Five dimensions of climate science reductionism

Five dimensions of climate science reductionism

Five dimensions of climate science reductionism, Published online: 29 November 2018; doi:10.1038/s41558-018-0352-1

The tendency of modern science to reduce complex phenomena into their component parts has many advantages for advancing knowledge. However, such reductionism in climate science is also a problem because it narrows the evidence base, limiting visions of possible futures and the ways they might be achieved.