By Lou Brett, University of Strathclyde
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Our Early Career Researcher (ECR) of the Month for April 2025 is Bianca Biess!
Bianca recently earned her PhD, and is now a postdoctoral researcher, at ETH Zurich, Switzerland. Bianca’s recent research has been examining how spatially compounding hot, wet, and dry extremes will intensify with global warming and their socioeconomic consequences. Using CMIP6 simulations, her findings show a sharp rise in affected global GDP, with economic interconnectedness amplifying regional disparities. Additionally, critical agricultural regions face escalating risks, threatening global food security. Together, these findings highlight the need to examine the impacts of climate change not only at local and regional scales but also in the context of cross-regional and planetary-scale dependencies. This is because when multiple regions experience simultaneous climate-related disruptions, cascading effects can amplify climate-induced impacts across borders and scales. Consequently, it is important to understand these interconnected dynamics to inform strategies to mitigate and adapt to the growing challenges of spatially compounding climate extremes.
Beyond her research interests, Bianca enjoys hiking, skiing, camping, and traveling, making Zurich an excellent city for both her academic and personal pursuits!
If you are interested in reading more about Bianca’s research, please find her recent articles below:
Assessing global and regional trends in spatially co-occurring hot or wet annual maxima under climate change (2024) https://doi.org/10.1029/2023EF004114
Future changes in spatially compounding hot, wet or dry events and their implications for the world’s breadbasket regions (2024) https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ad4619
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