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Date of Publication: May 4
Year of Publication: 2022
Publication City: Washington, DC
Publisher: The Atlantic
Author(s): Kendra Pierre-Louis
To understand how climate change is altering our planet, it helps to know a little Earth science.
There are three things that I remember from my high-school Earth-science class: the swirling pink cover of the study book designed to help us pass New York State’s year-end test, the football player who seemed more intent on torturing me than on learning, and a nagging sense that what I was taking wasn’t “really” science.
The idea that Earth science barely counts as science is so woven into the educational landscape that it can feel like a truism instead of a choice.
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