Storms and extreme weather events are stronger in the Southern Hemisphere than in the Northern Hemisphere. In this talk I will combine an energetic perspective, observations and climate model simulations […]
Viruses attack marine organisms from bacteria to whales. In particular phytoplankton blooms can crash because of viral infection. Here we will explore the interaction between viruses, phytoplankton and zooplankton under […]
Toward the end of the Pleistocene, archaic humans in Eurasia such as the Neanderthals and Denisovans were completely replaced by anatomically modern humans dispersing from Africa. Understanding the causes of […]
The physical structure of the upper ocean is an important control on ocean-atmosphere exchange of momentum, heat, freshwater, and gases such as carbon dioxide. It also regulates the distribution of […]
In this talk, we present results from spectral nudging experiments with a coupled climate model. These experiments aim to address the question how recent extreme events would unfold in +2K […]
Turbulence generated by sheared motions can have a large impact on the mixing of properties in both the ocean and atmosphere. There is a need to elucidate the factors controlling […]
Extreme events, i.e., the normally rare occurrences when a system is far outside its norm, severely impact organisms and ecosystem on land. Yet, in comparison, our understanding of such extreme […]
The global wild marine fish harvest increased fourfold between 1950 and its current peak, reflecting interactions between human and ecological drivers. This talk will examine these interactions in an Earth […]
We investigate the relationship between convective available potential energy (CAPE), precipitation, the number and size of storms and overshooting tops, and lightning stroke density (f) over the Central America region. […]
Terrestrial ecosystems play an integral role in regulating Earth’s climate through their cycling of carbon, water, and energy. Humans are altering these fluxes by perturbing terrestrial ecosystems through land use […]