Publications

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Journal Articles

Intersecting Memories of Immunity and Climate: Potential Multiyear Impacts of the El Niño–Southern Oscillation on Infectious Disease Spread

Published in GeoHealth, 2025

Impacts of climate variability on infectious disease outbreaks. Featured in Eos magazine.

Citation: Chung, M. V., Vecchi, G. A., Yang, W., Grenfell, B., & Metcalf, C. J. (2025). Intersecting memories of immunity and climate: Potential multiyear impacts of the El Niño–Southern Oscillation on infectious disease spread. GeoHealth, 9, e2024GH001193. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GH001193

Runaway Cooling from Large Solar Reductions Modulated by Ocean Overturning Circulation and Heat Uptake

Published in ESS Open Archive, 2025

Under extreme cooling, inter-model differences in the development of a Pacific Ocean overturning circulation influence sea ice cover and global climate.

Citation: Maya V. Chung, Wenchang Yang, Gabriel Vecchi. Runaway Cooling from Large Solar Reductions Modulated by Ocean Overturning Circulation and Heat Uptake. ESS Open Archive. July 07, 2025. DOI: 10.22541/essoar.175190999.97949534/v1

Climate change is probably increasing the intensity of tropical cyclones

Published in Critical Issues in Climate Change Science, 2021

Review of tropical cyclone and climate change science for the COP26 climate negotiations in Glasgow. Featured in Forbes.

Citation: Knutson, T. R., Chung, M. V., Vecchi, G., Sun, J., Hsieh, T-L. and Smith, A. J. P., 2021: ScienceBrief Review: Climate change is probably increasing the intensity of tropical cyclones. In: Critical Issues in Climate Change Science, edited by: Corinne Le Quéré, Peter Liss & Piers Forster. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4570334