[Vinnie]

Nothing I could spend it on is as useful as getting the 411 on glow-in-the-dark clouds .

They attach the Global Warming link to it to make the study appear useful.

[ArrogantBustard]

They attach the global warming tag in the hope of ensuring funding. The clouds themselves are, no doubt, an interesting phenomenon. Trouble is, there are lots of interesting phenomena. If you want funding, you need some kind of hook to hang your proposal on. GW is a good one, these days.

[theFIRMbss]

>They attach the Global Warming link to it to make the study appear useful

"NASA's Mike Griffin defends using NASA funds for weekend retreats with the tennis star Anna Kournikova as 'exploratory sessions to define the current global zeitgeist on global warming' . . ."