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Erika Wise

@wiseclimate.bsky.social

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Climate, tree rings, water Professor of Geography @ UNC-Chapel Hill

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Erika Wise @wiseclimate.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Wow, Chapel Hill is experiencing driest Year-to-date since 1893. Image: NC Drought monitor (www.ncdrought.org).

Image of drought conditions in North Carolina from the NC drought monitor, showing Exceptional Drought over the Triangle region.

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Erika Wise @wiseclimate.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

The Department of Geography & Environment at UNC-Chapel Hill is hiring a Teaching Assistant Professor in Human Geography! Position info and application portal here: unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...

UNC's Old Well in autumn, from https://mediagraph.io/unc/explore/collections/

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Erika Wise @wiseclimate.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Ideas needed! We're going to do a "Science on Screen" event and need a movie related to climate change and/or extreme precipitation (floods, droughts, storms). Want something kind of fun, though -- e.g., Day After Tomorrow, not Chasing Ice. What would YOU want to see on the big screen?!?!

Day After Tomorrow promo shot with ice covering NYC

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Erika Wise @wiseclimate.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

We found that GPLLJ has a clear and consistent impact on Missouri River streamflow & that unusual jet conditions preceded historical warm-season flood events. Models project large increases in future moisture transport, a source of concern for precipitation-driven flooding in the Missouri River.

Graphic showing GPLLJ events (circles) and IVT (blue bars; average conditions in gray) over the Missouri River Basin from June 1 to July 31, 1993, leading up to the extreme flooding in late July, 1993.

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Erika Wise @wiseclimate.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

We used daily instrumental data to study connections between different types of jet events and precipitation, water vapor transport, streamflow, and flooding. We also looked at potential future GPLLJ changes using CMIP6 projections.

Map of the difference in integrated water vapor transport (IVT) on days with GPLLJ events compared to those without in the warm season.

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Erika Wise @wiseclimate.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

At #AGU24? Come by and say hi at my poster — I’ll be by board 0394 from 315-445pm today!

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Erika Wise @wiseclimate.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

My first in-person AGU since 2018 AND I managed to find 3 metro cards with $ in my house before I left. Equally exciting. #AGU24

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