About us

We love all things climate. Our lab is interested in the hows and whys of climate and weather, but also the so whats. Our work spans many topics - from addressing questions on climate variability, to understanding climate impacts on natural resources and society, to developing climate datasets and tools to inform decision-making. We work to better connect climate information and science to a variety of disciplines and improve the accessibility of climate information to assist decision-makers and other scientists, as well as to better communicate the importance of climate variability to the general public.
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SOME of our work

Recent news

Spring 2022
  • Ashwin presented his work on the drivers of lightning ignition efficiency at the Fire and Climate conference in Pasadena. 
  • Katherine presented on the Climate Toolbox on Climate Solutions day hosted by the North Central Climate Science Adaptation Center.

Summer 2021
  • Abigail completed her PhD. Congratulations Dr. Lute! Abby started a postdoctoral scientist position at Princeton/GFDL.
  • Ashwin Thomas joined the Climatology Lab. He will be working on an NSF funded project to understand complexity of future fire season in the western US.

Spring 2021
  • Abigail was awarded a Hydroinformatics Innovation Fellowship from CUAHSI!
  • John co-authored a study in PNAS led by Bill Anderegg from the University of Utah on changing pollen seasons and contributions by climate change

Summer 2020
Spring 2020
  • Josh successfully defended his Masters Thesis "Verification of Red Flag Warnings across the Northwestern US as large fire occurrence forecasts"
  • John co-authored a paper in Science led by Park Williams from Columbia University that details the current megadrought in southwestern North America and the role of human-caused climate change in its intensity

Summer 2019
  • Josh provided a great recap of the benign fire season for Washington state in his role as DNR fire meteorologist.
  • Lauren published a study on climate change impacts on Georgia peaches