Climate change has been a controversial and heavily discussed topic in recent history. Some people suggest that climate change is a major crisis (Thomas, 2004), while others suggest that climate change is not as frightening as the general scientific public perceives it to be (Bellamy, 2015). As with many large controversial issues, the use of persuasion to influence the public and to encourage them to side with one’s view is an important aspect of social control. However, there are no studies that specifically focus on the different uses of rhetoric between climate change scientists, and skeptics. I propose to examine the unique rhetorical techniques of a climate change scientist Cameron Thomas, as well as a climate change skeptic, David Bellamy,
