Defeating the merchants of doubt

Oreskes, Naomi
Conway, Erik M.

¹Naomi Oreskes is a professor of history and science studies at the University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA. [email protected]
²Erik M. Conway is a historian of science and technology affiliated with the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91109, USA. Their joint book Merchants of Doubt was published in May.

Published online 09 June 2010

Nature 465(7299):p 686-687, June 10, 2010. | DOI: 10.1038/465686a

As climate scientists battle climate sceptics, they should note that we have been here before, say Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway. History holds lessons for how researchers can get their message across.