You could:
You could work in a laboratory, at a university or visit sites.
Your working environment may be outdoors some of the time.
You can find information about global climate conditions through:
Discover more about working in climate science from:
You could do a degree or postgraduate qualification in a relevant subject like:
You can get work experience through internships, placements or a year in industry during your course. This may help you to identify your area of interest for research.
For example, the Met Office runs both summer placement and year in industry schemes.
You'll usually need:
You'll need:
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 historic 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.
