[albionin]

I just heard a radio show about that today. The way they got that 97% figure is they sent out 10,000 surveys to scientists and climatologists and they got back 77. 75 of the 77 believed that man is the cause. 2 disagreed. Yes climate change is real. It is the cause that is still unknown.

[norwaypinesavage]

"The way they got that 97% figure is they sent out 10,000 surveys to scientists and climatologists and they got back 77. 75 of the 77 believed that man is the cause. 2 disagreed."

It's actually much worse than that. They got back a lot more than 77. They just threw out all the ones they didn't like.

Here's the actual story on the "survey": http://wattsupwiththat.com/2012/07/18/what-else-did-the-97-of-scientists-say/

[palmer]

The way they got that 97% figure is they sent out 10,000 surveys to scientists and climatologists and they got back 77. 75 of the 77 believed that man is the cause. 2 disagreed.

True, but that was old (several years ago). This new "survey" is even worse. It was done by a cartoonist (John Cook) who is a climate activist in Australia. He's not scientific in the least, nor is he unbiased.