{"query_echo":{"q":"","filters":{"analysis_type":["Methodology"]},"warnings":[]},"total":{"value":240,"relation":"eq"},"page":1,"page_size":20,"self":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/api/v1/search?analysis_type=Methodology&page=1","next":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/api/v1/search?analysis_type=Methodology&page=2","stability":"beta","ai_marking":{"digital_source_type":{"uri":"http://cv.iptc.org/newscodes/digitalsourcetype/trainedAlgorithmicMedia","name":"Created using Generative AI"},"notice":"Summary and key insights are generated using artificial intelligence."},"results":[{"id":"ucs-000278","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/ucs-000278","title":"Attacks on Science Tracker","publisher":{"name":"Union of Concerned Scientists","organization":"union-of-concerned-scientists"},"document_type":"research paper","language":"en","date_published":"2026-09","source_url":"https://www.ucs.org/sites/default/files/2026-10/Attacks-on-Science-Tracker-2-1-methodology.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) developed an evolved methodology to track 'attacks on science'—defined as political interference in federal science—starting in January 2025. The system combines automated R scripts for RSS feed collection and keyword filtering with human content analysis to categorize attacks by type, topic, and stage of completion. 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