Monetary rewards if you tie your research to global warming?

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...Nigel Calder, former editor of New Scientist magazine, wittily explains the heady effect this had on many scientists: "If I wanted to do research on, shall we say, the squirrels of Sussex ... I would write my grant application saying 'I want to investigate the nut-gathering behaviour of squirrels, with special reference to the effects of global warming,' and that way, I get my money. If I forgot to mention global warming, I might not get the money."