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The current status of climate change research

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A deeper understanding of current climate change and the mitigation of its potential future effects are among the greatest challenges facing modern science and society as a whole. In recognition of this, the past few years have seen a striking growth in funding and publication of climate change research, a trend that looks set to continue. Moreover, these trends have been matched by an increase in media coverage of climate change. Here we provide an overview of these trends.

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Figure 1: Growing footprint of climate change in scientific research and the news media.

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  1. Department of Land, Air and Water Quality, University of California – Davis, Davis, 95616, California, USA

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