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But what is political now? Isn't climate science a political issue in the US.
by muddi900 2y ago
But what is political now? Isn't climate science a political issue in the US.
- aleph_minus_one 2y agoSince I don't live in the USA, I don't have a feeling for the current political climate [pun intended] there, so take the following remark with a grain of salt. But if I go by my gut feeling, I'd say that there is a difference between wanting to understand by what and how much the climate is influenced by various factors (as unpolitical as possible in this academic discipline) vs having a political stance which policy measures to take based on these insights (e.g. - do nothing and tolerate the possible risks - lobby for strongly reducing CO2 emissions - lobby for doing geoengineering to stop the climate change ). My feeling is that at least some climate scientists want to be both researchers and "politicians" for their academic discipline.