Michelle North

Excited to be attending the 8th World One Health Congress in Cape Town! Come to poster 1230 to read more about #heatstress in cattle under different #climatechange scenarios, and where #onehealth can help!

Thanks @NutribyteSa for the wonderful prizes again! We always appreciate your presence at shows ❤️ #dogagility #hobbyorsport #miniatureamericanshepherd #domorewithyourdog

🔔!! Opportunity !!🔔 We're hiring a Senior Researcher in Climate Change and Health 🌍🚑 Please circulate & Please Apply! We're a growing, interdisciplinary team doing research across Africa and globally. It's a welcoming and fun place to work. jobs.uct.ac.za/job/Cape-Town-…

@albertaadrienne sorry Adrienne, hope you feel better soon! Well done for being proactive :-)

Took my first sick day of the year today after my Covid and flu shots yesterday. Still grateful for the vaccines, especially hearing about so many colleagues and friends who have #Covid at the moment. I had a reaction to dose 3 as well, and expect to be feeling better soon. 😴🤒

@ColinJCarlson @DanVisioni ook

@DanVisioni Imagine a world with 8,000,000,000 chimpanzees... you'd have to hide all their replies to your tweets all the time...

A climate person I (no longer) follow retweeted the first post, which has sent me down an absolutely insane rabbit hole

@ColinJCarlson did you read the title of that paper though? My comment came from somewhere😄!

(Just kidding, I love @manorth_SA)

I'm never doing a systematic literature review with other people again

@albertaadrienne @ArchesNPS Woooo! Are you doing any climbing or just having fun?

I ❤️ the desert. 🏜️ Arches National Park, Utah. @ArchesNPS

Low #emissions and #sustainable development substantially reduce future #heatstress in #livestock 📝 ✏️@manorth_SA ✏️@christrisos ✏️@UKZN Read more here 👉ow.ly/xlqw50PMGqX #ERL #OpenAccess

@Eskom_SA there wouldn't be any strain on the network if you did your job properly. And homeowners unplugging their fridge won't fix your problems. Of course we shouldn't waste electricity, but the lack of supply is YOUR problem, and should not be ours

Let's work together to alleviate the strain on the network and put an end to loadshedding. Our joint efforts can create a significant and long-lasting impact. Your contribution is priceless! #EndingLoadsheddingTogether

@antoinedlmsa @christrisos @SamSoleZA @nickhedley @aditimukherji @Totin001 @ACDI_UCT @schipper_lisa @ColinJCarlson @SaleemulHuq @zvobgoluckson @_chandnisingh @jeffgoodell we considered the global distributions of Bos indicus and Bos taurus cattle and used the type-specific heat stress thresholds in our calculations. Read the paper before commenting next time ;-)

@manorth_SA @christrisos @SamSoleZA @nickhedley @aditimukherji @Totin001 @ACDI_UCT @schipper_lisa @ColinJCarlson @SaleemulHuq @zvobgoluckson @_chandnisingh @jeffgoodell And obviously ignore genetics at your own peril cgspace.cgiar.org/bitstream/hand…

A BILLION CATTLE are at risk of severe heat stress from climate change. A BILLION. Destroying forests to expand cattle farming. Worsens climate change. Kills cows. Stop burning fossil fuels. Protect forests. Eat less beef. Read the research👉 ow.ly/8efv50PArsO

@antoinedlmsa @christrisos @SamSoleZA @nickhedley @aditimukherji @Totin001 @ACDI_UCT @schipper_lisa @ColinJCarlson @SaleemulHuq @zvobgoluckson @_chandnisingh @jeffgoodell our research accounted for the increase in cattle numbers in future, and say that an additional 1 billion will be at risk by the end of the century. Current numbers based on FAO data, projected increases on SSP scenarios.

@christrisos @SamSoleZA @nickhedley @aditimukherji @Totin001 @ACDI_UCT @schipper_lisa @ColinJCarlson @SaleemulHuq @zvobgoluckson @_chandnisingh @jeffgoodell There is an estimated 1 billion cattle in the world currently. Does the research say all are at risk or is the number pulled from the sky?

@tatsuya_amano I feel terribly guilty but I also can't condone what appears to be lazy (or inept, student) writing. Inexperience is valid, but why is their PI or other coauthor not providing input? I review so many poorly put together papers...

@tatsuya_amano I'm so thrilled with this paper - congrats. But I want to ask... as a reviewer... how to walk the line between sympathy for a EAL author and maintaining academic rigor, when clearly not enough thought has been put into the writing (poor argument, coherence)?

How hard is it to do science in a language that’s not your first language? We quantified the severity of #languagebarriers for non-native English speakers when reading/publishing papers and attending/presenting at international conferences. doi.org/10.1371/journa… 1/9

@nickwizzo this is crazy 😢

A Masters graduate expresses interest in doing some research so that they can get a publication, the papermills reply.

@leesashan its quite normal in N America and Europe hey, and they don't get subsidies there. Not financial subsidies! But citations... of course... I do think its a good learning experience though

I didnt realise this. I was pushed to get 2 out for my MSc. Thankfully they didnt go to predatory journals. I thought my supervisor just had lots of faith in me and thought it would be good for me 👀

love this piece by @thesiswhisperer. I recognize the irony of my sharing it... but 🤷‍♀️ thesiswhisperer.com/2023/07/10/aca…

@ProfDRoberts doesn't pull punches when it comes to what we need to do to address #climatechange dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-0…

Fascinating climate change workshop by #ethekwinimunicipality today streaming live youtube.com/watch?v=N7p8gx…

@albertaadrienne Whereabouts?

Staycation day one. 😊☀️🥳🚵🏻‍♀️ #yycbike