Michael Wimberly

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…

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.

📅 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

Book "Everything is Tuberculosis" standing on a table with a beach/lake in the distance

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...

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 ...

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...

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!

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!

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

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...

#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...

Final call www.linkedin.com/posts/geogra...

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.

"WE'VE ARRANGED A society based on science and technology, in which nobody understands anything about science technology. And this combustible mixture of ignorance and power, sooner or later, is going to blow up in our faces. Who is running the science and technology in a democracy if the people don't know anything about it?" "Science is more than a body of knowledge, it's a way of thinking. A way of skeptically interrogating the universe with a fine understanding of human fallibility. If we are not able to ask skeptical questions, to interrogate those who tell us that something is true, to be skeptical of those in authority, then we're up for grabs for the next charlatan, political or religious, who comes ambling along."

I think a lot about what Carl Sagan said in one of his final interviews.

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...

'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/...

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.

Amid Oklahoma tornado season, scientists warn NOAA cuts could impact forecasting, public safety | KGOU
www.kgou.org/weather-and-...

#Oklahoma

Thats’s awesome - congratulations!

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...

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!

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 🧪

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!

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

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.

This would undoubtedly be the major story on Fox News for the next 24 hours if the Homeland Security Secretary worked in a Democratic administration.

Thanks - this was the laugh I needed today!

Can’t bring myself to hit “like”, but I hear you…

That’s terrible - so sorry to hear that!

Screaming possum with the text "The Horrors Persist But So Do I"

This saying has become very resonant for me in recent times...

This is such a good take.