Merchants of Doubt

The movie Merchants of Doubt was about how _______________ is/are spread to intentionally confuse the public even though the details of greenhouse gas caused global warming is already well documented.

doubt

The servers at the University of East Anglia in Britain were illegally hacked in 2009 and emails were stolen. Emails between climate scientists were published published on the internet and a few disparate edited quotes were seized upon to support the claim that global warming was a conspiracy. The movie states that three independent inquiries have investigated the conduct of the scientists involved in the emails and that all have cleared the scientists of any wrong doing. This link on Climategate (Links to an external site.) from Skeptical Science.com provides more detail about this controversy including a complete list of ____________ inquiries that cleared the scientists of wrong doing.

nine

Some of the problems with the Oregon petitions were that:

-The documents were made to look like they were published by the National Academy of Science -The only requirement to sign the petition was a bachelor of science in any field. -Fake signatures including actors from the TV show M.A.S.H and the Spice girls.

The Oregon Petition (Links to an external site.) claims to have collected __________signatories to a document arguing against the realities of global warming.

17,000

The Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change (NIPCC) creates volumes that _______________ to those of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

Appear identical

The IPCC reports are authored by ________________ scientists generally from __________________ countries. They are commended for winning the ___________________ along with Al Gore in 2008 for spreading the scientific knowledge and consensus on climate change. This link will help: Wikipedia

thousands / 120 / Nobel Peace Prize

Which of the following people reversed their points of view on human-caused climate change after seeing the data?

Both

Match the climate doubt strategy used to confuse the public with the correct United Nations meeting that it preceded.

Climategate: Copenhagen Oregon Petition : Kyoto

______________ is a fundamental tenant of what makes great scientist. You do not want to believe anything you are told without looking at the data! By contrast, if even after looking at the data you are unable to sway your opinion, then this is no longer called skepticism but has instead called _____________.

Skepticism / denial

It is always important to follow the $ trail! Use this database (Links to an external site.) to see which of the following organizations promote climate denial (also see who is funding these organizations):

The George C. Marshall Institute The CATO Institute The Heartland Institute