There are two groups that question the necessity of climate research and they are, strangely enough, on opposite sides of the political/environmental spectrum. On one hand, there is the ‘climate hoax’ contingent who believes that climate change is a Chinese invention to undermine the  economy or a liberal plot to increase government and take control of our lives. On the other hand, there are those who suggest that climate change is ‘settled science’ and society has all the information it needs to act. That ‘97% of climate scientists’ agree on what will occur as greenhouse gases increase. […] I will suggest that both are profoundly wrong and that research is acutely needed to understand and project climate change forced by natural processes  human-enhanced greenhouse gases,