16 February, 2018

This California teen studies climate data after school

Some high school students find data analysis boring, but one California teen loves it.
McGregor: “When I get home, I spend my free time creating different graphs and reports on how climate change is affecting southern California.”
Studying climate data after school.
That’s high school student Edgar McGregor. When he first saw graphs of regional climate change, he was struck by the sharp rise in temperatures, especially over the past decade. So he began digging into climate data, looking at …

McGregor: “… which months are changing more than others. Is one month getting drier while another is getting wetter? Just to kind of understand what I can expect when I’m in my 60s, 70s, and 80s.”


Read the Yale Climate Connections story - “This California teen studies climate data after school.”

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