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False: > Changes is solar activity (sun spot cycles) and underwater volcanic activity aren't really incorporated into the climate scientists' models

True: The contributions from both solar activity and volcanoes are estimated, and the models do calculate and compare these inputs too. Everybody can see it here:

https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2015-whats-warming-the-wo...

Conclusion: It's the CO2. And CO2 is contributing with more than 100%. It's true, the other activities add a little of cooling, so without the other contributions, just CO2 would make everything even warmer.

And there are also CVS files on that page:

https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2015-whats-warming-the-wo...

https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2015-whats-warming-the-wo...

https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2015-whats-warming-the-wo...

As stated there: "The computer model that generated the results for this graphic is called "ModelE2," and was created by NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) , which has been a leader in climate projections for a generation."

The link to the scientific paper is:

https://pubs.giss.nasa.gov/abs/mi08910y.html

(Miller et al. 2014:

Miller, R.L., G.A. Schmidt, L.S. Nazarenko, N. Tausnev, S.E. Bauer, A.D. Del Genio, M. Kelley, K.K. Lo, R. Ruedy, D.T. Shindell, I. Aleinov, M. Bauer, R. Bleck, V. Canuto, Y.-H. Chen, Y. Cheng, T.L. Clune, G. Faluvegi, J.E. Hansen, R.J. Healy, N.Y. Kiang, D. Koch, A.A. Lacis, A.N. LeGrande, J. Lerner, S. Menon, V. Oinas, C. Pérez García-Pando, J.P. Perlwitz, M.J. Puma, D. Rind, A. Romanou, G.L. Russell, M. Sato, S. Sun, K. Tsigaridis, N. Unger, A. Voulgarakis, M.-S. Yao, and J. Zhang, 2014: CMIP5 historical simulations (1850-2012) with GISS ModelE2. J. Adv. Model. Earth Syst., 6, no. 2, 441-477, doi:10.1002/2013MS000266.)




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