The 62st Annual Meeting of the Florida Society of Geographers (FSG) is taking place on February 21 to 23 in Gainesville, FL at the UF Hilton Conference Center on SW 34th St. More information about the meeting is available from the FSG website. Download the program here.
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Ports facilitate vital global trade, operating as foundational linkages in the economic circulation through which nearly all consumer products pass. However, there is a need to conceptualize the local implications of these globalized networks. As international trade has intensified over the last few decades, the current international order has seen significant uncertainty due to both […]
Today is Gator Nation’s Giving Day! By supporting UF Geography, you help us continue training the next generation of leaders who use geospatial tools, data, and field experience to strengthen communities and drive solutions. Our students learn to connect geospatial technology with questions of place, people, and the systems that connect them. Your support fuels […]
On January 31, 2026, UF’s Geospatial Digital Informatics (GeoDI) Lab hosted the EMERGE NASA Data Hackathon at Marston Science Library, bringing together students, researchers, library staff, and community members to transform real environmental data into tools for public health decision-making. 13 teams competed across 5 tracks (Beginner to Advanced). The hackathon is funded by NASA […]
Professor Joann Mossa was awarded the American Association of Geographers (AAG) Later Career Fellowship for her work on fluvial geomorphology. In their statement, the AAG notes that Dr. Mossa’s work on coastal plain river systems “provides not only a scientific understanding of these processes but also a framework for evaluating their social and environmental tradeoffs”. […]
Dr. Sadie Ryan and a team of scientists from around the world recently summarized key advances in the scientific understanding of the climate system. Published in Global Sustainability, this new study offers a broad selection of scientific messages pertaining to temperature changes, biodiversity, land carbon sinks, disease incidence, and other global issues in a format […]
Students and community members from across Gainesville and beyond will gather at the University of Florida on Saturday, January 31, 2026, for the EMERGE NASA Data Hackathon, a full-day, hands-on event focused on transforming real environmental data into meaningful public insights. Pre-registration is available at geoemerge.com/nasa-at-uf. The event will take place from 8:00 AM […]
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This study published in Journal of Climate examines long-term trends in freezing rain across central and eastern North America. Using geospatial and statistical techniques, and 8-decades of data for US and Canadian subdomains, this work first evaluates the performance of the European ERA5 reanalysis freezing rain variable to observed frequencies, indicating that the agreement is […]
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In a paper recently published in Journal of Climate, Dr. Hongsheng Wang and Dr. Esther Mullens develop a geospatial climatology of landfalling atmospheric rivers using 8-decades of data from the European Center’s ERA5 reanalysis dataset. Using a detection algorithm to extract atmospheric river features, the authors develop a severity climatology that is adjusted to reflect […]
Reducing commuting from the actual to the minimum level is designed to prioritize environmental sustainability in order to reduce carbon emissions and alleviate traffic congestion, but does it also ensure social equity and sustainability? We study the social inequity of reducing commuting using flow data defined over a combination of multiple housing and socio-demographic attributes […]
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Freezing rain is a common winter weather hazard across eastern North America, resulting in damage and disruption to energy utilities, transportation, and the economy. Due to its short lasting and self-limiting nature, observational gaps, and the need for high temporal and spatial resolution model output, this phase type is less studied in the context of […]
This paper presents a case study of a climate-focussed digital internship pilot program intent on increasing engagement with, and jobs in, the “Bluetech” ocean-based economy in Baltimore, Maryland. Understanding participants’ lived experiences across multiple strands of alignment–including general interest, digital skills and technology access, environmental knowledge, and perceptions of climate and environmental problems–supported their engagement […]
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Commuting significantly influences environmental quality and public health, thereby shaping urban sustainability. However, the effects of air pollution from vehicle emissions and associated mortality at both lower and upper commuting extremes remain unexplored. This study utilizes nationwide commuting flow and geodemographic segmentation datasets to implement a disaggregated excess commuting framework across 918 U.S. metropolitan regions (MSAs). […]
We are very excited to announce that Professor William G. Moseley from Macalester College will be our 2026 Anderson Speaker. Professor Moseley will give two lectures on campus in Gainesville: Thursday, 15 January 2026. “When Agronomy Flirts with Markets, Gender and Nutrition: A Political Ecology of the New Green Revolution for Africa and Women’s Food […]
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UF Geography is going to the Annual Meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in New Orleans next week! Download a list of presentations and posters where UF Geography faculty and students are the lead authors. We look forward to seeing you there!
