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/3mt2kzf53rs2qNew study showing hot days over tropical land are projected to warm faster than the average day (bad news for climate impacts) 🌡️🔥🥵 Amplified warming of hot days is explained by the drier-get-drier theory (see: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-021-00828-8) https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2026GL12254014 Aug 2026 16:23 +0000at://did:plc:dfuvkylgpgjtk5nfl64xaeck/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt2kzf53rs2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/drmichaelbyrne.bsky.social/post/3msqm27emus2qWarming temperatures + decreasing relative humidity = more water being sucked from soil / reservoirs = DROUGHT. Simple physics. Europe + UK are on the frontline because they are warming so rapidly – it will get worse until 'net zero' is reached. That's my TED talk 🌍 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cwn8n7845ldjt10 Aug 2026 17:15 +0000at://did:plc:dfuvkylgpgjtk5nfl64xaeck/app.bsky.feed.post/3msqm27emus2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/drmichaelbyrne.bsky.social/post/3mrwrt2vfjk2dStaggering [contains quote post or other embedded content]31 Jul 2026 10:49 +0000at://did:plc:dfuvkylgpgjtk5nfl64xaeck/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrwrt2vfjk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/drmichaelbyrne.bsky.social/post/3mrr6y24kwk2dhttps://www.nbcnews.com/science/climate-change/fires-france-spain-heat-wave-climate-change-rcna58945529 Jul 2026 05:29 +0000at://did:plc:dfuvkylgpgjtk5nfl64xaeck/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrr6y24kwk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/drmichaelbyrne.bsky.social/post/3mrnfxhq5k22eNew preprint on the physics of land humidity using 'water tagging' simulations. Key pt: land specific humidity changes primarily controlled by water advected from ocean regions, but relative humidity changes closely tied to local processes (e.g., soil moisture) https://essopenarchive.org/doi/abs/10.22541/essoar.15006320/v127 Jul 2026 17:23 +0000at://did:plc:dfuvkylgpgjtk5nfl64xaeck/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrnfxhq5k22ehttps://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/3mof6ycxpa223