Michael Wimberly
@mcwimberly.bsky.social
Prof of Geography | Geospatial data scientist studying global change🌎, wildfires🔥, and diseases🦠 | Passionate about music🎸, nature🌳, and public health🔬
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Excited to kickoff the @ASTMH 2025 meeting in Toronto. One day late due to teaching this term, but happy to be in the Presidential Plenary this morning with fellow colleagues discussing the unprecedented threats of global funding cuts on malaria elimination.
November 11, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Excited to kickoff the @ASTMH 2025 meeting in Toronto. One day late due to teaching this term, but happy to be in the Presidential Plenary this morning with fellow colleagues discussing the unprecedented threats of global funding cuts on malaria elimination.
I’m excited to be at the @astmh.bsky.social annual meeting here in Toronto and enjoying the winter wonderland! Looking forward to seeing some great presentations, connecting with old friends and making some new ones. Ping me if you’re here and would like to meet up.
November 10, 2025 at 2:47 PM
I’m excited to be at the @astmh.bsky.social annual meeting here in Toronto and enjoying the winter wonderland! Looking forward to seeing some great presentations, connecting with old friends and making some new ones. Ping me if you’re here and would like to meet up.
I was just reviewing a document and the writers used the word “lodestar” very eloquently. As a lover of words, this made me happy. That is all…
October 13, 2025 at 4:42 PM
I was just reviewing a document and the writers used the word “lodestar” very eloquently. As a lover of words, this made me happy. That is all…
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📅 Join NASA's ARSET for a free online training on satellite remote sensing to study climate-sensitive infectious diseases, with GEOG Chair Tatiana Loboda tomorrow, Oct. 7, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. EDT. 2nd part with @mcwimberly.bsky.social on Thur. Register now: tinyurl.com/32zxw8yx
Remote Sensing for Climate-Sensitive Infectious Diseases | NASA Earthdata
This ARSET training covers general approaches to apply satellite remote sensing data when studying or forecasting climate-sensitive infectious diseases.
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October 6, 2025 at 6:31 PM
📅 Join NASA's ARSET for a free online training on satellite remote sensing to study climate-sensitive infectious diseases, with GEOG Chair Tatiana Loboda tomorrow, Oct. 7, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. EDT. 2nd part with @mcwimberly.bsky.social on Thur. Register now: tinyurl.com/32zxw8yx
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Maybe not a stereotypical beach read, but just finished "Everything is Tuberculosis" by @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social. Quick, informative read with more emotional punch than I expected, & clear explanation of TB + social determinants of health (verboten to discuss in this admin).
August 6, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Maybe not a stereotypical beach read, but just finished "Everything is Tuberculosis" by @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social. Quick, informative read with more emotional punch than I expected, & clear explanation of TB + social determinants of health (verboten to discuss in this admin).
Excited to share a new paper by former postdoc Dan Wanyama (now Asst Prof at UCONN) on dynamics of West African forests. Dan fused Landsat time series, GEDI Lidar, and VIIRS/MODIS active fires to assess the effects of forest loss, degradation, and recovery on biomass. doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...
July 31, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Excited to share a new paper by former postdoc Dan Wanyama (now Asst Prof at UCONN) on dynamics of West African forests. Dan fused Landsat time series, GEDI Lidar, and VIIRS/MODIS active fires to assess the effects of forest loss, degradation, and recovery on biomass. doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...
I'm pleased to share a new article on climate variation and West Nile virus transmission in SD and LA. Eric Bump extended previous work on temperature, humidity and rainfall to explore windspeed. Thanks to Eric and to our collaborators at the SD and LA Depts. of Health!
doi.org/10.1029/2024...
doi.org/10.1029/2024...
Integrating Wind Speed Into Climate‐Based West Nile Virus Models: A Comparative Analysis in Two Distinct Regions
Integrating wind speed into climate models consistently improved model performance for WNV cases in Louisiana and South Dakota Higher than normal wind speeds decreased reported WNV cases in both ...
doi.org
July 7, 2025 at 2:30 PM
I'm pleased to share a new article on climate variation and West Nile virus transmission in SD and LA. Eric Bump extended previous work on temperature, humidity and rainfall to explore windspeed. Thanks to Eric and to our collaborators at the SD and LA Depts. of Health!
doi.org/10.1029/2024...
doi.org/10.1029/2024...
The manuscript offers new insights into spatial and temporal patterns of urban microclimate, emphasizing contrasts between dry- and wet-bulb temperatures and indoor and outdoor microenvironment. We would be interested to hear your feedback!
