The Politics of Atmospheric Sciences: “Nuclear Winter” and Global Climate Change

@article{Drries2011ThePO,
  title={The Politics of Atmospheric Sciences: “Nuclear Winter” and Global Climate Change},
  author={Matthias D{\"o}rries},
  journal={Osiris},
  year={2011},
  volume={26},
  pages={198 - 223}
}
This article, by exploring the individual and collective trajectories that led to the “nuclear winter” debate, examines what originally drew scientists on both sides of the controversy to this research. Stepping back from the day-to-day action and looking at the larger cultural and political context of nuclear winter reveals sometimes surprising commonalities among actors who found themselves on opposing sides, as well as differences within the apparently coherent TTAPS group (the theory’s… 
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