A spatio-temporal analysis of the role of climatic drivers influencing extreme precipitation events in a Costa Rican basin

Posted on September 7, 2023

HUGUENIN, SERAFIN, WAYLEN – A spatio-temporal analysis of the role of climatic drivers influencing extreme precipitation events in a Costa Rican basin Caroline Huguenin, Katherine Serafin, Peter Waylen Article first published online: 21 August 2023 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wace.2023.100602 ABSTRACT: Regional patterns of rainfall are changing around the world, putting pressure on social, economic, and environmental systems, […]

Spatial and temporal variability in the characteristics of extreme daily rainfalls in Ghana

Posted on February 27, 2023

CAPPS HERRON, WAYLEN – Spatial and temporal variability in the characteristics of extreme daily rainfalls in Ghana Holli Capps Herron, Peter Waylen, Kwadwo Owusu Article first published online: 24 February 2023 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-023-05876-4 ABSTRACT: Focus on potentially increased frequency of extreme hydro-climatological events under climate change is intensified by Ghana’s reliance on rainfed agriculture, and […]

Latitudes and land use: Global biome shifts in vegetation persistence across three decades

Posted on January 18, 2023

SOUTHWORTH, RYAN, HERRERO, KHATAMI, BUNTING, HASSAN, MUIR, WAYLEN – Latitudes and land use: Global biome shifts in vegetation persistence across three decades Jane Southworth, Sadie J. Ryan, Hannah V. Herrero, Reza Khatami, Erin L. Bunting, Mehedy Hassan, Carly S. Muir, Peter Waylen Article first published online: 18 January 2023 DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/frsen.2023.1063188 ABSTRACT: The dynamics of terrestrial […]

Globalized supply chains: Emergent telecouplings in Mexico’s beef economy and environmental leakages

Posted on March 7, 2022

SIMMONS, WALKER, WAYLEN – Globalized supply chains: Emergent tele couplings in Mexico’s beef economy and environmental leakages Yankuic Galvan-Miyoshi, Cynthia Simmons, Robert Walker, Gilberto Aranda Osorio, Petro Martinez Hernandez, Ema Maldonado-Simán, Barney Warf, Marta Astier, Michael Waylen Article first published online: 5 Mar 2022 DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2022.102486 ABSTRACT: This article analyzes how trade liberalization in Mexico, particularly […]

Focus Area 1: Earth System Science

This is the science of the atmosphere, land, biota, and water from a geospatial perspective. By combining contemporary issues such as climate change, environmental extremes, and hazards, this focus area emphasizes the integrative nature of physical and environmental geography. Earth systems scientists use biophysical understanding to identify and solve problems for management and policy. Sub-areas […]

UFGeog at AAG 2021

Posted on April 5, 2021

The UF Geography Department is sending a large (virtual) contingent to Seattle for the 2021 meeting of the American Association of Geographers Find out where you can see a GeoGator present their research below: Panelist Joel Correia Panel title: Querying nature, colonialism and decolonialism Date & Time: April 7, 8:00am-9:15am Talk Presentation Session title: Roads, […]

Strong GeoGator showing at FSG

Posted on February 19, 2021

There will be a strong GeoGator presence at the 57th Annual Meeting of the Florida Society of Geographers this Saturday the 20th of February. Whether you want to learn about risk perceptions, coastal flooding, land use change, rural violence, riparian erosion and siltation, extreme rainfall, disease transmission, or park conservation, we’ve got you covered! Physical Geography (Moderator […]

Spatiotemporal changes in vegetation greenness across continental Ecuador: a Pacific-Andean-Amazonian gradient, 1982–2010

Posted on December 30, 2020

HARO-CARRIÓN, SOUTHWORTH, WAYLEN – Spatiotemporal changes in vegetation greenness across continental Ecuador: a Pacific-Andean-Amazonian gradient, 1982–2010 Xavier Haro-Carrión, Peter Waylen, & Jane Southworth Article first published online: 30 DEC 2020 Journal of Land Use Science DOI: 10.1080/1747423X.2020.1866705 ABSTRACT: The tropics are greening, but little is known about greening patterns in the tropical Andes. Using Normalized […]

GeoGator Grad Students get high Altmetic Exposure

Posted on September 2, 2020

Recent publications by Graduate Students from the Dynamic Amazonia group are getting high Altmetic Exposure. Congratulations to Aghane, Mike, and Dr. Maira! C. S. Simmons, L. Famolare, M. Maceido, R, T. Walker, M. Coe, E. Arima, D. Valle, R. Munoz Carpena, B. Scheffers, C. Fraisee, D. Juhn, M. Diniz (r), M. Diniz (r), C. Szlafsztein, […]

