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by gameswithgo 2099 days ago
We have decades of data at this point that it has been getting warmer, and that less energy has been escaping into space specifically in the spectrums that co2 traps ( from satellites), in exactly the amounts expected from the c02 delta we have measured over that time (from isotope analysis, we can tell that WE added it via burning fossil fuels)

It is as certain and clear as science ever is. The idea that it isn't is due to propaganda that is very convincing.

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It is extremely far from as certain as science ever is. Randomized, controlled experiments are as certain as science ever is. This is pretty far from that.

The evidence is as good as any non-controlled experiment is going to be, perhaps. But it's pretty important that we not confuse these kinds of descriptive results with the actual certainty that comes from high powered controlled trials. It's extremely easy to make reasoning errors in descriptive data analysis, that look very convincing.