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Allison A. Wing, Ph.D.

Outreach

Communication to General Audiences

I have experience communicating to general audiences, including lectures, panels, blog posts, and interviews. I have also been quoted in news articles. Many of them, including links to videos or articles, are listed below.

At right is an interview with the Columbia Alumni Association, filmed while I was a postdoc at Columbia University/Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, about why I study atmospheric science, hurricanes, and climate.

Presentations

Earth2Class: Workshop for Educators: Tropical cyclones
MIT Alumni Association: Faculty Forum Online, Alumni Edition: Super Storms and Extreme Weather
FSU College of Law: Environmental Certificate Enrichment Lecture: Is Hurricane Michael the New Normal?
FSU Libraries: Symposium on Climate: Science and Society
FSU Coastal and Marine Laboratory: Conservation Lecture Series; Board of Trustees Meeting
National Network for Ocean and Climate Change Interpretation: Webinar on Framing Extreme Weather Events
Thomas University: Science Cafe on Climate Change and Hurricanes
City of Tallahassee: PREP (Plan for Readiness and Emergency Preparedness)

Interviews

WABC-TV: Expert weighs in on Hurricane Ian, climate change
Hallie Jackson NOW (NBC): "Scientists point to climate change as main driver of intensifying hurricanes"
The Mitch Albom Show: News Radio
Everything's Changing: Heightened hurricanes and the future of extreme weather
Ask a Scientist Gaming: Dr. Wing, Meteorology, Tropical Cyclones, and Mario Kart 64
The Weather Channel: Weather Geeks podcast hosted by Dr. Marshall Shepherd
Popular Science: The Brilliant 10: The most innovative up-and-coming minds in science
SciLine/AAAS: Media Briefing: Hurricanes: Climate connections & community impacts
NOAA Climate Program Office: Women's History Month: A conversation with Dr. Allison Wing
WEAR-TV Pensacola: Warming climate may mean more rapidly intensifying storms along gulf coast
WTOP-FM: News Radio
The Climate Academy: Podcast on convective self-aggregation, hurricanes & climate; Video interview on hurricanes and climate change
WFSU Public Radio: FSU climate scientist named to Popular Science’s Brilliant 10; 2022 Hurricane Season Begins; FSU helps prepare for hurricane season
FSU News: FSU experts provide insights for upcoming hurricane season; FSU faculty available to comment for 2022 hurricane season; FSU faculty share expertise for 2023 hurricane season
FSU EOAS: Meteorology professor attends an international field campaign
FSU College of Arts and Sciences: Faculty Spotlight; Spectrum Magazine: From sea to sky: Young researchers change the face of the Earth sciences; Social Media Spotlight on Transitioning to Remote Teaching and Research; Spectrum Magazine: Atmospheric Aptitude: Climate scientist and assistant professor Allison Wing is a force in the field of atmospheric science; Spectrum Magazine: Role Models: Junior Arts and Sciences faculty earn prestigious National Science Foundation awards to advance leadership, teaching in their fields; NoleEdge
FSU Research Computing Center: Spotlight: Hurricane Simulations Help Facilitate Forecasts and Enhance Preparations
WCTV Tallahassee: FSU professor recognized as one of ‘10 most brilliant scientists’ in US; FSU Meteorology Professor Receives NASA Award; Hurricane Season 2020: New Reasons To Be Ready; FSU researcher seeks errors to improve hurricane predictions in climate models; The 'Polar Vortex': What is it, and is climate change making it worse?
FOX 46 Charlotte: Getting a boost: Hurricanes are becoming stronger and wetter with climate change
FSU Weather: Research Spotlight
Columbia Alumni Association: Why Atmospheric Science Matters

Articles/Blog Posts

Tallahassee Democrat: A warm up? Sea level rise increases hurricane risks | Sustainable Tallahasee
Sustainable Tallahasee: Greening Our Community: Hurricane Risk in a Warming Climate
The Conversation: The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season was a record-breaker, and it's raising more concerns about climate change.
EUREC⁴A: My first time flying in circles
Trekkies in the Clouds: The OTREC Atmospheric Science Field Experiment in Costa Rica: OTREC joins the hunt for a hurricane!; Once, twice, thrice: Flying past the same convective system three times
State of the Planet: Spontaneous clumping of tropical clouds; Historic hurricane nears landfall on Southwest coast of Mexico; Rooting out the errors in climate models to better predict hurricanes
CU Extreme Wx Blog: Self-aggregation of convection; Boston breaks seasonal snowfall record
WXshift: The science of forecasting Hurricane Patricia

