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It's the sun
Climate's changed before
There is no consensus
Surface temp is unreliable
Models are unreliable
It's cooling
Ice age predicted in the 70's
Al Gore got it wrong
CO2 lags temperature
We're heading into an ice age
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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 8.2% sun
2 Climate's changed before 7.2% change
3 There is no consensus 6.0% consensus
4 Surface temp is unreliable 4.9% surface
5 Models are unreliable 4.7% model
6 It's cooling 4.4% cooling
7 Ice age predicted in the 70's 4.0% ice70s
8 Al Gore got it wrong 3.6% gore
9 CO2 lags temperature 3.4% co2lag
10 We're heading into an ice age 3.3% newice
11 Antarctica is cooling/gaining ice 3.3% antarctica
12 Global warming is good 3.2% posneg
13 It hasn't warmed since 1998 3.2% 1998
14 Hurricanes aren't linked to global warming 2.8% hurricane
15 Mars is warming 2.8% mars
16 1934 - hottest year on record 2.7% 1934
17 It's cosmic rays 2.5% cosmic
18 It's freaking cold! 2.4% cold
19 It's Urban Heat Island effect 2.2% uhi
20 Other planets are warming 2.0% 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 1.7% hockey
24 We're coming out of an ice age 1.4% oldice
25 Mt. Kilimanjaro's ice loss is due to land use 1.3% kilimanjaro
26 It cooled mid-century 1.3% midcen
27 It warmed before 1940 when CO2 was low 1.3% lowco2
28 Human CO2 is a tiny % of CO2 emissions 1.3% manc02
29 Satellites show no warming in the troposphere 1.0% troposphere
30 Climate sensitivity is low 1.0% sensitivity
31 Oceans are cooling 0.9%
32 Glaciers are growing 0.9% glacier
33 Greenland is cooler/gaining ice 0.9% greenl
34 There is no empirical evidence 0.9% empirical
35 Neptune is warming 0.9% neptun
36 Scientists can't even predict the weather 0.8% weather
37 Jupiter is warming 0.7% jupiter
38 Less than half of published scientists endorse global warming 0.5% schulte
39 It's aerosols 0.4% aerosols
40 It's the ocean 0.4% ocean
41 CO2 measurements are suspect 0.4% co2sus
42 It's volcanoes (or lack thereof) 0.4% volcano
43 It's Pacific Decadal Oscillation 0.3%
44 It's methane 0.2% methane
45 It's Solar Cycle Length 0.2% scl
46 Naomi Oreskes' study on consensus was flawed 0.2% oreskes
47 Solar cycles cause global warming 0.1% solarcycle
48 Water levels correlate with sunspots 0.1% water
49 The sun is getting hotter 0.1% hotsun
50 It's the ozone layer 0.0% ozone
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