The document profiles Zachary Labe, a climate scientist at Colorado State University who studies Arctic climate change and communicates his research through simple, bold data visualizations. His work focuses on distinguishing climate signals from weather noise, placing current weather events in the context of long-term climate trends. He aims to use diverse voices and real-time climate data to tell stories about climate change impacts and the need for climate resilience and social justice.

1. ZACHARY LABE, PH.D.
Climate Scientist at Colorado State University
zmlabe@rams.colostate.edu

2. ZACHARY LABE, PH.D.
Climate Scientist at Colorado State University
zmlabe@rams.colostate.edu
RESEARCHER
CLIMATE SIGNAL VS. WEATHER NOISE
@ZLabe
COMMUNICATOR
RESEARCHER
ARCTIC CLIMATE CHANGE
STORYTELLER
SIMPLE, BOLD DATA VISUALIZATION

3. THE CLIMATE IS
CHANGING
IN REAL-TIME.
Considering a global view of
temperatures relative to
average – placing weather in
the context of climate

4. THE ARCTIC IS
CHANGING
IN REAL-TIME.
Daily Arctic temperature in
2018 (red) compared to
every year since 1958 in the
month of February. Average
is shown by the white line.

5. THIS IS AN
OPPORTUNITY
TO COMMUNICATE

7. 2016
Average

8. [International
Arctic
Research
Center
[IARC;
University
of
Alaska,
Fairbanks]

9. DATA VISUALIZATION
IS STORY-TELLING.
Arctic temperature anomalies from 1950 to 2020

10. Climate change and extreme events in real-time.
Climate resilience and social justice.
Supporting climate impacts with data-driven visualizations.
Using a diversity of voices to communicate.
Weather in the context of climate.
@ZLabe
Questions!
Zachary Labe | 1 June 2021 | zmlabe@ramcolostate.edu