Conduct climatological research.

Conduct climatological research. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 5 occupations and seen in 9 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Research issues related to earth sciences. in Getting Information .

Detailed work activities are the most granular shared layer in O*NET's work-activity hierarchy (Generalized → Intermediate → Detailed → occupation-specific task). The figures below describe how this activity shows up across the economy and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the work will be automated.

AI exposure

Of the 9 tasks under this activity that the OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rated, 9 (100%) are flagged as directly exposed to language models (E1) or exposed via model-powered tools (E2).

The Anthropic Economic Index observes real AI use on 5 of these tasks, with a mean mapped-usage share of 0.004% per task.

Exposure estimates overlap with model capabilities — whether a model could speed the task up — not whether the work will be done by software. Observed AI use is augmentation and assistance today, not jobs replaced.

Member tasks

Occupation-specific tasks O*NET maps to this detailed work activity, most important first.

• Conduct meteorological research into the processes or determinants of atmospheric phenomena, weather, or climate. · Atmospheric and Space Scientists · importance 4.3 · exposure with tools
• Analyze and distill climate-related research findings to inform legislators, regulatory agencies, or other stakeholders. · Climate Change Policy Analysts · importance 4.3 · exposure with tools
• Research policies, practices, or procedures for climate or environmental management. · Climate Change Policy Analysts · importance 4.0 · exposure with tools
• Analyze climate data sets, using techniques such as geophysical fluid dynamics, data assimilation, or numerical modeling. · Atmospheric and Space Scientists · importance 3.8 · exposure with tools
• Analyze historical climate information, such as precipitation or temperature records, to help predict future weather or climate trends. · Atmospheric and Space Scientists · importance 3.7 · exposure with tools
• Conduct experiments to investigate the underlying mechanisms of plant growth and response to the environment. · Soil and Plant Scientists · importance 3.7 · exposure with tools
• Conduct wind assessment, integration, or validation studies. · Atmospheric and Space Scientists · importance 3.5 · exposure with tools
• Analyze remote sensing imagery to identify relationships between soil quality, crop canopy densities, light reflectance, and weather history. · Precision Agriculture Technicians · importance 3.3 · exposure with tools
• Conduct short- and long-term climate assessments and study storm occurrences. · Hydrologists · importance 3.0 · exposure with tools

Occupations that perform this

• Atmospheric and Space Scientists
• Climate Change Policy Analysts
• Soil and Plant Scientists
• Precision Agriculture Technicians
• Hydrologists

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27) Anthropic
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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  title  = {Conduct climatological research.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/detailed-activities/conduct-climatological-research}
}