what qualifications are needed for a career in environmental science ( mainly in climate) ?

Question

I really want to know whether there is any future for pure environmental science graduates in the field. If there is please specify.

Answer 1

Take a good course on political propaganda or political speech writing. That forms a good basis for a start. And NEVER, NEVER take any course about objective science. If you do, you'll never be a good environmentalist.

Answer 2

Well i think this is an emerging field and need quite a lot number of motivated and energetic people.
To work for climate usually a degree in climatology or atomospheric physics is required.

Answer 3

It's a tough business to make a living at these days. Particularly in the US, where Federal action on the environment has, um, not been aggressive for the last six years. But that may change in the near future, as the battle against global warming gets into gear.

But it's very much like teaching. You don't do it to make money, you do it because you're motivated.

Answer 4

There is. In terms of climate change, generally you have to have a degree in climatology to get work in that field.

There are plenty of options for someone with an environmental science degree though. You can work for a private environmental consulting firm (that's what I do, and there's a lot of them), or for a government regulatory agency (like EPA or county Environmental Health Dept.), or perhaps work for a national park.

So there are plenty of options, depending on what you want to do. Feel free to email me if you have further questions.

Answer 5

Tunnel vision is important and you need to know how to make models.

Answer 6

You have to be easily swayed by propaganda and willing to lie, cheat and steal other people's work to qualify for government grants.