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Learner Reviews & Feedback for Climate Science for Everyone by Duke University

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About the Course

Climate change impacts everyone — from record-breaking heat waves, to physical and mental health impacts, to food shortages. Understanding the science behind climate change provides you with the foundational knowledge necessary for taking action in your community and enhancing your career. No matter your age, job, goals, or interests, this course will enable you to meaningfully engage with one of the defining challenges facing humanity today. What is the evidence for climate change? What key concepts describe the physical science of climate change? And are there ways to predict how the climate could change in the future? This short course provides everyone an entry-level overview of climate change science, with no science background needed! By the end of the course, you should be able to explain the causes of climate change and its impacts. Along the way, you’ll be given opportunities to consider how to apply this knowledge in your own life or career. Learning about climate science is the first step in your journey to becoming a more engaged global citizen as you help determine our planet’s future....

Top reviews

YZ

Oct 5, 2025

Excellent course with great instructor and student peers. Very well designed course structure, materials, readings, quiz, as well as guest speaker sessions.

CD

Jul 25, 2025

Every politician, every leader should takes this course. It should be mandatory. Thank you so much!

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By Christopher D

Oct 8, 2025

I approached this course with the bias that climate change was real. This conclusion was drawn from what I read, and observations made over my lifetime. While I was in the believer camp, I was reluctant to engage in debate for fear that my "gut" reaction could be refuted by other facts I was not aware of. This course provided the underlying science to support my strengthened conclusion that the earth is warming and that man is responsible. While some of the reading took me several passes to digest, I think the course struck a good balance between providing the evidence underlying the scientific conclusions, and not making it so technical that people simply can't understand how the conclusions were derived.

By Katie N

Oct 8, 2025

I highly recommend this course to get a clear, evidence-based, up-to-date understanding of the science of climate change, what threats we're facing, where we are in addressing the problem, and what most needs to be done. The scientific information shared is powerful, detailed yet succinct, and very clearly communicated. As a result of what I learned, I have much greater clarity about the current reality and how I can best use my own skills to help solve the problem and prepare my family and community for the changes to come.

By Alejandro N

Oct 7, 2025

Excellent course! Well structured, relevant, easy to understand. The videos from Dr. Prasad were very clear and with enough detail to get the points across. Thank you guys for organizing this! It was time very well invested.

By Yu Z

Oct 6, 2025

Excellent course with great instructor and student peers. Very well designed course structure, materials, readings, quiz, as well as guest speaker sessions.

By Becky S

Oct 8, 2025

I learned a great deal in this class. It was all well explained and presented. Thank you for making it available

By Carolin D

Jul 26, 2025

Every politician, every leader should takes this course. It should be mandatory. Thank you so much!

By Kim E

Oct 7, 2025

Excellent teaching, helpful resources, awesome learning experience!

By Myron C

Oct 7, 2025

Well organized and well presented