What is the controversy surrounding global warming?

Answer 1

The main controversy about global warming concerns whether humans are the primary driving force behind it as most earth's climate scientists have determined, or whether the human liberation in excess of 30 billion tons of CO2 per year via the consumption of fossil fuels has nothing to do with it but instead it is the result of unidentified natural causes, as the Heartland Institute (a Propaganda outlet of the petroleum industry) insists.

There is essentially no controversy among the vast majority of the world's leading climate scientists, nor among more than 80% of the rest of earth's scientists. But there is an enormous political controversy.

The controversy over global warming occurs because a handful of people do not accept that the majority of climate scientists are correct. Journalists feel they have to give equal time to both sides of a story, whereas in fact, one side is 99% and the other is 1%.

Answer 2

The controversy surrounding global warming stems from the debate over the causes, extent, and potential impacts of climate change. Skeptics argue about the role of human activities in contributing to global warming, the accuracy of climate models, and the appropriate policy responses. However, the overwhelming scientific consensus is that human activities, particularly the burning of fossil fuels, are significantly contributing to rising global temperatures and associated climate changes.