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Climate change researcher specializing in the development of data-driven risk assessment…
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Our article is just the first step at generating some initial thinking on the 'guardrails' for what climate science and climate data 'translators'…
Our article is just the first step at generating some initial thinking on the 'guardrails' for what climate science and climate data 'translators'…
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I had the privilege of volunteering with Moody's Corporation's TeamUp program, where we partnered with the incredible BLOOMAGAINBKLYN. This…
I had the privilege of volunteering with Moody's Corporation's TeamUp program, where we partnered with the incredible BLOOMAGAINBKLYN. This…
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Honored to have received the Outstanding Service award from the Bryant University School of Health and Behavioral Sciences for this academic year…
Honored to have received the Outstanding Service award from the Bryant University School of Health and Behavioral Sciences for this academic year…
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A global assessment of wildfire potential under climate change utilizing Keetch-Byram drought index and land cover classifications
Environmental Research Communications
In recent years, climate change has caused wildfires across the globe to generally become larger and more severe, creating new challenges for public health, housing and infrastructure, and natural resource management. As the characteristics of wildfires change, it is critical to understand where emerging risks for human and natural systems are most profound. We assess how future wildfire potential, defined here as the meteorological conditions and the availability of burnable vegetation types…
In recent years, climate change has caused wildfires across the globe to generally become larger and more severe, creating new challenges for public health, housing and infrastructure, and natural resource management. As the characteristics of wildfires change, it is critical to understand where emerging risks for human and natural systems are most profound. We assess how future wildfire potential, defined here as the meteorological conditions and the availability of burnable vegetation types conducive to wildfire occurrence, are projected to change in the future. To achieve this, we combine modelled temperature and precipitation to calculate the Keetch-Byram Drought Index (KBDI) as a proxy for soil moisture deficit and overlay a weighting factor representing burnable vegetation derived from land cover classifications. Through our analysis of daily data at both mid- and end-of-century, we find that climate-related changes, such as increasing temperatures and drying patterns, will elevate wildfire potential globally, both in terms of severity of maximum daily KBDI and frequency of high KBDI days. We find that regions which have recently endured major fire events, including the western United States, Australia, and the Amazon, could experience increases in maximum KBDI of up to 100 in places, with more than 60 additional days of high KBDI by mid-century, compared to the historical baseline. Additionally, at the end-of-the-century, regions across much of Africa, Central America, and Southern Asia are projected to emerge as wildfire hotspots. While the occurrence of wildfires may still be rare today in many regions, we find that climatological trends are projected to increase wildfire potential for much of the globe, creating new risks for some, and raising the challenge for already wildfire-prone communities to effectively manage forests and protect people and critical resources.
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Using Climate Data
Four Twenty Seven
A primer to inform the use of climate data in financial institutions, businesses and governments.
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Near-Term Climate Change and its Impacts on Zambian Society
Red Cross/Red Crescent Climate Centre
A white-paper evaluating the climatology, climate variability, and projected near-term climate change of Zambia. This project, carried out in conjunction with the Red Cross/Red Crescent Climate Centre and UK Met Office Hadley Centre, also outlines the impact of climate change on various sectors of Zambian society, with specific emphasis on human health, agriculture, energy, and infrastructure.
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Understanding the Middle Miocene Climatic Optimum; Evaluation of Deuterium Values Related to Precipitation and Temperature
Bryant University
The Middle Miocene Climate Optimum was a unique warming period in the Earth’s geologic history, when a high global mean annual temperature was accompanied by a relatively low global CO2 concentration. Hydrogen isotopic signals (specifically molecular δD, the ratio of deuterium to hydrogen) from lipids of fossils and sediments offer intrinsic insights into precipitation of ancient climates. Using samples collected from known Middle Miocene deposits, we measured δD of n-alkanes extracted from…
The Middle Miocene Climate Optimum was a unique warming period in the Earth’s geologic history, when a high global mean annual temperature was accompanied by a relatively low global CO2 concentration. Hydrogen isotopic signals (specifically molecular δD, the ratio of deuterium to hydrogen) from lipids of fossils and sediments offer intrinsic insights into precipitation of ancient climates. Using samples collected from known Middle Miocene deposits, we measured δD of n-alkanes extracted from well-preserved plant and sediment samples from varying latitudes across the Northern Hemisphere, and then analyzed the data through a zonally averaged precipitation and evaporation climate model. The reduced latitudinal temperature gradient with warm polar regions during the Middle Miocene was also contrarily coupled with a small variance in latitudinal meteoric water composition and precipitation. With our latitudinally variant sample locations (ranging from 24°N in Xiangfeng, China, to 74°N in Banks Island, Canada), we developed a one-dimensional model in which we assessed evaporation and precipitation gradients throughout the Northern Hemisphere. Ultimately, we used the latitudinal distribution of δD to better constrain the atmospheric conditions during the Middle Miocene Climatic Optimum.
Courses
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Applications in Climate and Society
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Climate Change and Urban Ecosystems
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Climate Variations
ENVI404
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Climate and Landscape
ENVI111
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Dynamics of Climate Variability and Climate Change
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Earth's Oceans and Atmosphere
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Ecology
SCI351
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Environmental Policy, Decision Making, and Problem Solving
SCI455
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Honors Senior Capstone Project
SCI490
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Introduction to Atmospheric Science
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Introduction to Climate Modeling
SCILAB
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Managing Risks; Natural and Other Disasters
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Managing and Adapting to Climate Change
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Modeling Climate and the Natural and Human Systems
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Regional Climate and Impacts
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Research Methodologies
SCI390
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Summer Seminar in Climate and Society
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Sustaining Air and Water
SCI372
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Writing for Global Science in the International Media
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More activity by Colin
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Really proud of these ECRs representing Bryant University at the Northeast Geological Society of America meeting. Two senior undergrads (Jillian…
Really proud of these ECRs representing Bryant University at the Northeast Geological Society of America meeting. Two senior undergrads (Jillian…
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Glad to start my 8th year as core faculty lecturer in the Columbia Climate School Climate and Society graduate program! Privileged to be working…
Glad to start my 8th year as core faculty lecturer in the Columbia Climate School Climate and Society graduate program! Privileged to be working…
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Very excited to join Planet and support the mission to image the Earth every day and make change visible, accessible, and actionable. I will be an…
Very excited to join Planet and support the mission to image the Earth every day and make change visible, accessible, and actionable. I will be an…
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Yesterday I closed the chapter of a great, unique and fulfilling professional experience of almost 20 years in ESG and Sustainable Finance. I had…
Yesterday I closed the chapter of a great, unique and fulfilling professional experience of almost 20 years in ESG and Sustainable Finance. I had…
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I'm excited and honored to announce I'm joining Kathy Baughman McLeod and her team at Arsht-Rock as a Sr Fellow, joining an illustrious group of…
I'm excited and honored to announce I'm joining Kathy Baughman McLeod and her team at Arsht-Rock as a Sr Fellow, joining an illustrious group of…
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After a relatively short but thoroughly enjoyable spell, Friday was my last day at Moody's. Thanks very to much my former colleagues for your help…
After a relatively short but thoroughly enjoyable spell, Friday was my last day at Moody's. Thanks very to much my former colleagues for your help…
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