Professional summary

Dr Chris Huntingford's research is mainly about the evolving climate system and trying to help with the effort of determining how this might alter as levels of atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations rise. One interest at the moment is if a particular part of the Earth system can be described in terms of differential equations, then is there any chance that these equations can be picked apart analytically to tell us details of expected future change? Global Circulation Models (GCMs) provide our best tool to determine expected future alterations to meteorological conditions. However, their complexity means, in some regards, they are "black boxes" that are difficult to understand in full. A related current interest is how we may be able to re-interpret the CMIP5 database to learn more about robust features across the range of climate models available.

Dr Huntingford is a contributing author to Chapter 3 ("Human Influence on Climate") of the 6th UN IPCC climate report.

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Selected publications

Huntingford Chris et al. , (2023), Emergent constraints for the climate system as effective parameters of bulk differential equations. Earth System Dynamics, 14, 433-442, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/esd-14-433-2023

Palmer Paul I. et al. , (2023), Drivers and impacts of Eastern African rainfall variability. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, 4, 254-270, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s43017-023-00397-x

Cui Jiangpeng et al. , (2022), Global water availability boosted by vegetation-driven changes in atmospheric moisture transport. Nature Geoscience, 15, 982-988, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41561-022-01061-7

Ritchie Paul D.L. et al. , (2022), Increases in the temperature seasonal cycle indicate long-term drying trends in Amazonia. Communications Earth & Environment, 3, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00528-0

Thompson Vikki et al. , (2022), The 2021 western North America heat wave among the most extreme events ever recorded globally. Science Advances, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abm6860

Huntingford Chris et al. , (2022), Nitrogen cycle impacts on CO2 fertilisation and climate forcing of land carbon stores. Environmental Research Letters, 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac6148

Huntingford Chris et al. , (2021), Impact of merging of historical and future climate data sets on land carbon cycle projections for South America. Climate Resilience and Sustainability, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cli2.24

Huntingford Chris et al. , (2021), Optimal COVID-19 vaccine sharing between two nations that also have extensive travel exchanges. Frontiers in Public Health, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.633144

Williamson Mark S. et al. , (2021), Emergent constraints on climate sensitivities. Reviews of Modern Physics, 93, http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/RevModPhys.93.025004

Ritchie Paul D.L. et al. , (2021), Overshooting tipping point thresholds in a changing climate. Nature, 592, 517-523, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03263-2