June 29, 2025 at 5:13 PM
The manuscript offers new insights into spatial and temporal patterns of urban microclimate, emphasizing contrasts between dry- and wet-bulb temperatures and indoor and outdoor microenvironment. We would be interested to hear your feedback!
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NLM is soliciting input on the future of its extramural funding. If you have a vision of how NLM should advance informatics research, speak up now! Comments due July 14. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-LM-25-002: Request for Information (RFI): Inviting Comments on the Future of the National Library of Medicine Biomedical and Data Science Extramural Research Programs
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Request for Information (RFI): Inviting Comments on the Future of the National Library of Medicine Biomedical and Data ...
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June 26, 2025 at 8:39 PM
NLM is soliciting input on the future of its extramural funding. If you have a vision of how NLM should advance informatics research, speak up now! Comments due July 14. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
I'm shocked and saddened by today's news from Ahmedabad. I have a malaria research project there and have flown in and out of that airport many times. Some of my colleagues in the city government are on the ground at the crash site helping with the response. My heart goes out to all of you!
Air India flight to London Gatwick crashes in Ahmedabad shortly after takeoff – latest updates
Air India flight to UK crashes in Ahmedabad in India shortly after takeoff – latest updates
Plane was carrying at least 242 people on Air India flight AI171, say police
www.theguardian.com
June 12, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I'm shocked and saddened by today's news from Ahmedabad. I have a malaria research project there and have flown in and out of that airport many times. Some of my colleagues in the city government are on the ground at the crash site helping with the response. My heart goes out to all of you!
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My thoughts on the defunding of disease cure research, origin of COVID, the executive order on so-called gain of function research, China’s advances in biotech, the spread of avian flu, and why the US needs to shed this fictional worldview ASAP.
www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/gain...
www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/gain...
Gain of Fiction: How COVID Origins Motivated Defunding of U.S. Science | Think Global Health
Defunding scientific research in the United States has halted disease cure studies amid multiple infectious crises
www.thinkglobalhealth.org
May 29, 2025 at 1:01 PM
My thoughts on the defunding of disease cure research, origin of COVID, the executive order on so-called gain of function research, China’s advances in biotech, the spread of avian flu, and why the US needs to shed this fictional worldview ASAP.
www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/gain...
www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/gain...
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Final call www.linkedin.com/posts/geogra...
#hiring #datascience #geospatial #llm #ukri #smartdata #researchjobs… | Geographic Data Service
🚀 We’re hiring TWO Senior Data Scientists! 🚀
Help us unlock the power of smart data to tackle regional inequalities and improve lives across the UK.
About the roles
📍 Based at the University of Liver...
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May 27, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Final call www.linkedin.com/posts/geogra...
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You are speed running what happened in Eastern Europe in the 90s. When My father was fired from his science job his next gig was guarding a scrap metal depo. Because he had kids to feed. Luckily he was able to find a science job a few years later, but in industry not in academia.
May 6, 2025 at 3:49 AM
You are speed running what happened in Eastern Europe in the 90s. When My father was fired from his science job his next gig was guarding a scrap metal depo. Because he had kids to feed. Luckily he was able to find a science job a few years later, but in industry not in academia.
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I think a lot about what Carl Sagan said in one of his final interviews.
May 4, 2025 at 6:21 AM
I think a lot about what Carl Sagan said in one of his final interviews.
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'As much as the science and education communities may disregard post-truth as an annoying inconvenience, it is here, and it is about more than denial of scientific knowledge, methods, and reasoning. It is more than a problem of rationality and objectivity.'
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The post-truth era and how science education keeps ignoring it
The term “post-truth” has been used to characterize the contemporary era. Designated as the word of the year in 2016 by the Oxford English Dictionary, “post-truth” refers to “relating to or denoting c...
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May 2, 2025 at 8:15 AM
'As much as the science and education communities may disregard post-truth as an annoying inconvenience, it is here, and it is about more than denial of scientific knowledge, methods, and reasoning. It is more than a problem of rationality and objectivity.'
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Amid Oklahoma tornado season, scientists warn NOAA cuts could impact forecasting, public safety | KGOU
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#Oklahoma
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#Oklahoma
Amid Oklahoma tornado season, scientists warn NOAA cuts could impact forecasting, public safety
Norman is a nexus of national weather and climate science. But swift layoffs and deep budget cuts could disband it and other organizations nationwide.
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May 2, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Amid Oklahoma tornado season, scientists warn NOAA cuts could impact forecasting, public safety | KGOU
www.kgou.org/weather-and-...
