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uninstallIE t1_j16fofz wrote

Reply to comment by RSN_Kabutops in Climate Impacts Are Increasing; Textbooks Aren’t Keeping Pace: "biology textbooks are failing to share adequate information about climate change" by Additional-Two-7312

Climate change has biological impacts and biological causes. The biology of many of our agricultural and industrial practices (i.e. the flora and fauna involved and impacted) is the primary driver of climate change. The way that changes in temperature will impact flora and fauna, and indeed us as well is also vitally important to know.

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Here's a very basic example. Temperatures can impact reproductive frequency, behavior, and the physical sex of many species. If you are studying biology as it relates to an average temperature that no longer exists on earth, you are not studying biology as you need to understand today.

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vinbullet t1_j19k54y wrote

That's more ecology than biology imo. They definitely teach how temperature affects such things as reproduction and sex, which I would expect most high schoolers to be able to connect to changes in climate.

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5LadiesInMy4Seater t1_j19wnrb wrote

For my own understanding, do you think Ecology is a higher level science that should be taught in a collegiate setting, or should we be exposing student to this subject (and climate change) in public schools?

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uninstallIE t1_j19qqxh wrote

All professionals in all disciplines need to understand climate change and make it part of their practice because it impacts everything. A medical doctor needs to understand how changing climate will impact their patients, for example.

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KaelthasX3 t1_j18xort wrote

IDK, back when I was in school, climate in general was under geography lessons, not biology.

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uninstallIE t1_j19qyee wrote

It impacts everything. It's worth including in everything

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