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Climate replaces health as Germany’s top research concern

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Trust in science remains high and increases with education, Science Barometer shows

Germans believe that climate and energy issues are now more important research topics than health, according to a nationwide survey released this month.

The Science Barometer 2022, an annual survey, reported that 51 per cent of respondents said that climate and energy should be researched “most intensively” from a list of topics. This figure is up from 35 per cent in 2016.

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