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Consensus studies 2004-2021

Nine studies published between 2004 and 2021.

Oreskes, N. (2004). The scientific consensus on climate change. Science, 306(5702), 1686-1686. Link to paper

Doran, P. T., & Zimmerman, M. K. (2009). Examining the scientific consensus on climate change Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union, 90(3), 22-23. Link to PDF

Anderegg, W. R., Prall, J. W., Harold, J., & Schneider, S. H. (2010). Expert credibility in climate change. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 107(27), 12107-12109. Link to paper

Cook, J., Nuccitelli, D., Green, S. A., Richardson, M., Winkler, B., Painting, R., ... & Skuce, A. (2013). Quantifying the consensus on anthropogenic global warming in the scientific literature. Environmental Research Letters, 8(2), 024024. Link to paper

Verheggen, B., Strengers, B., Cook, J., van Dorland, R., Vringer, K., Peters, J., ... & Meyer, L. (2014). Scientists’ views about attribution of global warming. Environmental science & technology, 48(16), 8963-8971. Link to paper

Stenhouse, N., Maibach, E., Cobb, S., Ban, R., Bleistein, A., Croft, P., ... & Leiserowitz, A. (2014). Meteorologists' views about global warming: A survey of American Meteorological Society professional members. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 95(7), 1029-1040. Link to paper

Carlton, J. S., Perry-Hill, R., Huber, M., & Prokopy, L. S. (2015). The climate change consensus extends beyond climate scientists. Environmental Research Letters, 10(9), 094025. Link to paper

Myers, , Doran, , Cook, J., Kotcher, & Myers, (2021). Consensus revisited: quantifying scientific agreement on climate change and climate expertise among Earth scientists 10 years later. Environmental Research Letters. 16(10),104030. Article

Lynas, M., Houlton, & Perry, S. (2021). Greater than 99% consensus on human caused climate change in the peer-reviewed scientific literature. Environmental Research Letters. 16(11),114005. PDF

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