Original sentence: Among climate scientists there is widespread agreement that global warming is primarily caused by human activities such as fossil fuel burning and deforestation.However, there are climate scientists who maintain that there is no discernable and clear correlation between human activity (carbon dioxide emissions) and climate change.These include Richard Lindzen, Professor of Meteorology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Edited sentence: Among many climate scientists there is widespread agreement that global warming is primarily caused by human activities such as fossil fuel burning and deforestation.However, there are a great deal of climate scientists that also maintain that there is no discernable and clear correlation between human activity (carbon dioxide emissions) and climate change.I must state at the outset, that, as a scientist, I can find no substantive basis for the warming scenarios being popularly described.Many aspects of the catastrophic scenario have already been largely discounted by the scientific community.Moreover, according to many studies I have read by economists, agronomists, and hydrologists, there would be little difficulty adapting to such warming if it were to occur.Richard Lindzen, Professor of Meteorology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has stated:.Such was also the conclusion of the recent National Research Council's report on adapting to global change