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Skeptical Science iPhone Reports

Here are global warming skeptic arguments ranked by how often they've been reported from the Skeptical Science iPhone app. You can download the iPhone app for free from http://itunes.com/apps/skepticalscience.

Total # of reports submitted: 16441

1		Models are unreliable			15.1%
2		Temp record is unreliable			7.4%
3		Hockey stick is broken			4.8%
4		Climate's changed before			4.4%
5		It's the sun			3.0%
6		There's no empirical evidence			2.8%
7		There is no consensus			2.2%
8		It's cooling			2.2%
9		1934 - hottest year on record			2.1%
10		CO2 limits will harm the economy			2.1%
11		It hasn't warmed since 1998			1.9%
12		It's freaking cold!			1.9%
13		Antarctica is gaining ice			1.6%
14		Medieval Warm Period was warmer			1.5%
15		Renewables can't provide baseload power			1.4%
16		We're heading into an ice age			1.4%
17		Increasing CO2 has little to no effect			1.3%
18		Polar bear numbers are increasing			1.3%
19		Tree-rings diverge from temperature after 1960			1.2%
20		It's not bad			1.2%
21		It's a 1500 year cycle			1.1%
22		Ice age predicted in the 70s			1.1%
23		CO2 is not a pollutant			1.0%
24		Al Gore got it wrong			1.0%
25		It's Urban Heat Island effect			1.0%
26		Animals and plants can adapt			1.0%
27		Climategate CRU emails suggest conspiracy			1.0%
28		CO2 lags temperature			0.9%
29		Was Greenland really green in the past?			0.8%
30		Global warming stopped in 1998, 1995, 2002, 2007, 2010, ????			0.8%
31		Volcanoes emit more CO2 than humans			0.8%
32		Climate sensitivity is low			0.8%
33		Phil Jones says no global warming since 1995			0.7%
34		Oceans are cooling			0.7%
35		Sea level rise predictions are exaggerated			0.7%
36		Ice isn't melting			0.7%
37		We're coming out of the Little Ice Age			0.7%
38		It's a natural cycle			0.6%
39		CO2 was higher in the past			0.6%
40		2009-2010 winter saw record cold spells			0.6%
41		IPCC is alarmist			0.6%
42		Human CO2 is a tiny % of CO2 emissions			0.6%
43		It's microsite influences			0.5%
44		Dropped stations introduce warming bias			0.5%
45		The science isn't settled			0.5%
46		IPCC were wrong about Himalayan glaciers			0.5%
47		Greenland ice sheet won't collapse			0.4%
48		Water vapor is the most powerful greenhouse gas			0.4%
49		Glaciers are growing			0.4%
50		Record snowfall disproves global warming			0.4%
51		Arctic icemelt is a natural cycle			0.4%
52		Sea level rise is exaggerated			0.4%
53		Less than half of published scientists endorse global warming			0.4%
54		Humans are too insignificant to affect global climate			0.4%
55		Scientists can't even predict weather			0.4%
56		CO2 effect is saturated			0.4%
57		It's only a few degrees			0.4%
58		Over 31,000 scientists signed the OISM Petition Project			0.3%
59		Greenland is gaining ice			0.3%
60		Solar cycles cause global warming			0.3%
61		CO2 has a short residence time			0.3%
62		Earth hasn't warmed as much as expected			0.3%
63		There's no correlation between CO2 and temperature			0.3%
64		Scientists tried to 'hide the decline' in global temperature			0.3%
65		Hansen's 1988 prediction was wrong			0.3%
66		Other planets are warming			0.3%
67		CO2 only causes 35% of global warming			0.3%
68		Arctic sea ice has recovered			0.3%
69		They changed the name from 'global warming' to 'climate change'			0.3%
70		It's cosmic rays			0.3%
71		Mars is warming			0.3%
72		Ocean acidification isn't serious			0.3%
73		500 scientists refute the consensus			0.3%
74		It cooled mid-century			0.3%
75		CO2 is plant food			0.3%
76		Trenberth can't account for the lack of warming			0.2%
77		Melting ice isn't warming the Arctic			0.2%
78		CO2 is not the only driver of climate			0.2%
79		Warming causes CO2 rise			0.2%
80		Satellite error inflated Great Lakes temperatures			0.2%
81		Peer review process was corrupted			0.2%
82		Murry Salby finds CO2 rise is natural			0.2%
83		The IPCC consensus is phoney			0.2%
84		Greenhouse effect has been falsified			0.2%
85		It's El Niño			0.2%
86		Climate is chaotic and cannot be predicted			0.2%
87		We're heading into cooling			0.2%
88		CRU tampered with temperature data			0.2%
89		The sun is getting hotter			0.2%
90		Mt. Kilimanjaro's ice loss is due to land use			0.2%
91		Naomi Oreskes' study on consensus was flawed			0.2%
92		2nd law of thermodynamics contradicts greenhouse theory			0.2%
93		IPCC overestimate temperature rise			0.2%
94		It's methane			0.2%
95		CO2 measurements are suspect			0.2%
