Certainly, when put into the context of the overall budget reduction in capital spending of 12 %, the cut in science's budget does not seem severe. (sciencemag.org)
As you probably can see the investment in a 30 - year term is making more sense now when putting it into context. (bestliferates.org)
What would be helpful is to put this into context with historical records before 1970 which was the peak of the global cooling scare. (realclimate.org)