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Pfirman, for example, has taught a climate-change class at Barnard for 15 years. She says more students than ever are coming to her department and they arrive more informed, having heard about global warming throughout their childhood. "It's a basic science class but more and more, students are asking for the policy applications," she says. "They see the problems and they want to figure out the answers."