 It's aerosols 0.3% aerosols
47 Can animals and plants adapt to global warming? 0.3%
48 It's methane 0.2% methane
49 It's Solar Cycle Length 0.2% scl
50 Naomi Oreskes' study on consensus was flawed 0.1% oreskes
51 Water levels correlate with sunspots 0.1% water
52 Solar cycles cause global warming 0.1% solarcycle
53 The sun is getting hotter 0.1% hotsun
54 It's satellite microwave transmissions 0.0%
55 It's the ozone layer 0.0% ozone
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