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Why Astronomers Are Teaching Climate Change - Short Wave

Why Astronomers Are Teaching Climate Change - Short Wave

Update: 2024-10-02
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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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Why Astronomers Are Teaching Climate Change - Short Wave

Why Astronomers Are Teaching Climate Change - Short Wave