ABSTRACT
A campaign is being launched across Australia to promote respect for science. The campaign comes after it was announced last week that climate scientists in the country had received death threats, with the Australian National University increasing security around nine climate scientists and administrative staf . With national debate over climate change becoming increasingly heated owing to the government's carbon tax, scientists are having to battle against what Anna-Maria Arabia, chief executive of the Federation of Australian Science and Technological Societies, called “a noisy misinformation campaign by climate denialists”.
