The science behind a climate headline - Rachel Pike
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In 4 minutes, atmospheric chemist Rachel Pike provides a glimpse of the massive scientific effort behind the bold headlines on climate change, with her team -- one of thousands who contributed -- taking a risky flight over the rainforest in pursuit of data on a key molecule.
Pike outlines some of the methods that scientists are using to study Earth’s atmosphere and climate. What do the methods include? Which ones could ordinary people—citizen scientists—participate in, if any?
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