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How to incorporate climate change into high-school physics

High-school students are all too aware of climate change, but often aren’t taught how their physics lessons can help them understand the problem and its solutions. Melissa Lord shares tips on how to bridge the gap.

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The author is a regional representative for the Ogden Trust, a charity promoting physics in schools in England.

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Lord, M. How to incorporate climate change into high-school physics. Nat Rev Phys 5, 626–627 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s42254-023-00660-6

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