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

English

16-18

The article and activity sheet are available through the following link: https://futurumcareers.com/how-do-atmospheric-radiation-models-help-us-understand-climate-change

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Our atmosphere is dynamic and ever-changing, constantly balancing incoming radiation from the Sun and outgoing thermal radiation emitted by the Earth. The balancing of this atmospheric radiation shapes our climate and impacts global weather patterns. Professor Yi Huang, a physical climatologist from McGill University in Canada, is studying atmospheric radiation to better understand how changes in our atmosphere contribute to climate change.

This brochure introduces Yi's work, offers an insight into careers in climatology, contains an interview with Yi and includes an activity sheet that challenges students to report on an extreme weather event as a science journalist.