Professor Dann Mitchell
MPhys(Leic.), PhD(R'dg)
Current positions
Professor of Climate Science
School of Geographical Sciences
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Research interests
My research focus is concerned with global and regional climate change on scales of 100 years in the past, to 100 years in the future. Specifically, I research how climate change alters the atmospheric circulation, extreme events, and impacts on human health. I look at attribution of past climate trends and extreme events, and projected changes under future greenhouse gas emission scenarios. My particular focus at the moment is on how low emission scenarios, consistent with the aims of the Paris Agreement on climate change, may impact society through changes in health (heat waves, cold snaps).
Focused research topics include:
- Stratospheric dynamics (mainly the polar vortex)
- Mid-latitude dynamics and the relationship to extreme weather.
- Temperature related health issues.
- Attribution of past climate, and projections of future climate.
- Extreme value statistics.
- Planetary atmospheres in the solar system.
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Heat-Health Impact Forecasting For National Heatwave Plan
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Investigator
Description
This is a seed-corn project in which the investigators will couple short-range temperature forecasts with established temperature-mortality models, to pave the way for future research and development of a new…Managing organisational unit
Dates
14/11/2022 to 14/03/2023
Physical and mental health toll of food insecurity due to climate change: A pilot exploration of Uganda and South Africa
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Investigator
Description
Governments of 193 countries agree that 17 Sustainable Development Goals should be achieved by 2030. The top three are no poverty, zero hunger and good health and wellbeing. This work…Managing organisational unit
School for Policy StudiesDates
03/05/2021 to 30/07/2021
ArctiCONNECT Consequences of Arctic Warming for European Climate and Extreme Weather
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of Geographical SciencesDates
02/11/2020 to 01/11/2023
Thesis supervisions
Publications
Recent publications
20/01/2023Changes in Winter Temperature Extremes from Future Arctic Sea-Ice Loss and Ocean Warming
Geophysical Research Letters
Estimating heat-related mortality in near real time for national heatwave plans
Environmental Research Letters
How Well Are Sudden Stratospheric Warming Surface Impacts Captured in CMIP6 Climate Models?
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
Increased population exposure to Amphan‐scale cyclones under future climates
Climate Resilience and Sustainability
On the attribution of the impacts of extreme weather events to anthropogenic climate change
Environmental Research Letters