Figure 2 - Patterns of agreement and disagreement on climate issues.

Schematic adapted from comments by Andrew Revkin at the 2006 Society of Environmental Journalists meeting. The curves illustrate the relative strength of agreement or disagreement on selected statements about climate science and policy. Views converge strongly on some, such as the statement that 'increased CO₂ warms the planet' (a). They can also be bimodal, as seen in c, where two groups in the scientific community find links between hurricane intensity and climate change to be evident or absent, respectively.