Environmental & Climate Science
Climate Data Scientist
Analyses climate datasets, models future scenarios, and communicates climate risk.
A Climate Data Scientist works with large climate datasets — reanalysis products, climate model output, observational records — to detect trends, attribute events, and model future scenarios.
What does a Climate Data Scientist do?
A Climate Data Scientist applies computational methods to solve scientific problems. Typical work includes:
- Detecting trends in historical temperature records
- Downscaling global climate model output to regional scales
- Attributing extreme weather events to climate change
Required skills
Preferred skills
Tools used
PythonxarrayNumPySciPyscikit-learnmatplotlib
Career progression
1Climate Data Analyst
2Climate Data Scientist
3Senior Climate Data Scientist
4Climate Analytics Lead