News Archive
May 2025: Check out our recent paper led by Ashley Cornish on the impact of plant physiological changes on the development of hot and humid weather conditions.
April 2025: Check out our recent paper led by Laurie Agel on the weather patterns that lead to drought in the Northeast U.S.
April 2025: Ali Fallah defended his PhD proposal and is now a PhD candidate. Congrats, Ali!!
Feb 2025: Check out our recent paper led by Daniel Swain on the contribution of hydroclimate volatility to the 2025 Southern California wildfires.
Jan 2025: Check out our recent paper led by Daniel Swain on hydroclimate volatility in a warming world.
Jan 2025: Check out our recent paper led by William Rush on the implications of atmospheric river detection algorithm differences on our understanding of atmospheric river responses to global climate change.
June 2024: Check out our recent paper led by graduate student Ali Fallah on the impact of vegetation assimilation on flash drought detection and characteristics.
Nov 2023: Check out our recent paper led by Jessica Oster on the relationship between North Atlantic meltwater events, North American hydroclimate, and atmospheric rivers during Heinrich Stadial 1.
Oct 2023: Check out our recent paper on the contribution of precipitation recycling to drought and pluvials across North America.
Sept 2023: Check out our recent paper led by Juan Lora on atmospheric rivers and the hydrologic cycle during the Last Glacial Maximum.
July 2023: Troy King successfully defended his master's thesis. Congratulations Troy!!
April 2023: Ali Fallah successfully defended his master's thesis. Congratulations Ali!!
March 2023: Check out our recent paper led by graduate student Tyler Harrington on quantifying the individual contributions of ground evaporation, transpiration, and canopy evaporation to precipitation in North America
Jan 2023: Check out our recent paper on the impact of atmospheric rivers on ice sheet hydroclimate and surface mass balance at the Last Glacial Maximum.
April 2022: Check out our recent paper led by Alex Thompson on the role of vegetation in driving temperature change during the Holocene.
April 2022: Allison Hannigan successfully defended her master's thesis. Congratulations Allison!!
Feb 2022: Check out our recent paper led by Jitendra Singh on the risk of future concurrent drought events.
Dec 2021: Allison Hannigan presented her work on tracing the origins of moisture during heat waves at the AGU Fall Meeting. Check out her poster here.
Sept 2021: Ali Fallahmaraghi joined the Climate System Dynamics Group. Welcome Ali!!
July 2021: If you're a member of the AMS Weather Band you can check out Chris' recent talk on the influence of plants on weather and climate.
May 2021: Check out our recent paper led by Laurie Agel on the characteristics, trends, and mechanistic drivers of heat wave events in the Northeast U.S.
April 2021: Tyler Harrington successfully defended his master's thesis. Congratulations Tyler!!
April 2021: Check out our recent paper led by Tyler Harrington on identifying the sources of Arctic water vapor.
March 2021: Tyler Harrington has received a William M. Lapenta NOAA Student Internship at the NCEP Environmental Modeling Center. Congratulations Tyler!
February 2021: Check out our recent paper led by Jitendra Singh on the amplifying risk of spatially compounding droughts during different modes of natural ocean variability.
January 2021: Tyler Harrington was awarded the 1st place student poster presentation at the 35th Annual Conference on Hydrology at the 2021 AMS Annual Meeting! Congratulations Tyler!
January 2021: Tyler Harrington presented his research on tracing the sources of Arctic moisture, and on the role of evapotranspiration in shaping North American drought at the American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting.
November 2020: Check out our recent paper led by Alex Thompson on the use of water isotope-enabled Earth system models to constrain estimates of past monsoon activity.
September 2020: Check out a recent press release of our new project to understand Northeast US heat waves and droughts.
August 2020: Allison Hannigan joined the Climate System Dynamics Group. Welcome Allison!
May 2020: Check out our recent paper in EPSL on the role of atmospheric rivers in shaping Holocene hydroclimate.
January 2020: Tyler Harrington presented his work on extreme weather impacts on the national airspace at the American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting.
April 2025: Check out our recent paper led by Laurie Agel on the weather patterns that lead to drought in the Northeast U.S.
April 2025: Ali Fallah defended his PhD proposal and is now a PhD candidate. Congrats, Ali!!
Feb 2025: Check out our recent paper led by Daniel Swain on the contribution of hydroclimate volatility to the 2025 Southern California wildfires.
Jan 2025: Check out our recent paper led by Daniel Swain on hydroclimate volatility in a warming world.
Jan 2025: Check out our recent paper led by William Rush on the implications of atmospheric river detection algorithm differences on our understanding of atmospheric river responses to global climate change.
