Today, if you want to explode the theory of climate change, you may not have a Twitter account for long. And forget about securing a position at a university or laboratory. There is simply no future in climate science for a sceptic.

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Nathan Smith is a former business journalist and columnist at the NBR. He also worked as the chief editor at the New Zealand Initiative policy think tank. He is now a freelance writer and copy editor.