My groundbreaking work suggests that rapid Arctic warming is linked to shifting weather patterns in the Northern Hemisphere, driving more persistent weather regimes that can lead to periods of extreme temperature and/or precipitation.
My research has sparked scientific debate and drawn broad public attention. I authored three articles in Scientific American, and testified to the U.S. Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Security in 2020, the U.S. House of Representatives Science Committee in 2019, and to the Senate Committee on the Environment and Public Works in 2013.
My achievements in climate communications were recognized by the American Geophysical Union when I received the Union’s Climate Science Communication Prize in 2020. I am frequently asked by major media outlets to provide expertise on various topics related to climate and extreme weather, and I have been featured in several documentaries.
Sailing has been an enduring source of inspiration for my work. I circumnavigated the globe with my husband in the 1980s—a course that included the Arctic and Southern Ocean—and we currently live aboard our sailboat, Saphira, eight months of the year.