We are very proud to announced that Anusha Chaudhary and Austin Britton have received the 2025 Poehling Award for their outstanding work in our Department. Congratulations! We you continued success in all your future endeavors. The Ryan Poehling Fellowship is awarded to the graduate student who best exemplifies the sustained academic excellence, commitment to departmental […]
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Assistant Professor Dr. Di Yang from the University of Florida Department of Geography has been selected for the UF International Center 2026 Global Fellows Program. Dr. Yang will receive a grant to advance international research integrating satellite remote sensing, artificial intelligence, and citizen science for environmental monitoring in Ecuador, Guatemala, and Mexico. Dr. Yang’s research develops innovative frameworks that merge satellite […]
Extensive research has been conducted on the effects of anthropogenic practices on lowland rivers and floodplains; particularly regarding planform changes, only a few studies have utilized detailed riverbed elevation data. This study focuses on the Apalachicola River, one of the largest lowland rivers in the southeastern United States. The navigation project by the United States […]
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Visualizing mobility patterns is crucial to understanding spatial interaction patterns, yet it has become increasingly challenging due to the availability of large amounts of mobility data. The traditional thresholding method that displays only flows above a defined threshold value can overlook small but critical flows, leading to a biased representation of mobility patterns. This research […]
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Our NASA-supported EMERGE program successfully hosted a community hackathon on September 27 at North Lauderdale Library, where participants transformed NASA satellite data into tools for tracking mosquitos and environmental health. Led by Dr. Di Yang, the event drew diverse participants from middle schoolers to librarians, who created maps, infographics, and dashboards using real NASA GLOBE […]
Climate and health modelling is necessary for improving understanding of the current and future distribution and timing of climate-related health risks. However, underinvestment in this area has limited the understanding required to inform policies that enable multisectoral interventions to safeguard health. We synthesised insights from a survey of 65 global climate and health modelling experts […]
For over 30 years, detection and attribution (D&A) studies have informed key conclusions in international and national assessments of climate science, providing compelling evidence for the reality and seriousness of anthropogenic effects on the global climate. In the early twenty-first century, D&A methods were adapted to assess the contribution of climate change to longer-term trends […]
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Audrey Smith, a PhD candidate in Geography at the University of Florida, was awarded second place in the UF Center for African Studies‘ “Lens on Africa” Graduate Research Competition. Her entry featured a powerful video montage of images from her Summer 2024 fieldwork in Tanzania, accompanied by a reflective narration. The video highlighted Audrey’s interdisciplinary […]
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Over the last decade, attribution science has shown that climate change is responsible for substantial death, disability and illness. However, health impact attribution studies have focused disproportionately on populations in high-income countries, and have mostly quantified the health outcomes of heat and extreme weather. A clearer picture of the global burden of climate change could […]
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Freezing rain events, which have caused billions of dollars in damage in recent decades, are still one of the least understood forms of precipitation. These events affect both urban and rural regions, including cities and forests. However, the often short-lived and sporadic occurrence of these events poses significant challenges to accurate reporting, complicating analysis attempting […]
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Although it is the wettest continent, droughts are a regular occurrence in South America. As the effects of anthropogenic influences, including climate change, become more pronounced, droughts are expected to increase in frequency and severity. The purpose of this study is to assess the relative drought vulnerability of the countries in South America. Each country […]
In a recent study published in Remote Sensing, researchers from the University of Florida’s Department of Geography have taken a big step forward in showing how artificial intelligence (AI) can help us better understand the changing landscape of agriculture. The work, led by Ph.D. student Mashoukur Rahaman, with co-authors Dr. Jane Southworth, Dr. Yixin Wen, […]
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Precipitation whiplash, the rapid shift from drought to flooding, or vice versa, exacerbates the impact of both extremes compared to if they were to occur separately. The recognition of these types of events is relatively recent, and event precursors, driving meteorology and impacts are poorly understood. In response to this, this review summarizes the current […]
