Naomi Oreskes

@naomioreskes.bsky.social

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Historian, Earth Scientist, Writer, Public Intellectual. Loves: Chocolate, Red Wine, Skiing. Hates: Beets

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Naomi Oreskes @naomioreskes.bsky.social · 28d

With funding being slashed for science, my book on the history of oceanography is more relevant than ever. Thanks to #AmericanCampus for a great conversation and #science, #funding, #life.

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Squids, subs, and the academic-military-industrial complex with Naomi Oreskes - American Campus Podcast

Oh my!References and suggested readings:Naomi Oreskes. 2025. Science on a Mission: How Military Funding Shaped What We Do and Don’t Know about the Ocean. University of Chicago Press. Naomi Oreske...

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Naomi Oreskes @naomioreskes.bsky.social · Nov 13

Reposting, for obvious reasons: "If we expect the public to trust us, we "must be able to show that [our] ethical compasses are not deflected by the magnetism of money.” Evidently, at Harvard, compasses were deflected, indeed.
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#epstein #Harvard #summers

Jeffrey Epstein's Harvard Connections Show How Money Can Distort Research

Letting the rich pay for science that interests them is a bad idea—even if they aren’t convicted sex offenders

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Reposted by Scott C. Doney, Juliet B. Schor, Peter Schöttler , and 1 more Scott C. Doney, Juliet B. Schor, Peter Schöttler, Julia Lynch

Naomi Oreskes @naomioreskes.bsky.social · Nov 12

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‘Merchants of Doubt’ author, professor Naomi Oreskes wins top environmental prize

Naomi Oreskes, Henry Charles Lea Professor of the History of Science, has received the 2025 Volvo Environment Prize. The recognition, awarded annually by a foundation based in Stockholm, represents on...

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Naomi Oreskes @naomioreskes.bsky.social · Oct 31

Happy, honored, humbled by this:
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Thanks 2 all friends, family, colleagues, who have supported me along the way, esp #ErikMConway &
@bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social @harvard.edu @harvardhistsci.bsky.social @ucsandiego.bsky.social

Harvard Professor Naomi Oreskes Receives the 2025 Volvo Environment Prize

Press Release from the Volvo Environment Prize Foundation Naomi Oreskes, a world-renowned earth scientist and historian from Harvard University, is the recipient of the 2025 Volvo Environment Prize. S...

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Naomi Oreskes @naomioreskes.bsky.social · Oct 30

My latest: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Cleaning the scientific house: Rebuilding trust in science requires confronting the harms of ghostwriting

American science is under attack. Recent cuts to funding and staffing of federal agencies, layoffs of scientists, and rescission of billions of dollars in grants are unprecedented in US history and th...

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Naomi Oreskes @naomioreskes.bsky.social · Oct 24

TOTAL knew, and now a french court says they broke the law.
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Oil giant Total’s net zero claims broke the law, court rules

The ruling is the first court judgment against an oil company for statements about its role in combatting the climate crisis.

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Reposted by Joanna Bryson

Naomi Oreskes @naomioreskes.bsky.social · Oct 24

This is an outstanding piece. Blaming boomers is just click bait. . cepr.net/publications...

My Generation: Blame the Rich, Not the Boomers

Young people should blame the rich, not Boomers, for economic inequality as high healthcare costs, and housing issues stem from elite-driven policies.

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Reposted by Paul Lehmann, Halley E. Froehlich, Jeroen Van Bouwel

Naomi Oreskes @naomioreskes.bsky.social · Oct 24

If you think mis- and disinformation is no big deal , read this: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Relative engagement with sources of climate misinformation is growing across social media platforms - Scientific Reports

Scientific Reports - Relative engagement with sources of climate misinformation is growing across social media platforms

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Reposted by Daniel Hering, Neil Pederson

Naomi Oreskes @naomioreskes.bsky.social · Oct 22

Proof that climate change is real and horrible:

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Mosquitoes found in Iceland for first time after record heat

Previously the country was one of the world's only mosquito-free zones.

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Reposted by Joanna Bryson, Catherine J. Frieman

Naomi Oreskes @naomioreskes.bsky.social · Oct 10

People need to read Ruth Schwarz Cowan's classic book:
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More Work For Mother: The Ironies Of Household Technology From The Open Hearth To The Microwave | HSS | Arts & Sciences

In this classic work of women’s history (winner of the 1984 Dexter Prize from the Society for the History of Technology), Ruth Schwartz Cowan shows how and why modern women devote as much time to hous...

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Reposted by Stephan Lewandowsky, Halley E. Froehlich

Naomi Oreskes @naomioreskes.bsky.social · Sep 30

Thought provoking piece by my colleague #Charlie Tyson
www.chronicle.com/article/can-...

Can Academic Freedom Survive the Surveillance State?

Two weeks in a Boston courtroom underscore the perils of intellectual life in America.

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Reposted by Sonia I. Seneviratne, John Hogan, James Connelly

Naomi Oreskes @naomioreskes.bsky.social · Sep 10

Congrats to @soniaseneviratne.bsky.social and colleagues for this important new paper
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Systematic attribution of heatwaves to the emissions of carbon majors - Nature

Climate change made 213 historical heatwaves reported over 2000–2023 more likely and more intense, to which each of the 180 carbon majors (fossil fuel and cement producers) substantially contributed.

