Michael Wehner
michaelfwehner.bsky.social
Michael Wehner
@michaelfwehner.bsky.social
Climate scientist
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Special issue on Artificial intelligence and machine learning in climate & weather science in Advances in Statistical Climatology Meteorology & Oceanography. ML/AI in atmosphere, ocean & hydrological sciences welcomed. www.advances-statistical-climatology-meteorology-oceanography.net/articles/sch...
ASCMO - Scheduled SIs
www.advances-statistical-climatology-meteorology-oceanography.net
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The attack on @frediotto.bsky.social was seeded years ago by Roger Pielke Jr, who started arguing that this table from a recent @ipcc.bsky.social report proved that climate science cannot attribute extreme weather to climate change.

But Roger is of course lying. And we know this for 2 reasons.

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October 10, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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📣 PRESS RELEASE

Registration for experts interested in serving as Expert Reviewers and providing scientific comments on the First Order Draft of the Special Report on Climate Change and Cities is now open!

Registration closes 30 Nov 2025.

Read more 🔗 www.ipcc.ch/2025/09/17/p...
September 17, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Thank you for posting. I have hundreds of hours into these (2,3,4,& 5) . At taxpayer expense, I might add.
July 26, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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Delighted to announce that Ben Santer is now an Honorary Professor @ueaenv.bsky.social & the Climatic Research Unit (CRU).

Ben is returning to his "academic home": he did his PhD in CRU before his stellar career developing "fingerprint" methods to identify human & natural effects on climate.
July 21, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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What caused deadly landslides in Colombia? Finding out, should be easier. Tropical climates are complex, but if data are held by companies & organisations hiding them behind walls of bureaucracy it becomes impossible. @wwattribution.bsky.social study: www.worldweatherattribution.org/growing-expo...
July 17, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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Heatwaves affect different places in different ways. Leafy suburbs are cooler than more built up, concrete heavy areas, which means that disadvantaged communities are more likely to be more severely affected. Watch our super short video on heatwaves to find out more...
#heatwave
☀️Heatwaves☀️, like the one we're having this week, will be made even more dangerous by climate change.

Dr @eunicelo.bsky.social is on a mission to map how heat can affect people living in cities like Bristol.

#heatwave @bristoluni.bsky.social @ebibristol.bsky.social
July 10, 2025 at 1:45 PM
I explained what extreme event attribution is in this article. doi.org/10.1063/PT.3...
Connecting extreme weather events to climate change
Advances in attribution science are improving understanding of human influence on our planet.
doi.org
July 8, 2025 at 4:09 AM
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The study by Xueke Li and colleagues was published here in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA:
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
(see their ref. 37 for our original Petoukhov et al. 2013 paper)
PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
www.pnas.org
June 17, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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A resonance phenomenon is causing big waves in the atmosphere. And that has increased due to #globalwarming, causing wild summer extremes, a new data analysis finds.
The mechanism was first identified in 2013 by the late Vladimir Petoukhov at the Potsdam Institute.
apnews.com/article/extr...
Planetary waves linked to wild summer weather have tripled since 1950, study finds
A new study says climate change has tripled the frequency of atmospheric wave events linked to extreme summer weather in the last 75 years.
apnews.com
June 17, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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Important postscript on our recent study: We can confirm now that the recent heat domes over North America & Europe were part of a resonant "wave 7" hemispheric pattern that emerged in mid June, persisting through most recent data [analysis by @xuekeli.bsky.social]
July 1, 2025 at 11:37 PM
The flooding of the Guadalupe River in Texas was undoubtedly made worse because of climate change. I would estimate that there was 7-20% more rainfall than w/o the human interference in the climate. But w/o detailed attribution studies on the storm and associated runoff, we can't know for certain.
July 5, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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This is theft, plain and simple. They stole this from you. Every deletion, every erasure, every website that goes dark is a crime against the American public
The US Global Change Research Program's website, including all its sub-domains that host the National Climate Assessments and related reports, is now offline.

