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Futures: What Will Be in 2050?

General Background Research

Background research can help you get the lay of the land, figure out what trends you want to focus on, and learn the vocabulary that is used to describe your topic. You don't have to use library resources for your background research but if you want to, check out some of these: 

Environmental Science Background Research

If you don't have a background in science, researching the climate impacts of something can be difficult. Sure, you know that that a warming earth leads to increasingly severe weather but why? Or maybe you know that plastics won't biodegrade but how exactly does that affect the climate? To gain an overview of climate change, take a look Gale in Context: Environmental Science.