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Commuting backbones represent the most essential connections within a commuting network—those significant flows that link major residential and employment areas and structurally support regional mobility systems. Identifying these backbones is critical for understanding large-scale travel demand, informing infrastructure investment, and supporting transportation planning at regional and national levels. Despite their importance, no publicly available datasets […]
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Historical satellite imagery lacks efficient methods for automated land use mapping, particularly when working with CORONA satellite data from the Cold War era. These high-resolution images from the 1960s offer valuable insights into historic land use conditions, but require intensive preprocessing and lack standardized methods for analysis. This article presents an integrated and systematic workflow […]
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A new paper in Environmental Research Letters reveals how recent land-cover shifts across the Arctic–Boreal region are already cooling daily high-temperature extremes yet intensifying multi-day drought risk—insights gained by driving CESM2 with 30 m satellite maps. The study, led by Shuai Li with Di Yang and colleagues, quantifies albedo-driven changes of up to 0.6 °C […]
We are excited to share that Mostafa Rezaali has been selected for the NSF LEAP Summer Momentum Fellowship, which includes a 10-week residency at Columbia University this summer! LEAP’s Summer Momentum Fellowship welcomes doctoral students in data science interested in having a summer research immersion in climate data science, with the opportunity to apply their data […]
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The last four decades have witnessed the emergence of zones of various designations as a means of generating economic development and growth. On the one hand, a considerable amount of recent academic attention has turned to the various experiments with enterprise zones, export processing zones, freeport zones, and special economic zones in rapidly urbanizing areas […]
We are delighted to congratulate our colleagues Dr. Anwar Sounny-Slitine, Dr. David Keellings, and Dr. Kevin Ash who received tenure and promotions this summer!
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We are thrilled to announce that Ph.D. candidate Jesse Kisembe, under the supervision of Dr. Berry Wen, has been selected for funding through NASA’s Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology (FINESST) program. The FINESST program is one of the most competitive early-career research opportunities in the geosciences. It supports graduate student–led […]
Dengue, which was first reported as a travel case in Nepal in 2004, was initially confined to the lower plains but has spread to higher elevations. Large outbreaks in 2022 and 2023, reached every district. We calculated the district-wise incidence for 2022 and 2023 by digitizing case data from Nepal’s Ministry of Health and Population […]
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During its 119-year history, only eighteen AAG presidents were women. These women have served as role models and change agents who significantly influenced the AAG and the discipline of geography. This article adds to our understanding of the experiences and impacts of these diverse women by examining the challenges that they faced and strategies […]
This article analyses the patterns of violence produced by the competition for the control of transport infrastructure between state and non-state actors in West Africa from 2000 to 2024. Using disaggregated road and conflict data from the Global Roads Inventory Project (GRIP) and Armed Conflict Location & Event Data (ACLED) project, the paper first shows […]
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Trade networks for agricultural products play an important role in agricultural development and regional integration in West Africa. However, mapping these networks is challenging due to the lack of a comprehensive analytical framework that supports evidence-based policymaking. This policy note represents a first attempt to integrate the spatial, social and temporal aspects that influence trade […]
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Sloughs are slow-moving or still water systems that serve as an important ecosystem component connecting rivers and floodplains such as the Apalachicola River in northwest Florida. However, sloughs of the Apalachicola River have become hydrologically disconnected from the mainstem due to the impact of failed navigation projects such as channel incision, disposal of dredge spoils, […]
Professor Cynthia S. Simmons has received the prestigious Fulbright Distinguished Scholar award, Sustainability in Amazonia at the Federal University of Pará (UFPA) in Brazil. This important recognition reflects the high esteem in which the academic community holds her work. Note that distinguished Fulbright scholar awards have not been subject to DOGE-related cuts in the federal […]
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Professor Corene Matyas was named University of Florida Research Foundation Professor for 2025. UFRF Professorships are awarded to tenured faculty members with a distinguished, current record of research. Dr. Matyas’s research involves the GIS-based analysis of rainfall from tropical cyclones. Congratulations, Dr. Matyas!
