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What Are the Finger-like Clouds in the Hurricane Inner-core Region?
Feb. 25, 2025

Kun Gao, Joseph Mouallem, Lucas Harris. Geophysical Research Letters. DOI: 10.1029/2024GL110810

The inner core region of hurricanes…

Emma Levin: understanding how hurricane activity will change in a warming world
Feb. 7, 2025

In 2011 and then 2012, Emma Levin’s hometown on Long Island was hit back to back with the one-two-punch succession of Hurricanes Irene and Sandy. The resultant damage and flooding left the then middle-school-aged Levin out of class for weeks. In the wake of such close…

Professor Gabriel Vecchi Honored at American Geophysical Union 2024 Fall Meeting
Jan. 9, 2025

Professor Gabriel Vecchi, the Knox Taylor Professor of Geosciences, accepted his Fellowship at the American Geophysical Union 2024 Fall Meeting in Washington D.C. on December 11, 2024. 

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What is rapid intensification in hurricanes, and is it happening more often?
July 12, 2024

Hurricane Beryl churns over the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Venezuela. Beryl experienced rapid intensification, and climate scientists are concerned that this is happening more often. (Vecchi mention)

CIMES Renewed for Five More Years
Sept. 14, 2023

The Cooperative Institute for Modeling the Earth System (CIMES) was successfully renewed for another five years under award NA23OAR4320198 from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). CIMES is an outgrowth of a highly successful fifty-year collaboration between Princeton University’s Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (AOS)…

Florida hurricane Idalia intensifies rapidly
Aug. 31, 2023

The World's Marco Werman spoke with Gabriel Vecchi, a climate scientist at Princeton University, about the reasons behind the intensification and how this is becoming much more common. (05:41 Audio)

Q&A: Geosciences Professor Gabriel Vecchi on Extreme Heat
Aug. 2, 2023
So, is extreme heat the new normal? Gabriel Vecchi, professor of geosciences and director of the High Meadows Environmental Institute, spoke with Princeton Alumni Weekly (PAW) about what’s causing the heat, advice for coping with the weather, and the actions people need to take now to make a difference. 
Heat Records Are Broken Around the Globe as Earth Warms, Fast
July 12, 2023

From north to south, temperatures are surging as greenhouse gases trap heat in the atmosphere and combine with effects from El Niño. (Vecchi mention)

The world’s oceans are extremely hot. We’re about to find out what happens next
June 19, 2023

Unprecedented Atlantic Ocean heating and El Niño in the Pacific are pushing the climate into uncharted territory

 

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