<sod>The '''scientific opinion on climate change''' is the overall judgment among scientists regarding the extent to which [[global warming]] is occurring,  its causes, and its probable consequences. This scientific opinion is expressed in [[Systematic review|synthesis reports]], by scientific bodies of national or international standing, and by surveys of opinion among climate scientists. Individual scientists, universities, and laboratories contribute to the overall scientific opinion via their [[peer review|peer-reviewed]] [[Scientific journal|publications]], and the areas of collective agreement and relative certainty are summarised in these respected reports and surveys.<ref name="Oreskes_consensus"/><eod>
<sod>The '''scientific opinion on climate change''' is the overall judgment among scientists regarding the extent to which [[global warming]] is occurring,  its causes, and its probable consequences. This scientific opinion is expressed in [[Systematic review|synthesis reports]], by scientific bodies of national or international standing, and by surveys of opinion among climate scientists. Individual scientists, universities, and laboratories contribute to the overall scientific opinion via their [[peer review|peer-reviewed]] [[Scientific journal|publications]], and the areas of collective agreement and relative certainty are summarised in these respected reports and surveys.<ref name="Oreskes_consensus"/>  This supposed consensus is based on a 5% response rate to a two question online-survey.<eod>