Climate scientists study the influences on the Earth's climate over time and how these might affect it in the future.
£27,000 Starter
to£55,000 Experienced
37 to 42 a week
between 8am and 6pm
You can get into this job through:
You can do a degree or postgraduate qualification in:
You'll usually need:
You could get work experience through an internship or work placement. This would give you an insight into the different types of work you can do as a climate scientist.
You can get information about global climate conditions through NASA and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
You can discover more about working in climate science from the Royal Meteorological Society and the Natural Environment Research Council.
You'll need:
Your day-to-day duties may include:
You could work in a laboratory or at a university.
Your working environment may be outdoors some of the time.
You could specialise in an area of climate science, for example polar research, rainfall patterns or ocean changes. You might do this through research and teaching at a university, or by working for a government department.
You could also work as a palaeoclimatologist, studying previous variations in climate and how the Earth adapted to these.
Other career options include working as a consultant for science publishers or broadcasters.
You may be able to apply for chartered environmentalist status. You can find out more about being a chartered environmentalist from the Society for the Environment.
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