To some, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change represents the pinnacle of scientific collaboration. To others, it is a victory for politics over science. Mark Schrope talks to the experts debating our planet's future.
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Mark Schrope is a freelance writer in Melbourne, Florida.
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Schrope, M. Consensus science, or consensus politics?. Nature 412, 112–114 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/35084265
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