Certain major media outlets have reported that nearly all qualified scientists agree that global warming is a serious problem, but these claims are based upon a few polls that have been misrepresented by journalists and activists. In contrast, 9,029 Ph.D. scientists, including 3,805 atmospheric, earth, and environmental scientists, have signed a petition stating, "There is no convincing scientific evidence that human release of greenhouse gasses is causing or will, in the foreseeable future, cause catastrophic heating of the Earth's atmosphere and disruption of the Earth's climate."