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This view is held by the majority of climate scientists and those doing research in closely related fields; however, there are also a small number of scientists who actively disagree with this statement. This page is intended to highlight those scientists who have, since the 2001 IPCC Third Assessment Report , published research or made public comments openly opposing the conclusion that the Earth is warming, that "most of the warming over the last 50 years" has been caused by man's actions, and/or that future warming will reach at least the 1.4°C at the low end of the IPCC range. Disagreements regarding the potential future impacts of such warming are not included on this page. Only scientists with a record of scholarship are included, and they must have been making specific statements, not merely participating in a poll or survey of opinion. This list is intended to be comprehensive, but is likely to be incomplete. THE EARTH IS NOT WARMING Scientists in this section have expressed their opinion that evidence of global warming is inconclusive and are skeptical that temperatures have risen the 0.6 ± 0.2°C as advanced by the IPCC.
THE EARTH IS WARMING BUT THE CAUSE IS UNKNOWN Scientists in this section accept the observations of rising temperatures, but conclude it is too early to ascribe any cause to these changes, man-made or natural.
THE EARTH IS WARMING BUT MOSTLY DUE TO NATURAL PROCESSES Scientists in this section accept the observations of rising temperature, but conclude that natural causes are primarily to blame.
GLOBAL WARMING IS OCCURRING BUT NOT AS MUCH AS FEARED Scientists in this section accept the IPCC consensus view of past global warming but claim that temperatures during the next century will not reach at least the 1.4°C offered as the IPCC's minimum prediction.
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