Took a course in “Climatology” in college. They used to call them “weathermen”, back in the day. I took a meteorology course (I think they called it Atmospheric Science), thinking it would be a blow off course about clouds.
Had me calculating the amount of solar energy striking a angled roof on a specific day of the year.
In the old days before Global Warming™ such calculations were conducted by Physicists and Engineers with the intent to actually accomplish something tangible