{"id":60632,"date":"2021-12-08T00:07:38","date_gmt":"2021-12-08T05:07:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/world.edu\/?p=60632"},"modified":"2021-12-08T00:07:38","modified_gmt":"2021-12-08T05:07:38","slug":"are-you-interested-in-the-weather-and-its-impact-on-nature-heres-a-career-for-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/world.edu\/are-you-interested-in-the-weather-and-its-impact-on-nature-heres-a-career-for-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Are you interested in the weather and its impact on nature? Here\u2019s a career for you"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nI have always been interested in the weather, climate and climate change, but I\u2019ve also been interested in people, health and biology. I\u2019ve been luckly to find a space where all these interests come together. I am a biometeorologist. I work at a university, and teach on topics on climate and environmental change, and do research in the field of biometeorology.<\/p>\n

What is a biometeorologist, you might ask? Biometeorologists are applied climatologists, who do research on the impact that climate change has on plants, animals and people.<\/p>\n

Maybe you\u2019re wondering what a climatologist is. Well, climate refers to the long term average weather in a particular place over a period of 30 years or more. A climatologist is someone who studies the weather and the climate, trying to understand why it rains when and where it does, and when we might expect a heatwave or a large storm or even snow. They cannot, however, tell you whether it will rain this afternoon – that is what a meteorologist does.<\/p>\n

Climatologists look at data over long time periods of decades to centuries to understand patterns in the weather and what causes them. And biometeorologists explore the impact that the weather, climate, seasons, heatwaves, storms and droughts have on a range of natural responses like when plants flower, when birds migrate, the timing of the cold and flu season, the areas where malaria is common, people\u2019s risk of experiencing heat stress, and the satisfaction of tourists.<\/p>\n

So, why would you want to do a job similar to mine, and become a biometeorologist or a climatologist?<\/p>\n

Improving our understanding of climate<\/h4>\n

Greta Thunberg, a young environmental activist from Sweden, has argued that\u00a0we shouldn\u2019t<\/a>. She argues that we need urgent action in reducing our carbon emissions, rather than spending more time studying the climate and understanding climate change.
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Some people say that we should study to become climate scientists so that we can \u201csolve the climate crisis\u201d. But the climate crisis has already been solved. We already have all the facts and solutions. All we need to do is to wake up and change. pic.twitter.com\/Twioq1pmfZ<\/a><\/p>\n

— Greta Thunberg (@GretaThunberg) October 23, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n