Did Kary Mullis play any role in determining humans' impact on climate change?
Yes, but he downplayed it
No, he considered it unrelated to his field
Yes, he conducted extensive climate research
No, he denied any human impact on climate
Answer
Kary Mullis was a Nobel Prize-winning scientist who developed the polymerase chain reaction (PCR), a method of amplifying DNA. In 1990, Mullis published an article in which he argued that human activity was not the primary cause of climate change. He said that the Earth's climate had always been changing and that the current warming trend was part of a natural cycle.
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