In late 2009, the credibility of climate scientists worldwide came into question when controversial emails from prominent researchers were leaked to the news media. That was followed a few weeks later by revelations of an erroneous forecast in a report by the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) suggesting that Himalayan glaciers would disappear by 2035. In this video, Stanford Professor Jon Krosnick explains what the American public really thinks about climate scientists based on a series of national surveys he conducted on behalf of the Woods Institute for the Environment.