Houston, we have a problem. Via Paul Bedard’s Washington Secrets:
A new Purdue University report and survey of on global warming finds that just 50 percent of scientists blame human causes, not the NASA-endorsed and widely distributed claim of 97 percent.
In a survey of nearly 7,000 in the agriculture field, found that most scientists agree that climate change is happening, but just 50.5 percent blame mankind.
The study, conducted by associate professor of natural resource social science Linda Prokopy and a team of researchers, surveyed a range of people involved in the agricultural sector in 2011–2012, from scientists and climatologists to farmers.
Purdue University’s press release on the study notes a striking difference in the opinions between those groups:
More than 90 percent of the scientists and climatologists surveyed said they believed climate change was occurring, with more than 50 percent attributing climate change primarily to human activities.
In contrast, 66 percent of corn producers surveyed said they believed climate change was occurring, with 8 percent pinpointing human activities as the main cause. A quarter of producers said they believed climate change was caused mostly by natural shifts in the environment, and 31 percent said there was not enough evidence to determine whether climate change was happening or not.
But, you know, the science is settled.