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Earth Science Library Research Guide

Climate Change Research Questions

Climate Change Research Questions

What evidence can you find that your topic is involved in climate change?                 
What is the cause and effect relationship?
What are the solutions or new innovations to help reduce its impact?

Building a Search

Remember:

  • Use keywords, not whole questions
  • Use quotation marks around phrases
  • Combine terms​
  • Try different combinations​

Sample Keywords

Try out alternate terms, or keywords, for your topic to see what gets you the best results. For example:

  • Biodiversity
  • Carbon dioxide 
  • Carbon footprint
  • Carbon capture
  • Climate
  • climate change
  • Climate vs. Weather
  • Deforestation
  • Emissions
  • Emissions cap
  • Fossil fuels
  • Global average temperature
  • Globalization
  • Global warming
  • Greenhouse effect
  • Greenhouse gases
  • Ice caps
  • Mitigation
  • Ozone
  • Pollution
  • Renewable energy
  • Sea-level rise
  • Sunspot
  • Tipping point
  • Urbanization

Find Articles & Evidence

Login Information

 
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Click the more... under each resource for details on how to log in.
 

Find Images

All the databases also include images. You are encouraged to start your image search with databases for the same reasons we use them for articles and evidence.

  • Reliable, accurate sources
  • Ready-made citations