claim: If anyone claims to be part of the 97 percent, it means they disagree with the contrarian argument that humans are having a minimal impact on global warming.
evidence: Although the figure is less than in earlier polls, 39 percent of those asked say there is a lot of disagreement among climate scientists on the basic question of whether the planet is warming; 42 percent say there is a lot of disagreement that human activities are a major cause of global warming.