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A group of students explore Grinnell Lake in Glacier National Park during the department鈥檚 yearly trip, Mountains are in the background with the blue lake in the foreground.

Climate Change Studies

Practicum Projects

Through faculty-mentored projects, students draw on their knowledge, skills and passion to take leadership on projects that address climate change.

Climate Change Practicum projects

Students work independently on projects they design to bridge connections between their major and the climate change minor. Students enroll in the Climate Change Practicum course and meet regularly throughout the semester with a faculty mentor. Below is a selection of student projects:

  • Karl Olson speaking next to a projection screenKarl Olson (an English major with CCS minor) explored the intersection of art and science by developing curriculum that explores: (1) the way climate influences the composition and content of literature; and (2) the contribution literature makes to conceptualizing and addressing issues of climate change. See the study guide he created and presentation.

     

     

     

  • Sarah Capdeville's projectSarah Capdeville (a Resource Conservation major with CCS minor) focused on the history and management of wilderness in the context of anthropogenic climate change using scientific literature, environmental and philosophical writings, and personal experience. This project turned into her undergraduate thesis, which she summarized in this presentation.

     

     

     

     

     

  • Hope RadfordHope Radford (a Resource Conservation major with CCS minor) spent a semester in Argentina and Chile conducting an ethnographic study of small farmers and wrote this paper about their perceptions and responses to climate change.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

  • Raphael HagenRaphael Hagen (a Geoscience major with Astronomy minor) worked on the design and prototype for a solar-powered car that will be entered into the 2016 Shell Eco-Marathon, a yearly race that attracts teams across the world in competition to maximize efficiency. See Raphael’s presentation.

     

     

     

     

  • Mara MenahanMara Menahan (an Environmental Studies and Geography major with CCS minor) created illustrations of a changing climate, comparing today’s environments to those of a potential future. See four of Mara's illustrations on: industrial agriculture, climate justice, alpine ecosystems, and coral reefs.

     

     

     

     

     

     

  • Neil MooreNeil Moore (a Wildlife Biology major with CCS minor) worked on the tundra in Manitoba for two months with Utah State University doctoral student, Dave Iles, monitoring the effects of climate change on various trophic levels of the ecosystem. See Neil’s presentation.

     

     

     

     

     

  • Avery Old CoyoteAvery Old Coyote (a Resource Conservation major with CCS minor) traveled to the Russian Altai Mountains and used indigenous research methods to highlight perceptions of local Altian youth on the effects of climate change.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

  • Sperry DesRosierSperry DesRosier (a Geoscience major with CCS minor), a Native Blackfeet, studied oil and gas development on the Blackfeet Reservation and .

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

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    Ruby Baum (a Geoscience major with CCS minor) interested in science communication created this .

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

  • doctor holding stethoscope on a globe with a large mosquito on the other sideMaggie Matchett (a pharmacy major with CCS minor) interested in global health created a report about climate change and public health focused on malaria.