The issue focused on research studies that researchers say show climate change has increased the frequency and severity of severe weather events. Scientists have called climate change a threat to human health, financial stability and quality of life.

After scientists published research studies showing climate change had caused climate variability in recent years, scientific literature showed climate scientists were losing academic credibility. Scientists told Science magazine they felt climate science was being manipulated by academics who wanted to stop climate change research.

That study involved emails between scientists at NASA and scientists at