Mark Smith

Where might climatic suitability for malaria transmission change in future? In our paper published today in Science, we use hydrological models from @ISIMIPImpacts to examine the effect of hydrology on malaria suitability changes in Africa.

@LandEthics @BritSafe Every few years I have to do this... lifting zones, posture, etc. Of course when you've only got one hand it's all a complete fiction anyway and you lift stuff however you can. Pure B.S... oh look there it is in my inbox again...

Doing my @BritSafe manual handling training. I'm just wondering in which situation as Prof in a Geography department I'll be required to lift a lion cub or wield a battle axe. 🤷

Malaria will be on the move in a changing climate. Including processes such as rainfall and runoff in future forecasts paints a complex picture. eos.org/articles/malar…

Professors Mark Smith (@GeomorphMark) and Chris Thomas (@unilincoln) write about their new malaria model in @ConversationUK 🦟: theconversation.com/mapping-malari…

Ahead of #AfricaDay, we highlight recent research projects in which our researchers have collaborated with African communities, scholars and practitioners to address local and global challenges: environment.leeds.ac.uk/news/article/5…

"Revolutionary model predicts malaria trends in Africa": @GeomorphMark's study, which used multiple models to understand and predict environmental malaria risk in Africa, was reported on by @EarthDotCom. Read more: earth.com/news/revolutio…

Climate models predict larger than expected decline in African malaria transmission areas, according to new research in Science. The study's approach offers a more nuanced view that could inform #malaria control efforts in a warming world. scim.ag/6Yn

How will climate change affect malaria? Groundbreaking new research by Dr Mark Smith highlights role of hydrology in a joint study with @unilincoln tinyurl.com/5n8nhmvt

How will changing patterns of malaria transmission interact with demographic change? Check out our new paper published in @ScienceMagazine! Led by @GeomorphMark et al. @SoGLeeds science.org/doi/epdf/10.11…

Oh yes... link to paper. Whoops science.org/doi/epdf/10.11…

Where might climatic suitability for malaria transmission change in future? In our paper published today in Science, we use hydrological models from @ISIMIPImpacts to examine the effect of hydrology on malaria suitability changes in Africa.

Shiofting patterns and an overall decrease in suitability across Africa... But when it's too dry or hot for malaria... you know you are in bother! With @MrozElizabeth @simon_gosling @tdm_willis and others not on here!

@tom_galia Its great isn't it? Wonderful to get undergraduates involved too. I used it on some beaver dams recently.

I'm still reflecting on the largely untapped potential of LiDAR sensors in iPhones/iPads for small-scale geomorphic monitoring. Have you had any experience with this? Here’s an example of a small check-dam in a local forest #geomorphology

@Dunc76 @MeanwoodMatters Blimey! Feeling smug right now... We were driving back to Horsforth on the ringroad exactly then but I diverted through Meanwood as I was worried about the dip. Sometimes it pays to study surface water!

Like driving back into the Leeds rain apocalypse just now. Wasn’t even raining other side of Ilkley! 🌧️🌧️🌧️🌧️🌧️ Not sure I can remember ring road (Adel/Meanwood) being closed due flooding in a good while. @MeanwoodMatters Good drama for end of bank holiday

@abhishek_dixitt @wateratleeds @SedsStringer @DuncanQuincey @UniLeedsGlobal Lovely to meet you Abhishek. You are an inspiration! Best of luck with the research... I can't wait to hear more!

Had an incredibly productive time in @wateratleeds with @SedsStringer. Thank you @DuncanQuincey for gracious welcome. Grateful to @GeomorphMark for his warmth. Really looking forward to what lies ahead. @wateratleeds @UniLeedsGlobal

A recently published paper (doi.org/10.1038/s41598…) is getting some traction: we mapped vegetation changes as a result of ice loss on the Greenland Ice Sheet. I did the change analysis using GW binomial regression. theguardian.com/world/2024/feb… #rstats #rspatial

The medieval marketing of Erik the Red presenting Greenland as a lush fertile land is coming true. The Greening of Greenland since the late 1980s in response to a warming Arctic has serious connotations, both locally within Greenland and globally: nature.com/articles/s4159…

Greenland is greening! It's great to see this research published in @SciReports by Michael Grimes and Jonathan Carrivick. It brings back great fieldwork memories! nature.com/articles/s4159… @SoGLeeds

@ParsnipsParsons @John_Horton_ @MeganClinch @GrahamScott14 Congratulations Katie! Wonderful news! 🎉🎉🎉

Well what a journey it has been... Today the lovely @John_Horton_ @MeganClinch Gill Hughes @GrahamScott14 made me into a real life Dr 🤓 I could not have asked for a more kind, open, fun & knowledable bunch of people to examin me. Completely overwhelmed that I've done it 1/🧵

Some boreal peatlands are losing their characteristic pools – a concern for their unique ecosystems. @rbpmleeds and @uppsalauni researchers studied the long-term changes of the pools at Hammarmossen to understand why it's happening. Find out more: environment.leeds.ac.uk/news/article/5…

Our recent study in Ecosystems by PhD student @daniel_colson, examining rapidly shrinking pool area on a patterned boreal peatland, has been summarised on the @EnvLeeds news feed environment.leeds.ac.uk/news/article/5… @GeomorphMark @GGranath @DuncanQuincey @SoGLeeds @rbpmleeds