Vacca Andrea Vito

Environmental engineering

climate variability; AMOC; atmospheric circulation; extreme events
Rome, Italy
Researchgate

Impacts of Atlantic Meridional Overturning circulation decline on Euro-Atlantic circulation patterns

Curricula:
CU1
Supervisor:
Katinka Bellomo
Affiliation:
Politecnico di Torino
Langues:
Italian, English

About me

Andrea holds a master’s degree in environmental engineering from Politecnico di Torino with a specialization in climate change, where he was introduced to the world of climate data analysis. After an experience in a consulting firm, he is currently a Ph.D. candidate within the Sustainable Development and Climate Change national Ph.D. program. He is an advocate of an interdisciplinary and multicultural approach to address complex problems.

My research

Andrea’s research focuses on the impact of the weakening of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) on weather patterns and extreme phenomena as predicted by state-of-art global climate models.