Which of the following best explains the fact that public belief that global warming posed a real threat faltered, despite evidence of global warming in droughts, crop failures, the collapse of fish stocks, and violent storms during the 1990s?
A) The fossil fuel industry successfully mounted a public relations campaign challenging the legitimacy of the scientific basis of global warming.
B) The public at large came to be distracted by the global economic recession.
C) Scientists did not yet have the technology to determine the source of climatic changes.
D) The emergence of a broad consensus among scientists from a variety of disciplines and countries that the earlier evidence had been misinterpreted.

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The fossil fuel industry is known to have mounted a public relations campaign to cast doubt on the legitimacy of global warming, which can be a key factor in the public's perception of the issue. The other options are not supported by the given information in the question.

Which of the Following Best Explains the Fact That Public