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Every single public US science organization, as well as many in other countries and international organizations, concur that anthropogenic (human caused) gasses (such as carbon dioxide) contribute to global warming.

Global warming is occurring. That is a fact demonstrated by careful and precise measurements of earth's average temperature over time. Continued melting and retreat of glaciers around the world testify to this fact.

The question is, what is man's role in global warming? We know we release billions of tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere each year through burning fossil fuel. We know much of this carbon was sequestered during the Permian Period, 300 million years ago. We have also measured the increase of carbon dioxide (a "greenhouse" gas) in the atmosphere, and that those rises correspond well with annual sales of coal and oil, which are fairly carefully tracked.

The idea that releasing billions of tons of CO2 per year into the atmosphere should have no measurable effect seems a bit ludicrous, even though the total atmosphere is quite heavy. But a fairly successful disinformation campaign has been waged by the oil industry to convince people there is no harm, and to retard efforts to reduce our environmental impact.

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