Quotes in News Articles

FSU News: "FSU researcher rooting out the errors in storm simulation models". 11 September 2018.; "FSU grad Ryan Smithies hunts hurricanes". 21 October 2019.; "FSU hurricane experts available to provide analysis throughout the season".4 May 2020.; "Greenhouse effect of clouds instrumental in origin of tropical storms". 26 October 2020.; "FSU researcher leads international project on how tropical clouds change with climate". 4 November 2020.; "FSU researchers confirm utility of theory in predicting tropical cyclone intensities". 19 February 2021.; "FSU experts available to comment on extreme weather, link to climate change". 19 February 2021.; "FSU experts available to comment for 2021 hurricane season". 20 April 2021.; "FSU researcher receives early career award from NASA". 10 May 2021.; "FSU climate scientist named to Popular Science’s Brilliant 10 list of groundbreaking early career researchers". 20 September 2021.; "FSU atmospheric scientist earns NOAA award to improve tropical forecast modeling". 12 October 2021.; "Record number of FSU faculty win prestigious NSF CAREER awards". 24 June 2022.; "FSU faculty available to comment for 2023 hurricane season". 17 May 2023.
The New York Times: "Hot Ocean Temperatures Could Give Hurricane Idalia a Boost". 29 August 2023.
NBC News: "Hurricane Hilary could bring record rainfall to parts of the Southwest". 18 August 2023
CNN: "Idalia is expected to rapidly intensify in the extremely warm Gulf of Mexico. Here’s what that means". 30 August 2023.; "Louisiana hasn't yet recovered from two major hurricanes in 2020. Now another is taking aim". 28 August 2021.; "The climate crisis is supercharging rainfall in hurricanes, scientists report". 12 April 2022.; "Hurricane Ian's rapid intensification is part of a trend for the most dangerous storms". 26 September 2022.
The Atlantic: "This Hurricane Season Is Unprecedented". 31 August 2023.
Nature Climate Change: "Likelihood of back-to-back tropical cyclone hazards is increasing." Nat. Clim. Chang. (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-023-01596-6
AFP: "How climate change boosts hurricanes" 31 August 2023.; "What makes Cyclone Freddy an exceptional storm?" 14 March 2023.
The Dispatch: "Are hurricanes getting worse?" 1 October 2022.
The Hill: "Why Hurricane Ian poses a unique threat to Tampa Bay"27 September 2022.; "What we know about hurricanes and climate change"28 September 2022.
Inside Climate News: "Florida Pummeled by Catastrophic Storm Surges and Life-Threatening Winds as Hurricane Idalia Makes Landfall". 30 August 2023.; "Hurricane Fiona Caught Communities Off Guard. Will Ian Follow Suit?". 26 September 2022.; "A New Hurricane Season Begins With Forecasts For Less Activity but More Uncertainty". 1 June 2023.
Florida Politics: "Property insurance and climate change and population growth, oh my: Florida hurricane seasons are getting worse". 2 May 2022.
The Marjorie: "Florida's Climate Crisis: Experts React To Dire United Nations Report". 30 September 2021.
The Times-Picayune: "In Louisiana - and New York - global warming partly to blame for Hurricane Ida's flooding". 2 September 2021.
Sierra: "2020 Was a Record Year for Hurricanes". 10 December 2020.
The Washington Post: "2020 Atlantic hurricane season breaks all-time record while leaving Gulf Coast battered". 10 November 2020.
ClimaCell blog: "The 2020 Hurricane Season Breaks Record For Most Storms Ever" 2 November 2020.
WCTV: "Research: ’Cloud greenhouse effect’ can help tropical cyclones develop". 28 October 2020.; WCTV Trending. 22 September 2020.
National Geographic: "Hurricane path forecasts have much improved. Are they as good as they can get?". 23 October 2020.
Tampa Bay Times: "Can hurricanes be prevented - with bubbles?". 7 September 2020.
Science Magazine: "Tales from the storm: how four scientists tracked Hurricane Laura". 28 August 2020.
Tallahassee Democrat: "Canceled Hurricane Hunters cause data blind spots for forecasters during Hurricane Dorian". 13 September 2019.; "Campus Notes: FSU climate scientist named to Popular Science's Brilliant 10 list". 27 September 2021.; "FSU professor discusses science while playing video games". 17 May 2022.; "Water returns to Ochlockonee Bay after Hurricane Ian casues reverse storm surge" 29 September 2022.
TCPalm.com/Treasure Coast Newspapers: "Why was Hurricane Dorian so hard to predict?". 6 September 2019.
The Verge: "Today is the last day of the record-smashing 2020 Atlantic hurricane season." 30 November 2020.; "Why Dorian stalled out over the Bahamas". 3 September 2019.
LDEO News: "Rooting out the errors in climate models to better predict hurricanes". 13 September 2018.
Earther: "Why the Atlantic Hurricane Season is Suddenly Heating Up". 4 September 2018.
Live Science: "Sorry Toby - Winter Storms Don't Have Names (Except on Cable News)". 21 March 2018.
Princeton University News: "Geophysicists and atmospheric scientists partner to track typhoons' seismic fooprints". 19 February 2018.
"The Now" E-Zine, Liberal Arts and Science Academy of Austin, TX: "Devastation on the Coasts". 6 December 2017.

Research Group in the News

CNN: "This relentless Atlantic hurricane season has put nearly every mile of coastline from Texas to Maine on alert". 13 Nov 2020.
EOS: "Storms Interact but Rarely Merge into Bigger Tempests". 26 August 2020.
Forbes Magazine: "2 Tropical Storms Aren’t Going To Merge Into A Megastorm - Here’s Why". 22 August 2020.
WCTV: "FSU grad student attempting to solve the mystery of hurricane formation". 22 May 2020.
NSF Research News: "Even small disturbances can trigger catastrophic hurricanes, researchers find". 19 May 2020.
FSU News: "'Hurricanes from scratch': FSU researchers find even small disturbances can trigger catastrophic storms". 13 May 2020.; "FSU researcher leads international project on how tropical clouds change with climate". 4 November 2020.