Deniers are particularly eager to attack the fact that there is a nearly unanimous consensus on climate change. The most recent case in point is a Forbes post by Alex Epstein, who runs a for-profit think tank that functions as a fossil-fuel PR firm.
There's absolutely nothing novel or worth paying attention to in Epstein's attack, so we weren't going to bother mentioning it; however, a different Forbes contributor found a relatively new and productive way to respond to people who challenge the 97% consensus. Faye Flam's post lists four big reasons to be concerned about climate change that go beyond the consensus. She gives space to actual science and briefly discusses ocean warming, the basics of CO2's greenhouse gas properties, sea level rise and the irreversibility of climate change.
So while the deniers-for-hire like Epstein will undoubtedly continue lashing out at the consensus, it's important to remember that the scientific agreement is just one of many reasons to care about climate change.
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