...the result of human activity. Indeed, in 1996 the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change concluded 'the balance of evidence suggests that there is a discernible human influence on global climate'." Scientists believe that global warming could result in greater extremes, especially in El Nino and...

...change. Through the 1990s, the IPCC issued a series of climate assessments and officially concluded, "The balance of evidence suggests that there is a discernible human influence on global climate." The panel concluded that world climate has warmed an average of 1 degree F, and another 2- to 6.5-degree...

...As far back as 1995 the United Nations' main advisory panel endorsed a scientific report concluding that the balance of evidence suggests that there is a discernible human influence on the global climate. Furthermore, scientists also predict that factors other than climate will intensify...

...global temperature increase during the last century "is unlikely to be entirely natural in origin," that "the balance of evidence suggests that there is a discernible human influence on human climate," and the average global temperature will increase by between 2.5 and 10.4 degrees Fahrenheit...

...caveats and a number of sentences highlighting such uncertainties, the Report concluded: "Nevertheless, the balance of evidence suggests that there is a discernible human influence on the climate." The reasons for this now-famous subjective judgment were many, such as the kinds of factors...

...Chris D. Thomas, and Brian Huntley In 1995, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change concluded that "the balance of evidence suggests that there...is a discernible human influence on global climate" (IPCC 1996), and in its most recent report, the IPCC concluded that "there is new and stronger evidence...

...year, the IPCC published its Second Assessment Report. This report is best known for its conclusion that "the balance of evidence suggests that there is a discernible human influence on global climate change." The report identified the availability of "no regrets" options and other cost-effective strategies...

...Change connected these two trends, leading them to conclude in its Second Assessment Report (IPCC 1996) that: "the balance of evidence suggests that there...a discernible human influence on global climate." Five years later, the IPCC deepened its concern in its Third Assessment Report: "[There is] new and...

...interests, in 1995 the IPCC gave the world its conclusions. The report's single widely quoted sentence said, "The balance of evidence suggests that there is a discernible human influence on global climate." The weasely wording showed the strain of political compromises that had watered down the original draft,...

...changes in concentrations of greenhouse gases and aerosols, and land surface changes. Nevertheless, the balance of evidence suggests that there is a discernible human influence on global climate. Even this careful statement was too much for some (eg Lomborg, 2001), but diere is certainly a massive...