claim: For decades, most scientists saw climate change as a distant prospect.
evidences.evidence_id: Climate change (general concept):2
evidences.article: Climate change (general concept)
evidences.evidence: Scientists have identified many episodes of climate change during Earth's geological history; more recently since the industrial revolution the climate has increasingly been affected by human activities driving global warming, and the terms are commonly used interchangeably in that context.
evidences.votes: NOT_ENOUGH_INFO NOT_ENOUGH_INFO REFUTES
evidences.evidence_id: Global warming:276
evidences.article: Global warming
evidences.evidence: In the scientific literature, there is an overwhelming consensus that global surface temperatures have increased in recent decades and that the trend is caused mainly by human-induced emissions of greenhouse gases.
evidences.votes: NOT_ENOUGH_INFO NOT_ENOUGH_INFO REFUTES
evidences.evidence_id: Scientific consensus on climate change:170
evidences.article: Scientific consensus on climate change
evidences.evidence: Decades of scientific research have shown that climate can change from both natural and anthropogenic causes.
evidences.votes: NOT_ENOUGH_INFO NOT_ENOUGH_INFO NOT_ENOUGH_INFO
evidences.evidence_id: Scientific consensus on climate change:267
evidences.article: Scientific consensus on climate change
evidences.evidence: Catastrophic effects in 50–100 years would likely be observed according to 41%, while 44% thought the effects would be moderate and about 13 percent saw relatively little danger.
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS NOT_ENOUGH_INFO REFUTES
evidences.evidence_id: Scientific consensus on climate change:299
evidences.article: Scientific consensus on climate change
evidences.evidence: US National Academy of Sciences: "In the judgment of most climate scientists, Earth's warming in recent decades has been caused primarily by human activities that have increased the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
evidences.votes: NOT_ENOUGH_INFO NOT_ENOUGH_INFO REFUTES