New video series: CAMS and C3S scientists answer your questions
Have you ever wondered how scientists monitor climate change? Or when the human influence on climate change was discovered? The Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) and Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS)*, launched a new video series that answers questions just like those submitted by our community.
Each episode of Ask a Scientist features a specialist responding to community questions gathered via social media and email. If you want to see your questions answered in a future episode, you can follow us (CopernicusECMWF) on BlueSky and Instagram, where we announce the topics of upcoming videos. In the next two episodes, our experts will answer questions about climate change in the Arctic and Antarctic, and air quality.
The first episode featured Dr Mark Parrington, senior scientist at CAMS and leading expert on wildfire emissions monitoring. In the second episode, scientist and climate expert Dr Francesca Guglielmo tackles several key questions from the public, exploring everything from the origins of climate change science to the role of oceans in global warming.
In her answers, Francesca also covers the Mediterranean region, which is warming faster than the global average, and explains why adaptation, alongside mitigation, is crucial to addressing climate change today. She explains how climate change is monitored using data from satellites, in-situ observations, advanced modelling systems or a combination of those, such as ERA5.
Dr Francesca Guglielmo is a scientist at the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) and ECMWF. She has a PhD in Geoscience and a broad scientific background in atmospheric, ocean and climate science, with past work in earth system and climate sciences and modelling, and modelling infrastructure.
Francesca is part of the Climate Intelligence Team at C3S where she contributes to the monthly Climate Bulletins and the annual reports Global Climate Highlights and European State of the Climate.
Remember to follow us on on BlueSky and Instagram, so you don’t miss future opportunities to share your questions with our scientists. Stay tuned for upcoming Ask a Scientist videos on climate modelling, air pollution, Saharan dust, the interactions between climate change and oceans, and more.
*CAMS and C3S are implemented by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) on behalf of the European Commission