Climate Change Debate

It is time for the debate on climate change to end. The scientific community has come to a consensus that global warming is real, but the debate lingers on. Facts about sea level rise, melting polar ice caps, global warming, and climate change are discussed on a regular basis; however, much of the population is still unconcerned about what is happening. There is general confusion and misunderstanding about the subject, even to the point that people may not understand that climate change and global warming mean the same thing and are often used interchangeably. There is an ongoing discussion on whether or not humans are responsible for global warming. Politics, special interest groups, and personal opinions blur the lines of what science has already agreed on. While discussion is generally good, the debate on whether or not climate change is real and man-made has delayed the necessary reform that we need to make as a society.
Ninety-seven percent of climate scientists agree that climate change is real and exacerbated by human beings (van der Linden, Leiserowitz, Feinberg, Maibach 2015). One of the common beliefs …show more content…
Gallup found that there were some common factors separating these groups. One of the largest contrasts discovered was that one hundred percent of concerned believers feel that climate change is man made, while one hundred percent of cool skeptics believe that the events of global warming are natural changes in the planet. Furthermore concerned believers are more likely to feel that the news on global warming is either correct or underestimated. Cool skeptics on the other hand think that the news on climate change is greatly exaggerated. Age is another issue between the groups. Concerned believers are likely to be younger than fifty and align with the Democratic party, while cool skeptics are likely to be over fifty and