{"id":3540,"date":"2023-10-19T16:02:37","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T20:02:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/geo\/?page_id=3540"},"modified":"2023-10-19T16:07:44","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T20:07:44","slug":"climatology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/geo\/research\/climatology\/","title":{"rendered":"Climatology"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Climate change is one of the most important environmental issues facing society today. We study regional climate change, variabilty, and extremes and how those changes impact our water and ecological resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Faculty research involves using climate observations and numerical models to study how the Earth\u2019s climate varies on different spatial and time scales. Our interests and research activities include understanding the drivers of climate variability and extremes in the Northeast US, studying how changing conditions in the Arctic and Antarctica are modifying ocean and atmospehric circulation in different parts of the world, and using models to provide projections of future climate at appropriate scales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Faculty research also involves studying the impacts of climate change on water resources. In particular, URI Geosciences faculty studies sea level rise along the Northeast coast and its impact on coastal groundwater through saltwater intrusion as well as the consequences of precipitation extremes (storms and droughts) for our regional water resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>URI climatology-focused students receive training in physical climatology, climate dynamics and modeling, as well as applied climate science. Students learn about the fundamental principles in climatology, the science behind climate change, future projections using climate models, and about the use of climate data in informing decisions related to management of natural and human resources.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Faculty<\/h2>\n\n\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"uri-people-tool cl-tiles halves\"><div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/geo\/meet\/ambarish-karmalkar\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/geo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2158\/Ambarish-Karmalkar.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"Ambarish Karmalkar\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/geo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2158\/Ambarish-Karmalkar.jpg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/geo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2158\/Ambarish-Karmalkar-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/geo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2158\/Ambarish-Karmalkar-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/geo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2158\/Ambarish-Karmalkar-364x364.jpg 364w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/geo\/meet\/ambarish-karmalkar\/\">Ambarish Karmalkar<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Assistant Professor<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\">Department of Geosciences<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:akarmalkar@uri.edu\">akarmalkar@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/geo\/meet\/soni-m-pradhanang\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/geo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2158\/Soni-Pradhanang.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"Soni Pradhanang, Department of Geosciences\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/geo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2158\/Soni-Pradhanang.jpg 400w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/geo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2158\/Soni-Pradhanang-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/geo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2158\/Soni-Pradhanang-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/geo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2158\/Soni-Pradhanang-364x364.jpg 364w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/geo\/meet\/soni-m-pradhanang\/\">Soni M. Pradhanang<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Professor<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\">Department of Geosciences<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401.874. 5980<\/span> <br> <a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:spradhanang@uri.edu\">spradhanang@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/geo\/meet\/christopher-russoniello\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/geo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2158\/Christopher-Russoniello.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"Christopher Russoniello, faculty, department of Geosciences\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/geo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2158\/Christopher-Russoniello.jpg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/geo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2158\/Christopher-Russoniello-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/geo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2158\/Christopher-Russoniello-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/geo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2158\/Christopher-Russoniello-364x364.jpg 364w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/geo\/meet\/christopher-russoniello\/\">Christopher Russoniello<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Assistant Professor<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\">Department of Geosciences<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401.874.2629<\/span> <br> <a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:Chris.Russoniello@uri.edu\">Chris.Russoniello@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Climate change is one of the most important environmental issues facing society today. 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