climate scientist | extreme temperatures, atmospheric dynamics, water cycle | Reader @ U. St Andrews, PhD from MIT | he/him | 🇮🇪 in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 https://sites.google.com/view/climate-dynamics-labhttps://bsky.app/profile/drmichaelbyrne.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/drmichaelbyrne.bsky.social/post/3mqu53bi6yk2wWildfires are an increasing threat to the Scottish Highlands https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr59ng05nngo17 Jul 2026 16:07 +0000at://did:plc:dfuvkylgpgjtk5nfl64xaeck/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqu53bi6yk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/drmichaelbyrne.bsky.social/post/3mpxoy73ky22wThe inaugural EUCLIDYAN workshop was hosted by the Max Planck Institute in March. It was a fantastic event, establishing new collaborations and a new community of European climate dynamics researchers. We will host EUCLIDYAN #2 @earthscista.bsky.social in 2027 🌍 https://mpimet.mpg.de/en/communication/news/connected-across-europe-the-euclidyan-initiative-on-climate-dynamics06 Jul 2026 08:41 +0000at://did:plc:dfuvkylgpgjtk5nfl64xaeck/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpxoy73ky22whttps://bsky.app/profile/drmichaelbyrne.bsky.social/post/3mof6ycxpa223Excited to host the Land-Climate Workshop @uniofstandrews.bsky.social this week! Looking forward to ~40 talks + posters on cutting-edge research questions spanning wildfires, drought, freshwater availability, monsoons, extreme weather and much more! @earthscista.bsky.social @gabihegerl.bsky.social16 Jun 2026 06:41 +0000at://did:plc:dfuvkylgpgjtk5nfl64xaeck/app.bsky.feed.post/3mof6ycxpa223https://bsky.app/profile/drmichaelbyrne.bsky.social/post/3mmqsvaxvkc23Looks like the UK heatwave will be killed by thunderstorms. Emerging research, from our group and others, suggests the threshold for triggering convection (i.e., thunderstorms) may increase in a warming climate, potentially enabling very hot days to warm more rapidly.26 May 2026 10:46 +0000at://did:plc:dfuvkylgpgjtk5nfl64xaeck/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmqsvaxvkc23https://bsky.app/profile/drmichaelbyrne.bsky.social/post/3mmoauqdxnc23The world has warmed 1.4 degrees since pre-industrial times. Warming has been faster over land, and particularly fast over Europe. All of which are fuelling UK temperatures in May of 34+ degrees, numbers that were unthinkable when I was born https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c1w24llvj48t?post=asset%3A959c025a-70bd-4a1c-9c0a-0acccc850725#post25 May 2026 10:19 +0000at://did:plc:dfuvkylgpgjtk5nfl64xaeck/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmoauqdxnc23https://bsky.app/profile/drmichaelbyrne.bsky.social/post/3mkxn4mjcqc2rExciting week for the @uniofstandrews.bsky.social Climate Dynamics Lab @egu.eu annual meeting in Vienna! Come along, say 'hi', and checkout our latest research at 9 presentations across the week: https://media.tenor.com/Um5wy5kuZiUAAAAC/anchorman-science.gif?hh=280&ww=49803 May 2026 17:01 +0000at://did:plc:dfuvkylgpgjtk5nfl64xaeck/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkxn4mjcqc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/drmichaelbyrne.bsky.social/post/3mhaiw2ddes2iIPCC in a Changing Climate: great event yesterday hosted by @earthscista.bsky.social and featuring current IPCC Chair Jim Skea. I gave a talk highlighting major contributions of St Andrews science to the IPCC process @uniofstandrews.bsky.social @ipcc.bsky.social17 Mar 2026 07:59 +0000at://did:plc:dfuvkylgpgjtk5nfl64xaeck/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhaiw2ddes2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/drmichaelbyrne.bsky.social/post/3mgve4l2qqs2xThis can only be described as a masterpiece by David Romps. Come for the take-down of climate denialism, stay for the deadpan delivery https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNgArVu-Qvc12 Mar 2026 21:34 +0000at://did:plc:dfuvkylgpgjtk5nfl64xaeck/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgve4l2qqs2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/drmichaelbyrne.bsky.social/post/3mgpf3fzckk2xhttps://news.sky.com/story/the-planet-just-got-incredibly-close-to-breaching-landmark-global-warming-target-1351744010 Mar 2026 12:35 +0000at://did:plc:dfuvkylgpgjtk5nfl64xaeck/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgpf3fzckk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/drmichaelbyrne.bsky.social/post/3mg6v5hbgws2xClimate Dynamics Lab is visiting Schloss Ringberg this week for the inaugural "EUCLIDYAN" workshop, hosted by the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology! Lots of science, collaboration + building lasting connections with groups working on similar topics @earthscista.bsky.social03 Mar 2026 23:08 +0000at://did:plc:dfuvkylgpgjtk5nfl64xaeck/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg6v5hbgws2x