Andrew Malone, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Climate Change, Glaciology, Paleoclimate
Pronouns: he/him/his
Contact
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2476 SES
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845 West Taylor St.
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About
I am interested in how climate change will affect society. One focus of my research is the cryosphere -- the realm of frozen water. Changes to the cryosphere will impact society, including water supplies to downstream communities. Also, past cryosphere changes can be recorded in landscapes, allowing us to study the timing and magnitude of past climate changes. To study changes to the cryosphere, I combine data analysis, remote sensing, and numerical modeling techniques. Current research includes present and future changes for mountain glaciers in Peru and Bolivia, past and recent changes for mountain glaciers in Northern California, and how mountain glaciers modify landscapes.
Another research focus is on how climate change will expose communities to adverse climatic conditions. Warming temperatures are increasing the frequency and intensity of heat waves. Also, climate change is pushing many communities out of the climatic conditions to which they have long adapted. The human impacts of these changes will depend on how many people are affected and the resilience of these communities. To study human exposure to climate change, I analyze output from climate models and demographic and socioeconomic data. Current research includes extreme heat events in the Chicago area and identifying communities where projected climate change will drastically alter their climatic conditions.
I am happy for motivated undergraduate students to assist me in my research. There are opportunities for semester-long research projects related to the topics identified above. Feel free to contact me via email. At this time, I am not able to support graduate students.
Selected Grants
NSF – EAR, Glacier resilience during the Holocene and late Pleistocene in northern California (2024-2026), Co-PI
Selected Publications
Complete list of publications on Google Scholar
- Malone, A. G.O. (2023). Quantifying Who Will Be Affected by Shifting Climate Zones. Geographies, 3(3), 477-498.
- Malone, A. G.O., Broglie, E. T., & Wrightsman, M. (2022). The Evolution of the Two Largest Tropical Ice Masses since the 1980s. Geosciences, 12, 365.
- Lowell, T. V., Kelly, M. A., Howley, J. A., Fisher, T. G., Barnett, P. J., Schwart, R., … & Malone, A. G.O. (2021). Near-constant retreat rate of a terrestrial margin of the Laurentide Ice Sheet during the last deglaciation. Geology, 49(12), 1511-1515.
- Malone, A. G.O., Doughty, A. M., & Macayeal, D. R. (2019). Interannual climate variability helps define the mean state of glaciers. Journal of Glaciology, 65, 508-517.
- Sagredo, E. A., Lowell, T. V., Kelly, M. A., Rupper, S., Aravena, J. C., Ward, D. J., & Malone, A. G.O. (2016). Equilibrium line altitudes along the Andes during the Last millennium: Paleoclimatic implications. The Holocene, 11019-1033.
- Malone, A. G.O., Pierrehumbert, R. T., Lowell, T. V., Kelly, M. A., & Stroup, J. S. (2015). Constraints on southern hemisphere tropical climate change during the Little Ice Age and Younger Dryas based on glacier modeling of the Quelccaya Ice Cap, Peru. Quaternary Science Reviews, 125, 106-116.
Education
BA Physics, 2011, Wheaton College (Norton, MA)
PhD Glaciology and Climatology, 2017, The University of Chicago