Climate Change

Explore these sample questions related to climate change from the perspectives of various programs. To see which major provides options to learn about these issues, click on the link provided. It will take you to the program's degree options and website.

Questions

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How do places and societies affect climate change? How does climate change affect places and societies?

What are the long term economic impacts of climate change? Who loses? Who gains?

What can we learn from indigenous groups as we look for ways to address climate change?

How have people in the past had to change their behaviors to cope with environmental change?

Do all countries suffer from climate change denialism? If not, what epistemic and socio-political factors explains the differences?

How does climate change affect the distribution of disease around the world?

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Which groups in society are most impacted by climate change and how?

How will climate change affect human stress and social upheaval?

What is the relationship between long term climate change and cultural/biological evolution?

How can we think about climate change as emerging from a colonial past?

How do we have hard but productive conversations about dealing with climate change and its effects?

How does science fiction contribute perspectives and solutions to the problem of climate change?

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How can modeling chemical reactions in the atmosphere help us better predict climate change and develop solutions?

How are differing impacts of climate change reshaping global production and consumption of food, water, and wine?

How does climate change affect immigration patterns and shifts in culture?

How does climate change disproportionately impact indigenous groups who rely on agriculture?

How have the recent culture wars divided the public on issues with near scientific consensus?

Why are human beings the only creatures with moral rights? Should trees and natural systems have rights or some kind of moral weight in environmental choices?

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What are the impacts of climate change on mobile homes and home ownership?

What can we learn about environmental degradation from past cultures? Can this knowledge effect modern change?

Do apocalyptic messages encourage or discourage students to get involved in climate justice advocacy?

Does the movement of people due to climate change cause language loss?

Why do some nations embrace renewable energy and others do not?