Graduate Student Maya Chung received an Outstanding Student Presentation Award from the American Geological Union (AGU) for her research on the relationship between El Niño and infectious disease dynamics, which she presented at their annual meeting in December.

El Niño and La Niña events can affect the spread of infectious diseases including cholera and dengue fever. The effects of some diseases may persist over several years. (Chung et al. mention)

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. 

The Department of Geosciences and Princeton University congratulates Dr. Chenggong Wang on successfully defending his Ph.D. thesis: “On the role of atmosphere physics and warming pattern in climate feedback" on Thursday, October 24, 2024.

For every degree Celsius of warming, the amount of rainfall from a hurricane increases by 15 percent ," says Gabriel Vecchi , a professor at Princeton University and a scientist at World Weather Attribution. (Video interview in Spanish)

POLITICO discussed the emergence of attribution science and the human fingerprints on Helene and Milton with Gabriel Vecchi, a Princeton University professor of geosciences.

“It is unusual in a number of ways,” Princeton University climate scientist and hurricane expert Prof. Gabriel Vecchi said. “This storm is probably going to be very unlike any storm anyone has experienced on the west coast of Florida.”

Online misinformation is clouding the truth about the record-breaking storm as it approaches Florida. (Vecchi mention)

Climate change set up the Gulf of Mexico to birth a storm this strong, this fast. (Vecchi mention)

Nearly 70 people are dead in Vietnam after Typhoon Yagi hit the Southeast Asian country. The storm destroyed roads and bridges. Host Marco Werman speaks with Gabriel Vecchi, climate scientist at Princeton University, about what’s behind the strength of the storms.

Warm water in the Gulf of Mexico helped quickly strengthen Hurricane Francine, creating danger for Louisiana residents rushing to buy supplies and secure their homes ahead of the storm’s landfall Wednesday. (Vecchi mention)

A single extreme hurricane does not necessarily portend an especially active hurricane season, experts say. However, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) predicts an 85 percent chance of an above-normal hurricane season. (Vecchi mention)

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)

Due to short instrumental record that limits our understanding of hurricane activity and its relationship to climate, we extend the record to the last millennium using two independent estimates: a reconstruction from sedimentary paleohurricane records and a statistical model of hurricane activity using sea surface temperatures (SSTs).

KCBS Radio hosts Margie Shafer and Eric Thomas spoke with Gabriel Vecchi, Geosciences professor and Director of the High Meadows Environmental Institute at Princeton on his assessment on this summer being the officially hottest on record. (AUDIO 1:32-17:38)

Director of the High Meadows Environmental Institute (HMEI) and Professor of Geosciences and the High Meadows Environmental Institute Gabriel Vecchi, has been selected as a 2024 American Meteorological Society (AMS) Fellow. The AMS recognizes outstanding leaders in the weather, water, and climate communities at their…

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)

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.