Will AI replace Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary?

Some of your tasks will be automated. People who use AI will have the edge.

Task exposure to today's AI

43/100

Moderate exposure

This is the occupation's typical task mix. Your own score can be up to 30 points higher or lower depending on how you work: routine share, people contact, judgment and how much you already use AI.

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Will AI replace Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary?

Not entirely. Today's AI tools can take on about 43% of the typical work in this occupation, mostly: write grant proposals to procure external research funding. The parts that stay human include: Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as structural geology, micrometeorology, and atmospheric thermodynamics.; Conduct research in a particular field of knowledge and publish findings in professional journals, books, or electronic media.; Supervise laboratory work and field work..

People who learn to use AI for the automatable parts keep the edge. The 3-phase plan below shows where to start.

Which tasks AI can take on

The largest tasks in this occupation, their share of the working week, and how much of each today's AI tools can do.

TaskAutomatable

Write grant proposals to procure external research funding. 68%

Conduct research in a particular field of knowledge and publish findings in professional journals, books, or electronic media.AI already used 62%

Evaluate and grade students' class work, assignments, and papers.AI already used 57%

Keep abreast of developments in the field by reading current literature, talking with colleagues, and participating in professional conferences.AI already used 33%

Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as structural geology, micrometeorology, and atmospheric thermodynamics.AI already used 28%

Supervise undergraduate or graduate teaching, internship, and research work. 17%

+ 20 more tasks (48% of the week) in the full test.

Your human edge

Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as structural geology, micrometeorology, and atmospheric thermodynamics.
Conduct research in a particular field of knowledge and publish findings in professional journals, books, or electronic media.
Supervise laboratory work and field work.

AI tools to try

ChatGPT / Claude for lesson materialsAI quiz and feedback toolsPresentation and image generators

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A 3-phase AI learning plan

Phase 1

Materials and preparation

Lesson plans, tasks and differentiated materials with AI.
Quizzes and answer keys.
Check facts and age-appropriateness yourself.

Project

Use AI to build a full 3-week unit on atmospheric thermodynamics — lectures, problem sets at two difficulty levels, and a 20-question quiz with answer key — then fact-check every equation and log hours saved.

Phase 2

Feedback and assessment

Rubrics and feedback drafts with AI.
Spotting common mistakes across student work.
Rules for student AI use and academic honesty.

Project

Draft an AI rubric for a structural geology field report, grade 20 student submissions with AI-assisted feedback you verify, and summarise the top 5 recurring errors plus a written class AI-use policy.

Phase 3

Teaching with AI

Teach students to use AI critically.
Assignments that work with AI, not against it.
Share materials and practice with colleagues.

Project

Redesign one research-methods assignment to require AI use with a documented prompt log and critique of AI errors in a climate dataset, then run a 1-hour workshop sharing it with 5 colleagues.

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