Impacts of Climate Change on Extreme Weather

Jared Trok is a PhD student studying the impacts of climate change and land-atmosphere interactions on extreme weather. His current research uses explainable artificial intelligence to gain new insights into these processes.
Extreme weather events (heatwaves, floods, etc.) cause widespread economic losses and pose a serious risk for humans and infrastructure. Climate change is expected to influence both the frequency and intensity of these extreme events, in part, by influencing land-atmosphere interactions which play an important role in driving extreme weather. Jared uses explainable artificial intelligence techniques to analyze climate data and quantify how extreme weather is influenced by these changing processes. By improving our understanding of how extreme weather will change in the coming decades, he hopes to guide future adaption and mitigation techniques to avoid the worst consequences of climate change.