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Reposted by Scott C. Doney, Ben Bond‐Lamberty, Rosie A. Fisher , and 1 more Scott C. Doney, Ben Bond‐Lamberty, Rosie A. Fisher, Jennifer Pett‐Ridge

Naomi Oreskes @naomioreskes.bsky.social · Sep 8

Deadline for comment on EPA endangerment finding extended to 22 Sept. Please send a comment. Here's a good piece with some ideas, and you don't have to be a scientist to comment.
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The Endangerment Finding: The Local Perspective Matters Right Now (Template Comment Letter Linked) - Climate Law Blog

[Here and at the end of this post, a template comment letter is linked for local governments to adapt for their own comments in the Endangerment Finding rule making process.] On August 1, 2025, the U....

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Naomi Oreskes @naomioreskes.bsky.social · Sep 3

A bit more time if you still want to get sn eV before federal tax credit expires:

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How to Get the Federal EV Tax Credit After It Expires

A new loophole was divulged by the IRS that means you might be able to claim the federal EV tax credit after it's set to expire on September 30, 2025 — even if you don't have the car yet. Read here to...

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Reposted by Wolfgang Crämer, Silvia Secchi

Naomi Oreskes @naomioreskes.bsky.social · Aug 31

This is an older piece, but important to understand how bad actors mobilize meretricious arguments, and the press often fall for it. It's happening again with spurious arguments over vaccines.

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Inside the DDT Propaganda Machine | The Tyee

Pretend to speak for poor Africans, lie about true causes of disease. That's how you get the news media to love a lethal pesticide.

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Reposted by Scott C. Doney

Naomi Oreskes @naomioreskes.bsky.social · Aug 29

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Duke University Press to Launch Anthropocene History in October 2026

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Reposted by Daniel Aaron, Alan Richardson

Naomi Oreskes @naomioreskes.bsky.social · Aug 16

Our latest:

undark.org/2025/08/15/o...

The Impact of a Ghostwritten Paper on the Fate of Glyphosate

Opinion | A downsized EPA faces a deadline to review the herbicide’s safety without much of its in-house expertise.

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Reposted by Paul Lehmann

Naomi Oreskes @naomioreskes.bsky.social · Aug 14

If anyone invokes Adam Smith to justify de-regulation, they are just wrong.

Climate Change, Regulation and Health www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/o...

Opinion | Climate Change, Regulation and Health

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Reposted by Joanna Bryson

Naomi Oreskes @naomioreskes.bsky.social · Aug 11

This summary is a bit off. I suggest people read the original paper:
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PNAS

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...

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Reposted by Joanna Bryson

Naomi Oreskes @naomioreskes.bsky.social · Aug 11

Hey, nice to hear from you. I think we don't really have good metrics on how widespread fraud is, but I think there is good evidence that it is on the increase, especially because of paper mills and predatory journals. And I think the scientific community has been more than a bit complacent.

Reposted by Katharine Hayhoe, Thomas Backhaus, Dana R. Fisher , and 2 more Katharine Hayhoe, Thomas Backhaus, Dana R. Fisher, Erin O’Donnell, Sara Constantino

Naomi Oreskes @naomioreskes.bsky.social · Aug 1

Looking for a way to do something? read the EPA reversal of the endangerment finding, and then file a public comment explaining why it is false, wrong, misguided. Your comment can be scientific, legal, or just about what the American people want..
Reversal: www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/...

Regulations.gov

www.regulations.gov

Reposted by Katharine Hayhoe, Dana R. Fisher

Naomi Oreskes @naomioreskes.bsky.social · Jul 25

Today's good news.

I am proud to have written one of the expert reports supporting the people of Vanuatu.
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Nations must act on climate change or could be held responsible, top U.N. court rules

The International Court of Justice ruled that nations have an obligation to act on climate change under international laws protecting the environment and human rights.

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Reposted by Steven French

Naomi Oreskes @naomioreskes.bsky.social · Jul 24

Anyone who knows anything about history knows how right this piece is:

Columbia’s Administrators Are Fooling Themselves www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/o...

Opinion | Columbia’s Administrators Are Fooling Themselves

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Reposted by Du Toit

Naomi Oreskes @naomioreskes.bsky.social · Jul 18

Great piece by @hertsgaard on climate coverage. It's been driving me nuts how little the press are connecting the dots.
www.thenation.com/article/envi...

Americans Are Concerned About Climate Change—but They Should Be Afraid

Americans still don’t comprehend how imminent, dangerous, and far-reaching the threat is—and journalists are partly to blame.

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Reposted by Mark Petticrew, Dominik Wiedenhofer, Tuomas Mattila

Naomi Oreskes @naomioreskes.bsky.social · Jul 17

Some people dismiss ghost-writing as inconsequential. In our latest paper, Sasha Kaurov & I show that is NOT the case. Thanks to @sfoucart.bsky.social @stephanehorel.bsky.social who first alerted me to the #Monsanto Papers and also Paul Thacker.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...