Debate barn raising: Is the earth's climate changing due to human activity?
January 21, 2010 8:00 PM
Spurred by the Climategate controversy that broke out in late 2009, the Collaboratorium community has launched a debate barn-raising on the topic, Is the earth's climate changing due to human activity?
On December 6, 2009, the Wall Street Journal published an article by Michael Totty entitled What Global Warming? A look at the arguments the skeptics make—and how believers respond. This piece summarized the leading arguments of climate skeptics and the rejoinders of those who believe the earth's climate is changing due to by human actions.
Based on the positions articulated in the article, an initial Debate summary was entered for this topic.
To view this Debate summary, navigate to the Debates page, and go to the 2nd topic from the top, directly under "Copenhagen questions."
Members of the Collaboratorium community are invited to participate by adding comments to debate posts or by voting for the positions they find most convincing.
Collaboratorium moderators will review comments with the goal of finding new and interesting ideas they can insert into the Debate summary.
More details on this barn-raising are at the wiki page, Debate topic—Is the earth's climate changing due to human activity?
We welcome all users to participate. The goal is to create a robust summary of the current climate change conversation--a list of the key positions and arguments put forward by all sides in the debate. Then, by rating the positions and arguemnts, members of the community can indicate which they find most convincing.
