Common arguments
Do scientists exaggerate for funding?
People know institutions can have incentives, so the suspicion is reasonable. Here is why that does not hold up.
Why it sounds plausible
People know institutions can have incentives, so the suspicion is reasonable.
The simple answer
The evidence comes from too many independent sources for that explanation to work.
The fuller explanation
To dismiss climate change as funding bias, you would need a global failure across countries, universities, satellites, ocean data, military data, insurers, private companies and independent researchers. Different groups with very different incentives observe the same basic pattern.
Bottom line
The evidence is too broad to reduce to grant funding.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
The evidence is too broad to reduce to grant funding.
The evidence comes from too many independent sources for that explanation to work.