B. B. CaelStarting January 2025, Assistant Professor

Email:

bbcael@uchicago.edu

Research Interests

I am interested in the Earth’s climate system, biogeochemical cycles, and their relationship to humanity. Much of my research pairs elementary models with statistical analyses of observational products. My primary research interests are climate mitigation and global carbon cycle–climate dynamics. My research also includes paleoclimate, climatic extremes, plankton ecology, turbulence, ocean circulation, climate economics, remote sensing, ocean biogeochemistry, and limnology.

Selected Publications 

• B. B. Cael, Malte F. Jansen, C. Mark Moore, & Matthew B. Osman, Glacial CO2 drawdown by plankton metabolic balance, in review. Submitted PDF
• B. B. Cael, Friedrich A. Burger, Stephanie A. Henson, Gregory L. Britten, & Thomas L. Frölicher, Historical and future maximum sea surface temperatures, Science Advances (2024). doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adj5569
•  B. B. Cael et al., Energy budget diagnosis of changing climate feedback, Science Advances (2023). doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adf9302
• B. B. Cael, Philip Goodwin, Christopher Pearce, & David Stainforth, Benefit-cost ratios of carbon dioxide removal strategies, Environmental Research Letters (2023). doi.org/ 10.1088/1748-9326/acffdc