96		Lindzen and Choi find low climate sensitivity			0.2%
97		Neptune is warming			0.2%
98		Solar Cycle Length proves its the sun			0.2%
99		Humidity is falling			0.2%
100		It's a climate regime shift			0.1%
101		Jupiter is warming			0.1%
102		Extreme weather isn't caused by global warming			0.1%
103		It warmed before 1940 when CO2 was low			0.1%
104		It's albedo			0.1%
105		Scientists retracted claim that sea levels are rising			0.1%
106		It's CFCs			0.1%
107		CO2 was higher in the late Ordovician			0.1%
108		DMI show cooling Arctic			0.1%
109		Springs aren't advancing			0.1%
110		Antarctica is too cold to lose ice			0.1%
111		IPCC were wrong about Amazon rainforests			0.1%
112		Hurricanes aren't linked to global warming			0.1%
113		Southern sea ice is increasing			0.1%
114		Roy Spencer finds negative feedback			0.1%
115		Positive feedback means runaway warming			0.1%
116		Greenland has only lost a tiny fraction of its ice mass			0.1%
117		We didn't have global warming during the Industrial Revolution			0.1%
118		Skeptics were kept out of the IPCC?			0.1%
119		Postma disproved the greenhouse effect			0.1%
120		Record high snow cover was set in winter 2008/2009			0.1%
121		It warmed just as fast in 1860-1880 and 1910-1940			0.1%
122		Royal Society embraces skepticism			0.1%
123		CO2 is coming from the ocean			0.1%
124		Tuvalu sea level isn't rising			0.1%
125		Pluto is warming			0.1%
126		A drop in volcanic activity caused warming			0.1%
127		It's aerosols			0.1%
128		Breathing contributes to CO2 buildup			0.1%
129		Ice Sheet losses are overestimated			0.1%
130		It's Pacific Decadal Oscillation			0.1%
131		Most of the last 10,000 years were warmer			0.1%
132		Freedom of Information (FOI) requests were ignored			0.1%
133		There's no tropospheric hot spot			0.1%
134		Water levels correlate with sunspots			0.1%
135		Soares finds lack of correlation between CO2 and temperature			0.1%
136		CO2 is not increasing			0.1%
137		97% consensus on human-caused global warming has been disproven			0.1%
138		Satellites show no warming in the troposphere			0.1%
139		It's the ocean			0.1%
140		Clouds provide negative feedback			0.1%
141		It's ozone			0.1%
142		It's land use			0.1%
143		Arctic sea ice extent was lower in the past			0.1%
144		Mauna Loa is a volcano			0.1%
145		It's waste heat			0.1%
146		Corals are resilient to bleaching			0.1%
147		Arctic sea ice loss is matched by Antarctic sea ice gain			0.0%
148		CERN CLOUD experiment proved cosmic rays are causing global warming			0.0%
149		Sea level fell in 2010			0.0%
150		It's satellite microwave transmissions			0.0%
151		Loehle and Scafetta find a 60 year cycle causing global warming			0.0%
152		Water vapor in the stratosphere stopped global warming			0.0%
153		An exponential increase in CO2 will result in a linear increase in temperature			0.0%
154		Sea level is not rising			0.0%
155		Renewable energy investment kills jobs			0.0%
156		No warming in 16 years			0.0%
157		Ljungqvist broke the hockey stick			0.0%
158		Climate scientists are in it for the money			0.0%
159		CO2 is just a trace gas			0.0%
160		No long tail means climate sensitivity is low			0.0%
161		CO2 emissions do not correlate with CO2 concentration			0.0%
162		A grand solar minimum could trigger another ice age			0.0%
163		CO2 limits will hurt the poor			0.0%
164		Renewable energy is too expensive			0.0%
165		CO2 increase is natural, not human-caused			0.0%
166		It's not urgent			0.0%
167		IPCC graph showing accelerating trends is misleading			0.0%
168		It's global brightening			0.0%
169		Heatwaves have happened before			0.0%
170		Arctic was warmer in 1940			0.0%
171		Humans survived past climate changes			0.0%
172		Removing all CO2 would make little difference			0.0%
173		The 97% consensus on human-caused global warming is a robust result			0.0%
174		Climate change solutions are too expensive			0.0%
175		It's a climate shift step function caused by natural cycles			0.0%
176		Arctic Storm Caused the 2012 Record Sea Ice Minimum			0.0%
177		Climate 'Skeptics' are like Galileo			0.0%
178		CO2 limits will make little difference			0.0%
179		IPCC human-caused global warming attribution confidence is unfounded			0.0%
180		Venus doesn't have a runaway greenhouse effect			0.0%
181		Animal agriculture and eating meat are the biggest causes of global warming			0.0%
182		IPCC ‘disappeared’ the Medieval Warm Period			0.0%
183		It's clouds			0.0%

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