As a result, water will flow across the cell membrane into that cell (down its concentration gradient) from the surrounding environment eventually causing the cell to swell and burst (c). Hypertonic â refers to a solution that is higher in solutes than that inside of a cell.
The scientific evidence is clear. Within the scientific community, there is no debate. An overwhelming majority of climate scientists agree that global warming is happening and that human activity is the primary cause.
No one seriously believed that global warming was coming. After much criticism, the work of Arrhenius was ignored by the scientific community. It was not until the 1970s that scientists began to take the possibility of global warming seriously and began to accept at least the principles of Arrhenius' research.