ENVIRON 299S · also HISTORY 299S
Climate, Science, and Society: The Long History of Anthropogenic Climate Change
Justin F. Shapiro
Description from DukeHub
This class will approach the history of climate chronologically. The first part focuses on adaptation, resilience, and destruction as societies around the world faced changing climates. This will give us a better understanding of how historians and scientists work together to reconstruct past climates. The second part covers the rise of climate science in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. During the final weeks, we will focus on the past sixty years of climate science, exploring how scientists have improved their knowledge of the changing climate, the relationship between environmentalism and climate activism, climate change denialism, and climate justice. Not open to students who have taken ARTS&SCI 197CNS.
Skills
No skill passed the confidence bar. Weak matches go to review instead of this page: an AI pass that has to quote the description, then a person.
AI-resilient: 2 of 5
- No: Physical, lab or field work
- No: Live work with people
- Yes: Judgment someone is accountable for · "justice"
- No: A craft you practice with your hands or body
- Yes: Small, in-person format · seminar, 16 seats per section
The checks lean on Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025), which found generative AI applies least to physical work and hands-on work with people. A signal, not a promise. How the score works
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