climatology

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“Climate change is contributing to this increase we’ve seen in fire activity,” said John Abatzoglou, professor of climatology at UC Merced, one of the study’s co-authors.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2025

"It's this repetitive or continuous threat and existence in a dangerous situation," Jill Trepanier, a hurricane climatology expert at Louisiana State University, told AFP.

From Barron's • Oct. 27, 2025

Just ask Dr. James Hansen, a professor of climatology at Columbia University, whose famous 1988 testimony before Congress helped raise awareness about the issue.

From Salon • Mar. 18, 2024

Climate change could cause even worse climate extremes than the heavy rainfall being experienced in Eastern Africa, said John Musingi, senior lecturer in climatology and climate change at the University of Nairobi.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 7, 2023

Perhaps the biggest of these unsolved problems is to establish human history as a historical science, on a par with recognized historical sciences such as evolutionary biology, geology, and climatology.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond