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Welcome!
My Name is Shayne O’Brien! I am a climatologist and educator from Wallingford, Connecticut! This website is to serve as my hub for teaching, research, and all things Climate and Climate Change!
Next Public Talk
Staying Cool In a Warming Climate: What’s Changing, and How to Adapt
Wallingford Public Library
17th June, 2026
Register: https://www.wallingfordlibrary.org/index.php/event/staying-cool-warming-climate-whats-changing-and-how-adapt-79215
About Me
I grew up in Wallingford, Connecticut, graduating from Mark T. Sheehan High School in 2011. I then completed my B.A in Geography/History at Southern Connecticut State University in ‘16, my M.S in Geosciences in at Fort Hays State University in ‘18, and my Ph.D. in Geography from Texas State University in ‘22. I currently teach as an Adjunct Lecturer at Southern Connecticut State University, Central Connecticut State University, and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. My research interests involve the atmosphere-ice-land-ocean system, expecially in the North Atlantic. I am broadly interested in Climate Change, and Environmental Issues (And Solutions!). I am also interested in historical climatology,sports climatology and Icebergs! I live in Connecticut with my wife Elizabeth, who is also a natural scientist. I enjoy reading, writing, painting, gardening, gaming, and hockey!
As a Climate Change Communicator, I focus on the broad strokes of climate change, Which can best be summed up in 7 Questions:
What is Climate Change?
Why is it occurring?
How do we know what we know?
Where will the impacts be felt?
When will impacts begin? Have they already?
Who is responsible?
and of course…
What can I do about it!
Through quality data and good science, we can answer these questions, and all the new ones that arise as a result!
I will be covering each of these topics in my Blog!
These warming stripes show the annual temperature change in Connecticut from 1895-2023, red and blue stripes represent warmer and cooler temperatures respectively.Find Your stripes at Earthstripes.org