Statistics for Climate Change: Fact or Misconception?

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Question	Answer	% Correct
There is a high chance (53%) that climate change will cause humans to become extinct by 2050	Misconception	90%
Sea levels could rise up by a metre by 2100	Fact	87%
China, the United States and India are contributing to around 44% of the global greenhouse emissions	Fact	79%
Climate change currently affects at least over 10,000 species on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species	Fact	79%
The collective exhalation of carbon dioxide from many people contribute significantly to global warming	Misconception	76%
Some animals are adapting to climate change due to natural selection	Fact	73%
Climate models are unreliable and too sensitive to carbon dioxide	Misconception	68%
The current global average temperature is the warmest it has been in the last 100,000 years	Fact	65%
The rate of sea-level rise has doubled since 1990	Fact	63%
Developing countries are responsible for 79% of carbon emissions since 1850	Misconception	55%
Nuclear energy has reduced carbon dioxide emissions by over 60 gigatonnes	Fact	50%
Climate change begun due to the Industrial Revolution	Misconception	42%
Atmospheric water vapour is trapping heat, being also responsible for global warming	Misconception	24%
Climate change indirectly causes the death of millions of people in developing nations	Misconception	23%
The Amazon rainforest produces 20% of the world's oxygen	Misconception	19%