Since the advent of weather observation and prediction technologies over the past 150 years, science has created a consensus that the earth is warming and that climate change is to blame human influence. Some even blame this change, known as global warming, for periods of extreme weather including cyclonic storms, droughts, wildfires and heat waves. These scientists (and much of the public) believe that our influence is the problem, because our emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases, the product of using our fuels, are polluting the atmosphere and trapping the energy of sun inside. However, a minority group, made up of scientists and public skeptics, believes that this warming trend is simply a coincidence with the earth's naturally cyclical climate and that activists are exaggerating something they know little about. Many even agree that, if the prospect of our influence were true, the effects would not be so bad, unlike what is supposed. Therefore, global warming has become a questionable theory. Just like legislation that prevents schools from teaching evolution as anything more than a theory, there are now also laws that require global warming to be considered questionable and to discuss both sides of it (Jonas). Today, some scientists are skeptical about the consensus on climate change. This can be compared to a situation in ancient times, where the majority of people believed that the earth was flat and only a minority dared to question that consensus. These challengers note that something that is not known is how much Earth's atmosphere responds to the addition of carbon dioxide (McNider and Christy). This means that no one has any idea what CO2 levels have done to Earth's climate before significant history. So, as many scientists… middle of paper… carbon emissions will benefit agricultural yields and humanity (climate consensus data requires a closer look). People need to stop and think for a minute. , away from unfounded claims of inevitable catastrophe and think politely about the actual future implications. There is too much uncertainty about how emissions have actually affected and will affect the climate. After moderate investigation, the weather events that have been blamed turn out to have no correlation. Science doesn't know everything about the impacts of carbon dioxide, nor will it ever know. Global climate change is a very popular topic, but in reality it seems to be full of hype and misinformed opinions. The public must put aside the euphoria about global warming and consider the facts and uncertainties surrounding it, instead of simply swimming with the current..