Mastodawn

📄 New paper out!

How might rainfall in the Galápagos change with climate variability?

🔗 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2026.108810

Using a new measurement network (incl. vertical rain radar), we find:

• Warmer conditions → more rainfall, also more intense events
• More convective activity
• Inversion layer cool season weakened
• Cooler conditions → weaker, more variable rainfall

Overall: more water in a warmer world, but also higher risk from heavy rainfall.

Happy to discuss!
#ClimateChange #Galapagos

Darwin Rain DFG Dec 5

New paper published! “Local Sea Surface Temperatures Modulate the Occurrence of Heavy Rainfall Events in the Galápagos Archipelago” (Geophysical Research Letters, 2025). We identify 137 heavy-rainfall events between 1985–2024 — and show that local SST near the Galápagos strongly modulates rainfall extremes, more so than commonly used large-scale ENSO indices. 🌊🌧️ https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GL117553

Darwin Rain DFG Dec 2

Three years in the field can take a toll! Our stations in the Galápagos just received a full deep-maintenance checkup. A big thank-you to Sebastian Achilles for traveling to the islands to service, upgrade, and calibrate the equipment. We’re excited to continue collecting high-quality data for the project. #Science #FieldWork #Galapagos #ResearchInfrastructure #DataCollection #LongTermMonitoring #Galapagos #climate

Darwin Rain DFG Aug 19, 2025

New important paper published!
"Can Global Products Capture Precipitation Variability in the Galápagos Islands?" 🌧️ We assess global precipitation products using climatic time-series components in Galápagos Islands. 🔗 DOI: 10.1002/met.70085

#ClimateScience #Galapagos #Precipitation

Darwin Rain DFG Apr 17, 2025

Almost all stations are up and running during our March 2025 maintenance trip to the Galápagos! 🌴☔️ This year brought warm & rainy weather—quite a shift from 2024. Another great field experience in a unique place. #Galapagos #Fieldwork #StationMaintenance #dfg #climate #Galapagos

Darwin Rain DFG Apr 16, 2025

Fantastic field trip during 2024 to the Galapagos for our meeting and station performance check! 🌴 #Galapagos #FieldTrip #dfg #climate

Darwin Rain DFG Apr 16, 2025

Excited to showcase the DARWIN project at the 'Open Science, Meteorological Data' stand during @DarwinFound
's open hours! 🌐🌦️ #DARWINproject #OpenScience #MeteorologicalData