Like an economy, fields of scientific research undergo periods of boom and bust. The boom in climate science is driven by a confluence of factors: scientific uncertainty, political opportunism, ideological predispositions, a sustained push from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and massive funding from various government entities.
Causes and Consequences of the Climate Science Boom
By William N. Butos, Thomas J. McQuade
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the Fall 2015 issue of The Independent Review.
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