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Stephen Mullens was interviewed by Vox for their video explaining the meteorology behind the sunny skies of St Petersburg, FL. In this 8-minute video, Mullens worked with journalist Ed Vega to help explain why Florida would be a desert without the summer sea breeze thunderstorms, how the sea breeze works, and why St Petersburg […]
Kaitlyn Anderson, a second-year master’s student, has been awarded the PASG Graduate Student Paper Award for her research “Ecological Fragmentation: Road Networks in U.S. National Parks and Forests.” This award is presented by the Protected Areas Specialty Group (PASG) of the American Association of Geographers (AAG). The PASG Graduate Student Paper Award recognizes exceptional research […]
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We are delighted to announce that Anusha Chaudhary was awarded the Ruth McQwoun Scholarship. Congratulations! This award is granted to students at the University of Florida who exemplify outstanding academic achievement and a deep commitment to social justice, particularly in advancing equity for women, racial minorities, and individuals from low-income backgrounds. In honor of these […]
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Temperature shapes the geographic distribution, seasonality, and magnitude of mosquito-borne disease outbreaks. Models predicting transmission often use mosquito and pathogen thermal responses measured at constant temperatures. However, mosquitoes live in fluctuating temperatures. Rate summation––non-linear averaging of trait values measured at constant temperatures—is commonly used to infer performance in fluctuating environments, but its accuracy is rarely […]
Arboviruses transmitted mainly by Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti and Ae. albopictus, including dengue, chikungunya, and Zika viruses, and yellow fever virus in urban settings, pose an escalating global threat. Existing risk maps, often hampered by surveillance biases, may underestimate or misrepresent the true distribution of these diseases and do not incorporate epidemiological similarities despite shared vector species. We address this by […]
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We are very happy to announce that the winner of the 2025 John R. and Fawn T. Dunkle Geography Award is Olivia Zhang! The Dunkle award honors the long-time service and devotion of Professor John R. Dunkle to the Department of Geography at the University of Florida. We give this award of $1000 annually to […]
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This study examines the long-term variation of the annual occurrence frequency for the Persistent Hot spell Events (PHEs) over the African continent and the underlying mechanisms using the Japanese 55-year Reanalysis (JRA-55) daily dataset for the period 1961–2021. We applied criterion for periods when the daily standardized anomaly index (SAI) value of mean daily temperature […]
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When rivers impinge on the steep bluffs of valley walls, dynamic changes stem from a combination of fluvial and mass wasting processes. This study identifies the geomorphic changes, drivers, and timing of a landslide adjacent to the Apalachicola River at Alum Bluff, the tallest natural geological exposure in Florida at ~40 m, comprising horizontal sediments […]
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The global increase in the number of older adults with cognitive impairments has prompted widespread adoption of lifestyle interventions, such as physical activity, to mitigate cognitive decline and enhance cognitive functioning. This study explores the impact of the built environment on recreational walking route choices among older adults experiencing subjective cognitive decline, a demographic that […]
Global risk maps are an important tool for assessing the global threat of mosquito and tick-transmitted arboviral diseases. Public health officials increasingly rely on risk maps to understand the drivers of transmission, forecast spread, identify gaps in surveillance, estimate disease burden, and target and evaluate the impact of interventions. This paper describes how current approaches […]
Precipitation whiplash events are expected to become more frequent due to climate change, but what are they? Drs. Esther Mullens and Johanna Engström investigate how whiplash events are defined, their meteorological drivers, and their impacts in the United States in their recent publication “Drought to Flood to Drought” published in the International Journal of Climatology. […]
Join us at the American Association of Geographers (AAG) Annual Meeting in Detroit from March 24-28, 2025! The preliminary program of our talks and posters is here. For the full conference program, please click here.
