Skeptical Science is partnering with Gigafact to produce fact briefs — bite-sized fact checks of trending claims. You can submit claims you think need checking via the tipline. Are humans responsible for climate change? Our rapid burning of fossil fuels has caused a buildup of heat-trapping carbon dioxide gas in our atmosphere. Until we started burning fossil fuels, the CO2 moving between the Earth’s atmosphere, oceans and land remained relatively steady for thousands of years. Fossil fu...
