Lesson 8 Scientific Collaboration on Climate Change
Completion requirements
Introduction
What is the scientific and international community doing about climate change?
The international scientific community and other international communities have joined together to continue researching and assessing the impacts of climate change. There are international groups who are continuing to investigate climate change, and others who have joined together to fight climate change. In this lesson, you will learn about some of the present and historical groups.
This lesson will also teach you about the technology being used to measure, model, and interpret climate and climate change. You will learn how scientists research climate change, and you will learn the limitations of the scientific community.
This lesson will also teach you about the technology being used to measure, model, and interpret climate and climate change. You will learn how scientists research climate change, and you will learn the limitations of the scientific community.
Targets
By the end of this lesson, you will be able to- describe the technology in measuring, modelling, and interpreting climate and climate change
- evaluate the role of science in increasing the understanding of climate and climate change through international groups
- describe the limitations of scientific knowledge and technology in making predictions related to climate and weather
Watch This
How Climate Scientists Predict the Future © YouTube SciShow
Watch this video for an outline of how climate models were invented and how they have changed over the years. The video also talks about some of the limitations seen by these climate models. It talks about how the accuracy of our climate models has increased over the decades and how these models have successfully predicted climate in the near future. Please note that this video uses GCM to represent general climate models while this course uses GCM to represent general circulation models.