With varying tangential winds and combinations of stratiform and convective clouds, tropical cyclones (TCs) can be difficult to accurately portray when mosaicking data from ground-based radars. This study utilizes the Dual-frequency Precipitation Radar (DPR) from the Global Precipitation Measurement Mission (GPM) satellite to evaluate reflectivity obtained using four sampling methods of Weather Surveillance Radar 1988-Doppler […]
The demand for renewable energy is becoming increasingly apparent, but a significant challenge lies in the limited availability of land. To limit environmental impacts associated with new development in previously undisturbed lands, this study investigates the potential to convert abandoned mines in Florida and Pennsylvania into solar farms, aligning with federal and state-level clean energy […]
Urban studies have a long tradition of examining the regularity of urban structure by modelling urban population density functions and probing the theoretical or behavioral foundation behind it. Previous studies commonly used census data in areal units such as census tracts or census block groups, which varied a great deal in area size and shape […]
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Associate Professor Olivier Walther received an OECD grant for a project that will explore the diffusion of Jihadist groups from the Sahel to the Gulf of Guinea in West Africa. This project is part of a long-term collaboration between the UF Sahel Research Group and the OECD Sahel and West Africa Club, which started when […]
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The Department of Geography will celebrate Dr. Tim Fik‘s retirement at the Evening of Excellence on March 6th. Join us at the Keene Faculty Center from 6-9pm!
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The 61st Annual Meeting of the Florida Society of Geographers (FSG) is taking place at the University of Florida in Gainesville from February 21-21, 2025. More information about the meeting is available from the FSG website. Download the draft program here.
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This new editorial in Sleep Health showcases how an interdisciplinary approach to thinking about how geography influences access to different types of healthcare. Co-authored by Soomi Lee, Christopher N. Kaufmann, Catherine A. Lippi, Sadie J. Ryan and Yi Guo, the editorial discusses how this approach impacts diagnostic outcomes for sleep problems, which may be indicators […]
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Hurricane Ian, a Category 4 storm that struck Florida’s southwest coast, resulted in 156 fatalities, with two-thirds of the victims being seniors. This highlights the need to address disaster risks for this vulnerable population. This study utilizes anonymized and privacy enhanced mobile phone GPS data to examine mobility disruptions and recovery patterns during Hurricane Ian […]
Understanding the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on domestic migration patterns is crucial for addressing resource needs and migration forecasting. Only a limited number of studies, however, have explored these dynamics through the lens of network analysis. Using Internal Revenue Service (IRS) county-to-county migration data, this article conceptualizes the U.S. domestic migration system as complex […]
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Poisot, T., Becker, D. J., Brookson, C. B., Graeden, E., Ryan, S. J., Turon, G., & Carlson, C. (2025). Ten quick tips to build a Model Life Cycle. PLOS Computational Biology, 21(2), e1012731. ABSTRACT: This paper introduces the Model Life Cycle for biological data-driven research and develops a series of 10 quick tips aimed at facilitating collaborations […]
How do brands interact? Commercial brands are increasingly interconnected, forming a complex network. Analyzing brand networks is crucial to understanding brand interactions and developing data-driven marketing strategies. Traditional methods utilize consumer behavior surveys and social media databases to construct brand networks, but few have considered consumers’ spatial mobility – their movements between brand points of […]
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Dhaka, one of the fastest-growing megacities in the world, is a place of constant movement, rapid expansion, and an ever-changing skyline. But beneath the rising high-rises and congested streets, something has been quietly disappearing—the city’s green spaces. Trees, parks, and natural buffers are being lost to unplanned urbanization, and with this loss comes a rise […]
Kortessis, N., Glass, G., Gonzalez, A., Ruktanonchai, N. W., Simon, M. W., Singer, B., & Holt, R. D. (2025). Metapopulations, the inflationary effect, and consequences for public health. The American Naturalist, 205(3). ABSTRACT: The metapopulation concept offers significant explanatory power in ecology and evolutionary biology. Metapopulations, a set of spatially distributed populations linked by dispersal, and their […]
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UF Giving Day is tomorrow on February 20th! Your contribution supports our students and department by funding annual awards, graduate student travel to conferences, and to bring external speakers to the department. Thanks for your support!
