B. B. CaelStarting January 2025, Assistant Professor

Email:

bbcael@uchicago.edu

Research Interests

I am interested in a range of questions about the Earth’s climate system, biogeochemical cycles, and their relationship to humanity. My research pairs elementary models with statistical analyses of observational products and climate models. My primary research interests are climate mitigation, climatic extremes, paleoclimate, and global climate dynamics. I have also worked on plankton ecology, turbulence, ocean circulation, 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