That 97% study was done by John Cook in 2013. This was when global temperatures stopped rising -- and the alarmists needed more fuel for the fire. So the Univ. of Queensland in Australia hired John who was a work-at-home Dad as a web programmer and cartoonist (which was stated on his Skeptical Science webpage). He was given 12 students (some not in the science field) to review 11,944 abstracts to see which supported man-made climate change. Reviewing just the "abstracts" is not sufficient to gain insight into an article -- you also need to read the Conclusions -- which they did not. After the 97% finding was published, many authors objected to the findings. For example, one author, Richard Tol, said 5 out of his 10 reviewed papers were incorrectly rated, and 4 of 5 were rated as endorsed human-caused warming rather than neutral. Other scientists soon demanded to see how the study was performed, but the University refused -- until someone found all the data on an unsecured server. It revealed management "mischief" at multiple levels. Several independent (peer-reviewed) analyses were done on the same data -- where they found that only 0.5% of the articles actually stated that humans were responsible for most warming. John Cook now spends time with his new website -- Cranky Uncle.
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