In Antarctica, massive icebergs are a consequence of calving, where blocks of ice detach from the continent’s ice shelf. The calving of these massive icebergs is a rare occurrence with unpredictable variability, making it a difficult process to understand and statistically model. Here, we study calving using a statistical method called extreme value theory (EVT), […]
Political violence is very irregularly distributed across time. Periods of relative calm are often followed by massive waves of attacks. Violent events are relatively rare, sparse and concentrated, making it difficult to evaluate whether violence is actually increasing or decreasing. To overcome these limitations, UF Geography Associate Professor Olivier Walther developed a new dashboard in […]
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Huang, J., & Hu, Y. (2025). A systematic review of immersive virtual reality applications in geography higher education. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 1-18. ABSTRACT: This systematic review examines the empirical research conducted in the past decade to investigate the application of immersive Virtual Reality (IVR) in geography higher education. Our analysis includes 29 empirical […]
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Prescott, C., Ozdes, M., & Yang, D. (2025). Classification and clustering analysis of standing dead trees and associated park asset wildfire vulnerability in Yellowstone National Park. Forest Ecosystems, 12, 100284. ABSTRACT: In the Rocky Mountain and Pacific Northwest regions of the United States, forests include extensive portions of standing dead trees. These regions showcase an intriguing phenomenon […]
Borbor-Cordova, M., Ryan, S., Lowe, R., von Borries, R., & Stewart Ibarra, A. (2024). A Holistic Systems Approach to Global Health Research, Practice, and Partnerships. In Transforming Global Health Partnerships (pp. 51-65). Cham: Springer. ABSTRACT: Emerging and persistent infectious diseases are global threats that have evidenced the interconnectedness and interdependence of the environment, animal, and human systems. […]
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Join us at the American Association of Geographers (AAG) Annual Meeting in Detroit from March 24-28, 2025! The preliminary program of our talks and posters is here. For the full conference program, please click here.
Narayanan, A., Rezaali, M., Bunting, E., & Keellings, D. (2025). It’s getting hot in here: Spatial impact of humidity on heat wave severity in the United States. Science of the Total Environment, 963, 178397. ABSTRACT: Heat waves pose significant risks to society, impacting human health, infrastructure, and the environment. However, on humid days, heat waves […]
Mao, L. (2025). Modeling time-varying spatial accessibility to healthcare: A system dynamic approach. Health & Place, 91, 103416. ABSTRACT: Spatial accessibility to healthcare is essential for policymakers to identify health disparities and develop targeted interventions. Current modeling approaches poorly capture temporal dynamics of contributing factors, and few have represented dynamic interactions among these factors. Further, […]
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We are delighted to announce that Dr. Corene Matyas and Dr. Jane Southworth in UF Geography have just been announced as AAG Fellows for their work in climatology and human-environment dynamics by the American Association of Geographers. Congratulations, we are very proud of you! Read the full AAG statement here.
