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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Published: Journal of Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2015
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spelling ukm-93432016-12-14T06:49:38Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9343/ 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. Journal of Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2015 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9343/1/001-007_HISTORY_AND_SCIENCE-Fiona.pdf Williamson, Fiona (2015) History and climate science: a collaborative relationship for the twenty-first century. e-BANGI: Jurnal Sains Sosial dan Kemanusiaan, Specia (1). pp. 1-7. ISSN 1823-884x http://www.ukm.my/e-bangi/index.php?option=com_jresearch&view=publicationslist&Itemid=45&lang=en
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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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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 Journal of Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate 2015
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9343/
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