anthropogenic

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And lets be real -- of course these impacts are anthropogenic, but we all know that when the warming is labelled 'anthropogenic' by the AGW proponents, they're talking about CO2.

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  1. adjective Of or relating to anthropogenesis.
  2. adjective Caused by humans: anthropogenic degradation of the environment.

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  • The "all global warming is anthropogenic, and the only possible reaction is to cut carbon use 90\% over the next 15 years, which will have zero impact on our standard of living" folks are the ones who should be scared as heck about "teaching the controversy". —  dispatches from TJICistan
  • And lets be real -- of course these impacts are anthropogenic, but we all know that when the warming is labelled 'anthropogenic' by the AGW proponents, they're talking about CO2. —  RealClimate
  • Here are some unimpeachable sources for the idea that climate change is real, dangerous, and anthropogenic -- and that mitigation strategies make economic sense. —  Boing Boing
  • In view of our findings that geological mineral fixation is a minor CO2 trapping mechanism in natural gas fields, we suggest that long-term anthropogenic CO2 storage models in similar geological systems should focus on the potential mobility of CO2 dissolved in water. —  Naturejobs - All Jobs
  • A win here as well as Australian Senator Joyce calling the anthropogenic global warming ideology "eco totalitarianism" and drawing parallels between environmentalism and Nazism —  Watts Up With That?
 

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/ænθrəpəˈdʒɛnɪk/
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