Associate Professor, UNSW Sydney
Jan Zika is an Associate Professor in the School of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of New South Wales, Sydney.
He carries out fundamental research on the role of the ocean and water in the changing climate. He has led a team of researchers who used ocean observations to demonstrate that as the climate warms, wet parts of the globe are getting wetter and dry parts are getting dryer.
His research has also helped to establish that the atmosphere is unlikely to become more energetic (windier overall) in a warming climate as having more water in the system makes the atmospheric heat engine less efficient.
Climate change is warping our fresh water cycle – and much faster than we thought
Feb 24, 2022 20:44 pm UTC| Nature
Fresh water cycles from ocean to air to clouds to rivers and back to the oceans. This constant shuttling can give us the illusion of certainty. Fresh water will always come from the tap. Wont it? Unfortunately, thats...
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