UF Geography will be at the American Meteorological Society (AMS) Annual Meeting in New Orleans this week. Come and see our wide array of research on parade! The full program is available here.
Walther, O., Radil, S., Russell, D. (2024). The spatial conflict life cycle in Africa. Annals of the American Association of Geographers, DOI: 10.1080/24694452.2024.2428812. ABSTRACT: The growing availability of geospatial data that document both how violent actors are connected and where their attacks take place offers a unique opportunity to produce a more integrated approach to […]
We will be presenting every day at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) annual meeting in Washington, D.C., this week. Come and see our wide array of research on parade! The full program is available here.
Saba, J. A., Ash, K., & Napton, D. (2024). Assessing the vulnerability of Cape Coral, Florida, to sea level rise using principal component analysis (2020–2050). International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 105014. ABSTRACT: Sea level rise is a consequence of global climate change that has been affecting U.S. coasts with floods and storm surges. Florida […]
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Wang, J., & Hu, Y. (2024). Unraveling Hurricane Ian’s impact: A multiscale analysis of mobility networks in Florida. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 104482. ABSTRACT: Understanding how human mobility patterns respond to natural disasters is crucial. This study investigates Hurricane Ian’s impact on human mobility patterns and subsequent recovery in southwest Florida. Using […]
Foyet, M. & Child, B. (2024). COVID-19, Social media, algorithms and the rise of indigenous movements in Southern Africa: Perspectives from activists, audiences and policymakers. Frontiers in Sociology, 9, 1433998. ABSTRACT: The paper employs a mixed-methods approach to investigate the influence of social media on social movements among indigenous communities in Southern Africa. Findings reveal that […]
Call for Papers – Florida Society of Geographers Annual Meeting, University of Florida, Gainesville, February 21-23, 2025. The abstract submission deadline is January 10, 2025. Please register here: https://floridasocietyofgeographers.org Download the flyer.
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Last update: 10/18/2024 Climate change almost certainly made Hurricane Milton deluge worse explains Dr. David Keellings in this interview with the Miami Herald. Professor Corene Matyas was interviewed by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s News Breakfast and by ABC Radio News in Australia about Hurricane Milton on 10/8/2024. Dr. Matyas was on the CBC Radio […]
Du, F., & Mao, L. (2024). Identifying Points of Interest (POIs) as sentinels for infectious disease surveillance: a COVID-19 study. Spatial and Spatio-temporal Epidemiology, 100691, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sste.2024.10069. ABSTRACT: Traditional surveillance relies on medical facilities, such as clinics and laboratories, as sentinels to monitor disease activities. Few studies have investigated the feasibility of using Point of Interests (POIs) […]
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Neha Kohli received an American Institute of Indian Studies Junior Fellowship to carry out her PhD project “The Matter of Islands: Examining Island Narratives and Political Life in the Eastern Indian Ocean” in India in 2024-25. Early on, she also received a Graduate Student Research Fellowship from the American Association of Geographers’ Asian Geography Specialty […]
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Quadrado, G., & Serafin, K. (2024). The timing, magnitude, and relative composition of extreme total water levels vary seasonally along the U.S. Atlantic coast. JGR Oceans, 136, 104482. ABSTRACT: This paper investigates when extreme total water levels (TWLs) occur during the year along the U.S. Atlantic coast and whether individual components, like waves, tides, and […]
Graduate Student Michelle Ruiz was selected to join the Fall 2024 cohort of the Bill Anderson Fund. The Bill Anderson Fund supports minority graduate students who are historically underrepresented in hazards and disaster-related careers. Since its establishment in 2014, the program has enrolled over 100 students from more than 20 disciplines, offering professional development through […]
