- View this video: TED talk video, Schmidt, G. (2014) The emergent patterns of climate change. (Links to an external site.)
- Read this article: Schmidt, G. A. (2015) What should climate scientists advocate for https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0096…
Next, post to the discussion board:
- Your initial post should be at least 250 words.
- In this video, Dr. Schmidt explains how climate modeling is done. Then he explains how climate models can be compared to actual data collected to check on the reliability of the model. Write your initial post to reply to these questions:
- How has this information changed (or not changed) your understanding of how climate science works?
- Do you think this explanation of how climate modeling works would convince more people to trust the results of climate studies? Why or why not?
- Do you think Dr. Schmidt is a “good communicator” of scientific information as he advocated for the reliability of climate modeling? Why or why not?
Your initial post responding to this assignment should be no shorter than 250 words. Include both in-text citations and complete APA style references for all the sources you used to inform your work.
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