History and climate science: A collaborative relationship for the twenty-first century

History and climate science: A collaborative relationship for the twenty-first century

History as a subject for higher education (and beyond) has often been criticized for failing to be relevant to the demands of the twenty-first century. This paper argues that not only is learning from our past a valuable exercise in any time period, but that historical research can provide modern sc...

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Main Author: WILLIAMSON, Fiona
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Language:English
Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2015
Subjects:
History
Climate
Environment
Data Recovery
Environmental Sciences
Online Access:https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cis_research/229
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spelling sg-smu-ink.cis_research-12282024-12-12T09:08:27Z History and climate science: A collaborative relationship for the twenty-first century WILLIAMSON, Fiona History as a subject for higher education (and beyond) has often been criticized for failing to be relevant to the demands of the twenty-first century. This paper argues that not only is learning from our past a valuable exercise in any time period, but that historical research can provide modern sciences with the much needed data and contextual analysis crucial to understanding many of the problems facing our world today. Based on research from historic archives in the UK and Malaysia, this paper explains how historians are recovering historic data invaluable to modern climate science, and demonstrates just how this data is being used. 2015-01-01T08:00:00Z text application/pdf https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cis_research/229 https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/cis_research/article/1228/viewcontent/001_007_HISTORY_AND_SCIENCE_Fiona_pvoa.pdf http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Research Collection College of Integrative Studies eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University History Climate Environment Data Recovery Environmental Sciences History
institution Singapore Management University
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Singapore
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topic History
Climate
Environment
Data Recovery
Environmental Sciences
History
spellingShingle History
Climate
Environment
Data Recovery
Environmental Sciences
History
WILLIAMSON, Fiona
History and climate science: A collaborative relationship for the twenty-first century
description History as a subject for higher education (and beyond) has often been criticized for failing to be relevant to the demands of the twenty-first century. This paper argues that not only is learning from our past a valuable exercise in any time period, but that historical research can provide modern sciences with the much needed data and contextual analysis crucial to understanding many of the problems facing our world today. Based on research from historic archives in the UK and Malaysia, this paper explains how historians are recovering historic data invaluable to modern climate science, and demonstrates just how this data is being used.
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author WILLIAMSON, Fiona
author_facet WILLIAMSON, Fiona
author_sort WILLIAMSON, Fiona
title History and climate science: A collaborative relationship for the twenty-first century
title_short History and climate science: A collaborative relationship for the twenty-first century
title_full History and climate science: A collaborative relationship for the twenty-first century
title_fullStr History and climate science: A collaborative relationship for the twenty-first century
title_full_unstemmed History and climate science: A collaborative relationship for the twenty-first century
title_sort history and climate science: a collaborative relationship for the twenty-first century
publisher Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
publishDate 2015
url https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cis_research/229
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/cis_research/article/1228/viewcontent/001_007_HISTORY_AND_SCIENCE_Fiona_pvoa.pdf
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