Kim, D., & Matyas, C. J. (2024). Classification of tropical cyclone rain patterns using convolutional autoencoder. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 791. ABSTRACT: Heavy rainfall produced by tropical cyclones (TCs) frequently causes wide-spread damage. TCs have different patterns of rain depending on their development stage, geographical location, and surrounding environmental conditions. However, an objective system for classifying […]
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Rezaali, M., Jahangir, M. S., Fouladi-Fard, R., & Keellings, D. (2024). An ensemble deep learning approach to spatiotemporal tropospheric ozone forecasting: A case study of Tehran, Iran. Urban Climate, 55, 101950. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.uclim.2024.101950. This study proposes a novel framework for spatiotemporal forecasting of Ground-level Ozone Concentration (GOC) using advanced machine learning techniques, including Artificial Neural […]
Saba, J. A., Williams, C. L., Egnoto, M. J., Strader, S. M., Klockow-McClain, K. E., & Ash, K. D. (2024). Factors that influenced preferences regarding use of public and private tornado shelters during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 109, 104580. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2024.104580. This study examines factors shaping individuals’ preferences […]
Serafin, K. A., Koseff, J. R., Ouyang, D., & Suckale, J. (2024). Moving from total risk to community-based risk trajectories increases transparency and equity in flood risk mitigation planning along urban rivers. Environmental Research Letters, 19(6), DOI: 064039. DOI 10.1088/1748-9326/ad3c58. After several years of drought, 2023 and early 2024 are reminders of the powers of California’s atmospheric […]
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Engström, J., Mossa, J., & Praskievicz, S. (2024). Guest Editors’ Introduction to Water and Rivers in the South (Part 2). Southeastern Geographer, 64(2), 160-164, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/sgo.2024.a929403. Article first published online: 16 June 2024 in Southeastern Geographer. ABSTRACT: In Part 2 of the special issue on Rivers and Water in the South, the scope expands to include not […]
Merz, L., Kahler, J., Mwale, G., & Child, B. (2024). “Although elephants bring problems, they also bring benefits:” The complexities of human-wildlife coexistence. Stacks Journal, 24001, 1-26. DOI: 10.60102/stacks-24001 Article first published online: 3 July 2024 in Stacks Journal. ABSTRACT: As wildlife populations decline globally, there is a growing need to discover ways that humans […]
He, Z., Hu, Y., Duan, L. L., & Michailidis, G. (2024). Returners and explorers dichotomy in the face of natural hazards. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 13184. Article first published online: 8 June 2024 in Scientific Reports DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-64087-4 ABSTRACT: Understanding human mobility patterns amid natural hazards is crucial for enhancing urban emergency responses and rescue operations. Existing research […]
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Villena, O. C., Arab, A., Lippi, C. A., Ryan, S. J., & Johnson, L. R. (2024). Influence of environmental, geographic, socio-demographic, and epidemiological factors on presence of malaria at the community level in two continents. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 16734. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-67452-5 Article first published online: 20 July 2024 in Scientific Reports ABSTRACT: The interactions of environmental, geographic, […]
Wang, J., Hu, Y., Duan, L., & Michailidis, G. (2024). Analysing and visualising mobility vulnerability and recovery across Florida neighbourhoods: a case study of Hurricane Ian. Regional Studies, Regional Science, 11(1), 384-386. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/21681376.2024.2369550 Article first published online: 12 June 2024 in Regional Studies, Regional Science ABSTRACT: Effective hurricane preparedness and response demand a thorough understanding of […]
Kisembe, J., Li, J. L. F., Wen, Y., Lee, W. L., Qian, W., Li, Z., & Jiang, J. H. (2024). Assessing the impacts of falling ice radiative effects on the seasonal variation of land surface properties. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 129(15), e2024JD040991. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JD040991 Article first published online: 05 August 2024 in JGR Atmospheres ABSTRACT: The […]
Join us for the GeoGator Summer Research Program poster symposium, August 29th, 3-4pm, UF Geography Department. Our students will be presenting their amazing research on climate change, hydrology, disease transmission, geomorphological changes, and more. Everyone is invited!
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