Mike Waylen

He/Him/They kilgoretrout89@ufl.edu Curriculum Vita Focus Area: Sustainability & Global Environmental Change State of Origin: Florida Degree Program: PhD Entered Program: Fall 2017 Expected Graduation: Spring 2022 Dissertation Topic: Political Ecology of Water in Northcentral Florida Research Statement: My research interests broadly encompass human-environment interaction with a focus on quantitative and qualitative approaches to political ecology […]

GeoGator Class of 2020 Commencement

Posted on May 4, 2020

The Department of Geography Commencement for the GeoGator Class of 2020 was held online for the very first time on the 2nd of May, 2020. Watch the whole ceremony here! https://youtu.be/Z5_jfndqzrg Excerpts Dr. Jane Southworth addresses GeoGator Class of 2020 Dunkle Award Winner Sara Shir addresses GeoGator Class of 2020 Dr. Jason Blackburn addresses GeoGator Class […]

Regionalization of Annual Precipitation in Ghana

Posted on February 7, 2020

CAPPS, WAYLEN – Regionalization of Annual Precipitation in Ghana Holli Capps, Dr. Peter Waylen, Dr. Kwadwo Owusu Poster Presented: 7 FEB 2020 Florida Society of Geographers

A Healthy Park Needs Healthy Vegetation – The Story of Gorongosa National Park in the 21st Century

Posted on February 3, 2020

CHILD, HERRERO, KHATAMI, SOUTHWORTH, WAYLEN, YANG – A Healthy Park Needs Healthy Vegetation – The Story of Gorongosa National Park in the 21st Century Hannah Herrero, Peter Waylen, Jane Southworth, Reza Khatami, Di Yang, Brian Child Article first published online: 03 FEB 2020 Remote Sensing DOI: 10.3390/rs12030476 ABSTRACT: Understanding trends or changes in biomass and […]

Avoiding Amazonian Catastrophes: Prospects for Conservation in the 21st Century

Posted on October 25, 2019

ANTUNES, IRIGARAY CASTRO, SIMMONS, WALKER, WAYLEN – Avoiding Amazonian Catastrophes: Prospects for Conservation in the 21st Century Robert Toovey Walker, Cynthia Simmons, Eugenio Arima, Yankuic Galvan-Miyoshi, Aghane Antunes, Michael Waylen, and Maíra Irigaray Article first published online: 25 OCT 2019 One Earth DOI: 10.1016/j.oneear.2019.09.009 ABSTRACT: A new threat now confronts the Amazon in the form […]

Fruitful Collaborations for Dr. Waylen and Dr. Bunting

Posted on September 11, 2019

Dr. Peter Waylen saw the first fruits of a collaboration with Dr. Chris Annear (Anthropology, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY) in a paper entitled Socializing the rain: human adaptation to ecological variability in a fishery, Mweru-Luapula, Zambia, which appeared during the summer in the Journal of Political Ecology. Chris is a young Anthropologist […]

Interannual Hydroclimatic Variability of the Lake Mweru Basin, Zambia

Posted on August 29, 2019

BUNTING, WAYLEN – Interannual Hydroclimatic Variability of the Lake Mweru Basin, Zambia Peter Waylen, Christopher Annear, and Erin Bunting Article first published online: 29 AUG 2019 Water DOI: 10.3390/w11091801 ABSTRACT: Annual precipitation inputs to the Lake Mweru basin, Zambia, were computed from historic data and recent gridded data sets to determine historic (1925–2013) changes in […]

Socializing the rain: human adaptation to ecological variability in a fishery, Mweru-Luapula, Zambia

Posted on August 23, 2019

WAYLEN – Socializing the rain: human adaptation to ecological variability in a fishery, Mweru-Luapula, Zambia Christopher M. Annear, Peter R. Waylen Article first published online: 23 AUG 2019 Journal of Political Ecology DOI: 10.2458/v26i1.23246 ABSTRACT: Rainfall drives fishery fertility in Mweru-Luapula, thus rainfall variability contributes to frequent changes in fishing catches. Fishers and traders have […]

SEDAAG World Geography Bowl teams takes home second prize!

Posted on April 11, 2019

GeoGator Mike Waylen (on right, wearing UF Geography shirt) representing. SEDAAG to take second place in the in the World Geography Bowl at the 2019 meeting of the American Association of Geographers. Well done, Mike!

