Gabriele Messori

Rapid climate change is leading to an increase in the number and intensity of many extreme weather events around the world. A warmer climate will, for example, allow for heavier precipitation and more intense heat waves than those we experience at present. However, there is great uncertainty about exactly how and where extreme weather events occur and how they will change in the coming decades.

I am Professor in meteorology at the Department of Earth Sciences, and the Center for Natural Hazards and Disaster Science at Uppsala University. A large part of my research focuses precisely on extreme weather events. I try to answer questions such as: what should we expect in the coming decades regarding extreme weather in Europe? How can we use weather forecasts to prevent weather-related damage? Can we predict the societal impact of future extreme weather events? I work with climate observations, climate models and statistical models, to get a better understanding of how we can prepare for our future climate.