Rate My Professor Ariaan Purich

Purich’s research centers on Antarctic and Southern Ocean climate variability and change, atmosphere-ocean-ice interactions, and coupled climate modelling. Her recent studies explore drivers of current low Antarctic sea ice extents and climate responses to Antarctic meltwater projections. With over 4,493 citations on Google Scholar, her influential publications include “Record Low Antarctic Sea Ice Coverage Indicates a New Sea Ice State” (2023, Communications Earth & Environment), which garnered significant media attention; “Projected Impacts of Antarctic Meltwater Anomalies over the Twenty-First Century” (2023, Journal of Climate); “Antarctic shelf ocean warming and sea ice melt affected by projected El Niño changes” (2023); “Coral Sr/Ca-SST reconstruction from Fiji extending to ~1370 CE reveals insights into the Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation” (2024); and “Distinct Central and Eastern Pacific El Niño Influence on Antarctic Surface Mass Balance” (2024). She co-authored the Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion: 2022 and received a 2024 Publication Award for her sea ice study, along with a nomination for Research Excellence by an Early Career Researcher in 2025. As part of a team, she earned the 2024 VC Excellence Awards Research Team of the Year. Purich co-chairs the CLIVAR/CliC/SCAR Southern Ocean Region Panel and serves on the Southern Ocean freshwater release model experiments task team. Her work advances climate projections for sectors including coastal communities, agriculture, and water management.