June 2024: Check out our recent paper led by graduate student Ali Fallah on the impact of vegetation assimilation on flash drought detection and characteristics.
Nov 2023: Check out our recent paper led by Jessica Oster on the relationship between North Atlantic meltwater events, North American hydroclimate, and atmospheric rivers during Heinrich Stadial 1.
Oct 2023: Check out our recent paper on the contribution of precipitation recycling to drought and pluvials across North America.
Sept 2023: Check out our recent paper led by Juan Lora on atmospheric rivers and the hydrologic cycle during the Last Glacial Maximum.
July 2023: Troy King successfully defended his master's thesis. Congratulations Troy!!
April 2023: Ali Fallah successfully defended his master's thesis. Congratulations Ali!!
March 2023: Check out our recent paper led by graduate student Tyler Harrington on quantifying the individual contributions of ground evaporation, transpiration, and canopy evaporation to precipitation in North America
Jan 2023: Check out our recent paper on the impact of atmospheric rivers on ice sheet hydroclimate and surface mass balance at the Last Glacial Maximum.
April 2022: Check out our recent paper led by Alex Thompson on the role of vegetation in driving temperature change during the Holocene.
April 2022: Allison Hannigan successfully defended her master's thesis. Congratulations Allison!!
Feb 2022: Check out our recent paper led by Jitendra Singh on the risk of future concurrent drought events.
Dec 2021: Allison Hannigan presented her work on tracing the origins of moisture during heat waves at the AGU Fall Meeting. Check out her poster here.
Sept 2021: Ali Fallahmaraghi joined the Climate System Dynamics Group. Welcome Ali!!
July 2021: If you're a member of the AMS Weather Band you can check out Chris' recent talk on the influence of plants on weather and climate.
May 2021: Check out our recent paper led by Laurie Agel on the characteristics, trends, and mechanistic drivers of heat wave events in the Northeast U.S.
April 2021: Tyler Harrington successfully defended his master's thesis. Congratulations Tyler!!
April 2021: Check out our recent paper led by Tyler Harrington on identifying the sources of Arctic water vapor.
March 2021: Tyler Harrington has received a William M. Lapenta NOAA Student Internship at the NCEP Environmental Modeling Center. Congratulations Tyler!
February 2021: Check out our recent paper led by Jitendra Singh on the amplifying risk of spatially compounding droughts during different modes of natural ocean variability.
January 2021: Tyler Harrington was awarded the 1st place student poster presentation at the 35th Annual Conference on Hydrology at the 2021 AMS Annual Meeting! Congratulations Tyler!
January 2021: Tyler Harrington presented his research on tracing the sources of Arctic moisture, and on the role of evapotranspiration in shaping North American drought at the American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting.
November 2020: Check out our recent paper led by Alex Thompson on the use of water isotope-enabled Earth system models to constrain estimates of past monsoon activity.
September 2020: Check out a recent press release of our new project to understand Northeast US heat waves and droughts.
August 2020: Allison Hannigan joined the Climate System Dynamics Group. Welcome Allison!
May 2020: Check out our recent paper in EPSL on the role of atmospheric rivers in shaping Holocene hydroclimate.
January 2020: Tyler Harrington presented his work on extreme weather impacts on the national airspace at the American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting.
September 2019: Lab renovations are complete!
August 2019: Tyler Harrington joined the Climate System Dynamics group. Welcome Tyler!!
July 2019: Spent the day with the UMass Lowell Climate Change Initiative and the National Association of Geoscience Teachers participating in the second annual Climate in the Classroom professional development workshop for K-12 teachers.
May 2019: Spent the day with the UMass Lowell Climate Change Initiative briefing Massachusetts legislators on actions the state can take to address climate change.
March 2019: Check out our new paper on the impact of reduced Saharan dust during the "Green Sahara".
Jan 2019: Our AGU presentation on measuring changes in heat wave size was covered in The Guardian.
Jan 2019: Joined the Department of Environmental, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Lowell!
Dec 2018: Our AGU presentation on measuring changes in heat wave size was covered in EOS.
July 2019: Spent the day with the UMass Lowell Climate Change Initiative and the National Association of Geoscience Teachers participating in the second annual Climate in the Classroom professional development workshop for K-12 teachers.
May 2019: Spent the day with the UMass Lowell Climate Change Initiative briefing Massachusetts legislators on actions the state can take to address climate change.
March 2019: Check out our new paper on the impact of reduced Saharan dust during the "Green Sahara".
Jan 2019: Our AGU presentation on measuring changes in heat wave size was covered in The Guardian.
Jan 2019: Joined the Department of Environmental, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Lowell!
Dec 2018: Our AGU presentation on measuring changes in heat wave size was covered in EOS.