Climate change is mainly caused by human activity.
Is it true that climate change is mainly caused by human activity?
Yes. The retrieved scientific literature consistently supports the consensus that contemporary climate change is primarily driven by human activities, specifically anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions and land-use changes.
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Multiple peer-reviewed studies explicitly model, attribute, or examine anthropogenic forcing as the primary driver of global temperature increases, extreme weather, and altered greenhouse gas fluxes, with no papers refuting the anthropogenic nature of current climate change.
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CJ, C., T, C., RC, O., CD, M., & CH, T. (2026). The past and future impact of climate change on childhood malaria in Africa.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10840-w
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S, M., IF, C., P, B., S, B., & Z, Z. (2026). Temperate wetlands lose climate-cooling capacity under warming.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-74772-9
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M, T., A, M., G, G., MÁ, T., F, D. G., J, B., S, H., A, P., & JT, A. (2026). The emerging human fingerprint on global extreme fire weather.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adx9845
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L, C., W, Z., J, X., B, S., & Q, Z. (2026). Variations in GHG fluxes in small- and medium-sized water bodies in different climate zones.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2026.130356
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L, Z., Y, C., K, W., J, G., S, L., P, W., H, Z., J, W., Y, C., C, L., H, X., Q, W., B, C., J, W., & L, L. (2026). City-Scale, Source-Resolved Methane Inventories Reveal Drivers and Mitigation Pathways Across China's Cities.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5c18654
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X, W., K, S., B, Q., & RI, W. (2026). Impact attribution of anthropogenic forcing on lake surface temperature.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-76221-z
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J, L., M, W., W, L., X, T., X, W., C, L., Z, W., X, C., X, L., H, T., & J, P. (2026). Asymmetric temperature responses to soil moisture drought legacies under anthropogenic forcing.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-75496-6
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Multiple peer-reviewed studies explicitly model, attribute, or examine anthropogenic forcing as the primary driver of global temperature increases, extreme weather, and altered greenhouse gas fluxes, with no papers refuting the anthropogenic nature of current climate change.
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