Atmospheric Sciences (AS)
Climate: Past, Present & Future (CL)

English

11-15
16-18
18+

The article and activity sheet can be downloaded as PDFs from https://futurumcareers.com/how-past-climate-clues-can-help-predict-the-future

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We all know that climate change is an urgent issue that requires our attention today – which is why it’s so interesting that researchers are looking to the past to learn about climate change and to explore how we might deal with it in the future.

This resource introduces the work of Professor Zhengyu Liu and Dr Bette Otto-Bliesner who are using state-of-the-art computer models to delve into our planet’s past in order to inform their research on climate change. It includes an interview with Professor Liu and Dr Otto-Bliesner and insights into how to become an atmospheric scientist. It also includes an activity sheet, which contains ‘thinking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on the researchers’ work and tasks students to think about how Earth’s climate has changed since the Last Glacial Maximum.

This resource was first published at https://futurumcareers.com/how-past-climate-clues-can-help-predict-the-future