Short Wave

Why Astronomers Are Teaching Climate Change

Oct 2, 2024 · 13 min · Episode 1143 · 13.4 MB
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Years ago, astronomy professors started noticing something that troubled them: Many of their students didn't understand climate change and the science supporting it. So a small group of professors decided to do something about it — teach climate change in their introductory astronomy courses.

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