This presentation discusses the development of a resource aimed at improving climate literacy across disciplines. This resource, found at www.science.smith.edu/climatelit/, documents the impacts of climate throughout Earth’s history by connecting various aspects of human society and culture to specific climate events and explaining the science behind them. We have been compiling, researching, formatting and posting information on climate-related topics in the subject areas of social studies, literature, and art as well as communicating with climate science and teaching experts to improve our content. This website aims to increase climate literacy and improve understanding of the effects of climate fluctuations, which is becoming more important as we move into an increasingly uncertain future regarding climate changes initiated and accelerated by human activities.
Presentation deriving from special studies and STRIDE research with Bosiljka Glumac, professor of geosciences.