The 1990 Global Change Research Act (see below) mandates its research findings be available to all federal agencies & departments.
June 30, 2025 at 11:33 PM
It's an older clip (11/01/23) but I think worth posting. Senate Environment And Public Works Committe Hearing on Impact of Climate Change on Severe Weather
portal.nersc.gov
June 29, 2025 at 5:24 AM
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"Increased frequency of planetary wave resonance events over the past half-century" | Our new article in @pnas.org by @xuekeli.bsky.social, @michaelfwehner.bsky.social, Shannon Christiansen & yours truly: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Increased frequency of planetary wave resonance events over the past half-century | PNAS
We demonstrate a tripling in the frequency of planetary wave resonance events over the past halfcentury, coinciding with the rise in persistent bor...
www.pnas.org
June 16, 2025 at 8:05 PM
After a brief (6 week) retirement, I am pleased to be back at work on statistics, extreme weather and climate change. And even had a paper accepted (with @michaelemann.bsky.social) on my first day. 😀
June 10, 2025 at 3:16 AM
A kid-friendly article explaining our recent paper on atmospheric river clusters! The Science Journal for Kids team did a fantastic job explaining to younger audiences how back-to-back “rivers in the sky” can drive extreme weather impacts. www.sciencejournalforkids.org/articles/how...
How can rivers flow through the air?  - Science Journal for Kids and Teens
Researchers wanted to know how dense atmospheric river clusters form and how climate change might increase their frequency and intensity.
www.sciencejournalforkids.org
May 2, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Announcing a special issue "Advancing the statistical modelling of weather and climate extremes and their meteorological drivers based on moisture and heat transport" in Advances in Statistical Climatology, Meteorology & Oceanography (ASCMO)
ASCMO - Scheduled SIs
www.advances-statistical-climatology-meteorology-oceanography.net
April 25, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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Deb Agarwal was named as a 2024 American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fellow. She hopes this recognition will bring greater visibility to informatics professionals within AGU.

Read more on her dedication to advancing #EarthSciences through advanced computing & data science: cs.lbl.gov/news-and-eve...
Data Science Pioneer Deb Agarwal Named 2024 AGU Fellow - Computing Sciences %
Data Science Pioneer Deb Agarwal Named 2024 AGU Fellow. This is a distinguished recognition honoring her impactful work in Earth and environmental science. This accolade highlights her dedication to a...
cs.lbl.gov
March 14, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Our new paper on the upper bound of temperature. The original title was “Impossible temperatures are not as rare as you think”. But reviewers thought that was too clever, so we have a boring title. But I hope that you find the paper interesting.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Data-driven upper bounds and event attribution for unprecedented heatwaves
The last decade has seen numerous record-shattering heatwaves in all corners of the globe. In the aftermath of these devastating events, there is inte…
www.sciencedirect.com
February 4, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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📖🌀 New book alert! Gabe Vecchi, Enrico Scoccimarro and I have edited the book "Tropical Cyclones and Associated Impacts: A Global Perspective"

It was great to work on it with my dear friends, and big thanks to the authors who made this project possible!

environment.princeton.edu/news/new-boo...
New Book Presents Essential Expertise on Hurricanes and Their Global Impacts
environment.princeton.edu
January 17, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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Today's Berardelli Bonus: 2024 was the hottest yr on record at ~3F higher than just 100 yrs ago. Also the wettest w/ moisture 7% higher than 30 years ago adding to more intense downpours & floods. The excess warmth is due mainly to the build up of heat-trapping greenhouse gases from fossil fuels
January 17, 2025 at 2:23 AM
More on the attribution of the effect of climate change on wildfire from my 2023 testimony to the US Senate EPW committee in response to a question from Senator Merkley (D-OR).clip is 2 1/2 minutes. www.c-span.org/clip/public-...
User Clip: Senator Merkley (D-OR) fire
Senator Merkely (D-OR) asks Dr. Wehner about attribution of individual wildfires
www.c-span.org
January 12, 2025 at 5:16 PM