Inevitable Ep 93: Naomi Oreskes, Professor of the History of Science at Harvard University
Mar 26, 2020
48:17
In today’s episode, we cover:
- Her journey from Geologist to Historian of Science
- The genesis of her climate change awakening
- What led to her seminal book on climate change, “Merchants of Doubt”
- How the science showing fossil fuels impact on climate change go way backHer work inspiring the movie, "An Inconvenient Truth"
- The foundational work of Prof. Ben Santer, proving climate change
- How the fossil fuel industry led a disinformation campaign, intent on discrediting climate scientists
- Her views on how the fossil fuel industry is not a reliable partner in combatting climate change in this day
- Why science should be trusted by the public
- The significance of consensus in science
- Remaining topics of climate change debate within the scientific community
- How public policy changes is not in the domain of science
- How the challenges with climate change are not within the science or technology but within policy and politics
- Why nuclear is not a viable solution to climate change
Links to topics discussed in this episode:
- “Merchants of Doubt”: https://www.merchantsofdoubt.org/
- “Why Trust Science”: https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691179001/why-trust-science
- Roger Revelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Revelle
- Charles David Keeling: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_David_Keeling
- Prof. Ben Santer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_D._Santer
- James Hansen's 1988 Congressional Testimony on Climate Change: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Hansen#US_Senate_committee_testimony
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