%0 journal article %@ 1023-5809 %A von Storch, H. %D 2023 %J Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics %N 1 %P 31-36 %R doi:10.5194/npg-30-31-2023 %T Brief communication: Climate science as a social process – history, climatic determinism, Mertonian norms and post-normality %U https://doi.org/10.5194/npg-30-31-2023 1 %X Climate science finds itself in a “post-normal” condition, which leads to a frequent dominance of political utility over methodical rigor.