#Oklahoma
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#Oklahoma
New Biogeosciences paper on geographic and seasonal patterns of photosynthesis across African tropical forests using satellite-measured chlorophyll fluorescence. Results highlight distinctive environmental drivers of productivity in West vs. Central Africa. @egu.eu bg.copernicus.org/articles/22/...
Seasonality and synchrony of photosynthesis in African forests inferred from spaceborne chlorophyll fluorescence and vegetation indices
Abstract. Global atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations are largely driven by changes in fossil fuel emissions and terrestrial photosynthesis, of which tropical forests account for one-third. Relat...
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April 29, 2025 at 2:12 PM
New Biogeosciences paper on geographic and seasonal patterns of photosynthesis across African tropical forests using satellite-measured chlorophyll fluorescence. Results highlight distinctive environmental drivers of productivity in West vs. Central Africa. @egu.eu bg.copernicus.org/articles/22/...
As a proud member of the @agu.org, I’m happy to see the society take a stand for science, effective government, and federal employees!
AGU has filed a new lawsuit to prevent the Administration’s dismantling of U.S. scientific agencies.
We’re proud to take this stand with our plaintiffs’ coalition for our federal workforce.
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We’re proud to take this stand with our plaintiffs’ coalition for our federal workforce.
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April 29, 2025 at 1:23 AM
As a proud member of the @agu.org, I’m happy to see the society take a stand for science, effective government, and federal employees!
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Remember: NOAA is not its social media accounts. Do not let the takeover of NOAA communications take away your support of the real NOAA and the very real scientists behind it. The administration would want nothing more than for us to stop supporting our science agencies 🧪
April 26, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Remember: NOAA is not its social media accounts. Do not let the takeover of NOAA communications take away your support of the real NOAA and the very real scientists behind it. The administration would want nothing more than for us to stop supporting our science agencies 🧪
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World Malaria Day. Progress has been made on malaria elimination but it remains a killer. Changing climate, invasive mosquitoes, and limited global funding are threatening efforts. Today, we are in India working to better understand the effects of climate on urban malaria. @mcwimberly.bsky.social
April 25, 2025 at 9:44 AM
World Malaria Day. Progress has been made on malaria elimination but it remains a killer. Changing climate, invasive mosquitoes, and limited global funding are threatening efforts. Today, we are in India working to better understand the effects of climate on urban malaria. @mcwimberly.bsky.social
Spent World Malaria Day with @ecodynvplab.bsky.social and colleagues in Surat, India studying mosquito microhabitats in urban construction sites. Best wishes to all who work to control and eliminate this terrible disease- your efforts are greatly appreciated!
April 25, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Spent World Malaria Day with @ecodynvplab.bsky.social and colleagues in Surat, India studying mosquito microhabitats in urban construction sites. Best wishes to all who work to control and eliminate this terrible disease- your efforts are greatly appreciated!
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Exciting PhD opportunity alert!!!! 👇👇👇🌶️🌶️https://geods.ac.uk/2025/04/22/fully-funded-phd-opportunity-advancing-urban-analytics-through-ai-driven-geodemographic-classification/ 🌶️🌶️ #AI #GIS #DataScientist #GeoAI
April 23, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Exciting PhD opportunity alert!!!! 👇👇👇🌶️🌶️https://geods.ac.uk/2025/04/22/fully-funded-phd-opportunity-advancing-urban-analytics-through-ai-driven-geodemographic-classification/ 🌶️🌶️ #AI #GIS #DataScientist #GeoAI
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We set another 36 loggers across construction sites today to monitor the microclimate mosquitoes experience during the pre-monsoon season. Here are some pics of construction trucks because they make me happy. Why can't we have colorful trucks in the U.S.? @mcwimberly.bsky.social
April 24, 2025 at 10:46 AM
We set another 36 loggers across construction sites today to monitor the microclimate mosquitoes experience during the pre-monsoon season. Here are some pics of construction trucks because they make me happy. Why can't we have colorful trucks in the U.S.? @mcwimberly.bsky.social
Always a fun time in the urban construction dungeons of Surat with @ecodynvplab.bsky.social! This study will provide valuable data on the microclimatology of construction sites that will help us understand how they serve as foci for urban #malaria transmission.
Pics from Surat today. Super hot and humid in the pre-monsoon season here...it was a sweat fest. We have placed 72 loggers thus far throughout construction sites. Also, we found a lot of mosquitoes in these sites, especially in the unfinished underground parks. @mcwimberly.bsky.social
April 23, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Always a fun time in the urban construction dungeons of Surat with @ecodynvplab.bsky.social! This study will provide valuable data on the microclimatology of construction sites that will help us understand how they serve as foci for urban #malaria transmission.