To obtain funding, scientists may be avoiding use of the term ‘climate change’ in research proposals

Climate scientists may be self-censoring in order to get their work funded through government grants.

New data released by NPR this week shows that grants and research proposals from the National Science Foundation (NSF) using the term “climate change” in their title or summary have dropped by 40 percent this year when compared to 2016. 

That’s only 302 grants using the term this year compared to 520 last year, NPR reported. 

And according to researchers, that reduction might have everything to do with a political climate that’s hostile to their work. Read more…

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