Meteorologist Austen Onek"#Climatescientists have dealt with #climatetrolls, skeptics, and deniers for decades now; I think it’s an extension of that.
Now, some of that is, I think, just related to the fact that we’re in an election year. The difference is, in the past the harassment was over in a fringe element. In this last episode, it was a bit more mainstream. That’s concerning."
- Dr. Marshall Shepherd in YaleE360
https://e360.yale.edu/features/james-marshall-shepherd-interview
As Disinformation Swirls, Meteorologists Are Facing Threats
Predicting large and dangerous storms has always been challenging. It’s gotten tougher, says meteorologist James Marshall Shepherd, as a growing fringe has started to harass, verbally abuse, and threaten scientists and forecasters who link ferocious weather with climate change.