A 21st Century Agenda in Support of Amazonian Conservation

Posted on January 23, 2019

Associate Professor Dr. Cynthia Simmons and a team of international scholars – including UF Geography’s Dr. Robert Walker, Mike Waylen, and Aghane Antunes – present a strategy for achieving sustainable development in Amazonia, given global climate change and the massive infrastructure program planned for the region, in their latest paper Science in support of Amazonian […]

Discipline and Develop: Destruction of the Brazil Nut Forest in the Lower Amazon Basin

Posted on December 20, 2018

ANTUNES, SIMMONS, WALKER, WAYLEN – Discipline and Develop: Destruction of the Brazil Nut Forest in the Lower Amazon Basin Cynthia S. Simmons, Robert Walker, Stephen Aldrich, Eugenio Arima, Ritaumaria Pereira, Edna Maria Ramos de Castro, Fernando Michelotti, Michael Waylen, & Aghane Antunes Article first published online: 20 DEC 2018 The Annals of the American Association […]

Science in support of Amazonian conservation in the 21st century: the case of Brazil

Posted on November 14, 2018

ANTUNES, SIMMONS, WALKER, WAYLEN – Science in support of Amazonian conservation in the 21st century: the case of Brazil Cynthia S. Simmons, Lisa Famolare, Marcia N. Macedo, Robert T. Walker, Michael T. Coe, Brett Scheffers, Eugenio Arima, Rafael Munoz-Carpena, Denis Valle, Clyde Fraisse, Paul Moorcroft, Marcelo Diniz, Marcia Diniz, Claudio Szlafsztein, Ritaumaria Pereira, Cesar Ruiz, […]

Understanding Long-Term Savanna Vegetation Persistence across Three Drainage Basins in Southern Africa

Posted on June 25, 2018

BUNTING, SOUTHWORTH, HERRERO, RYAN, WAYLEN – Understanding Long-Term Savanna Vegetation Persistence across Three Drainage Basins in Southern Africa Erin L. Bunting , Jane Southworth, Hannah Herrero, Sadie J. Ryan, and Peter Waylen Article first published online: 25 JUN 2018 Remote Sens. 2018, 10(7), 1013 DOI: 10.3390/rs10071013 ABSTRACT: Across savanna landscapes of southern Africa, people are […]

UFGeog at AAG 2018

Posted on March 16, 2018

The UF Geography Department is sending a large contingent to New Orleans for the 2018 meeting of the American Association of Geographers Find out where you can see a GeoGator present their research below: Anthropogenic change to fluvial systems, I Geomorphology Specialty Group, Paleoenvironmental Change Specialty Group, Water Resources Specialty Group 4/10/2018 8:20 AM Balcony […]

Extreme floods and their relationship with tropical cyclones in Puerto Rico

Posted on September 12, 2017

HERNANDEZ AYALA, KEELLINGS, WAYLEN, MATYAS – Extreme floods and their relationship with tropical cyclones in Puerto Rico José J. Hernández Ayala, David Keellings, Peter R. Waylen & Corene J. Matyas Article first published online: 12 SEPT 2017 Hydrological Sciences Journal DOI: 10.1080/02626667.2017.1368521 ABSTRACT: An extreme value analysis (EVA) point process approach has been implemented to […]

Andre McFadden receives Best Paper award from UF’s Journal of Undergraduate Research

Posted on March 31, 2016

Recent Geography graduate Mr. Andre McFadden II just received the Best Paper award in the Physical Science Category from UF’s Journal of Undergraduate Research for his paper El Niño – Southern Oscillation and it’s Effect on Rainfall Patterns in the Lake Mweru Basin, Zambia. Andre graduated with a B.A. in Geography with a Certificate in Meteorology and […]

Job Announcement: Health and Social Change in Africa

Posted on January 8, 2016

The University of Florida is looking for a new faculty member in the area of ‘Health and Social Change in Africa’. This preeminence position is for exceptional candidates at the Assistant level, or Associate or Full Professors. This position would be in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) which is home to many departments, […]

Analysis of Historical Streamflow Trends of the Santa Fe River, Florida, 1932–2012

Posted on November 24, 2015

VAN HORN, WAYLEN – Analysis of Historical Streamflow Trends of the Santa Fe River, Florida, 1932–2012 Jessy Van Horn, James Richardson, Peter Waylen Article first published online: Fall 2015 Southeastern Geographer DOI: 10.1353/sgo.2015.0022 ABSTRACT: Annual mean, maxima, minima and flow duration curves are examined on the unregulated, rural Santa Fe drainage basin in north Florida, 1932–2012. Irrigation […]

Passion for Hydropower

Posted on November 3, 2015

Geography PhD candidate Johanna Engstrom recently published her master’s thesis Effect of Northern Hemisphere Teleconnections on the Hydropower Production in Southern Sweden, which explores the climate drivers of hydropower production in southern Sweden, in the Journal of Water Resource Planning and Management. In addition to increasing our understanding of what large scale atmospheric drivers affect this region, the […]

Changes in vegetation persistence across global savanna landscapes, 1982–2010

Posted on August 14, 2015

SOUTHWORTH, BUNTING, RYAN, HERRERO, WAYLEN – Changes in vegetation persistence across global savanna landscapes, 1982–2010 J. Southworth, L. Zhu, E. Bunting, S.J. Ryan, H. Herrero, P.R. Waylen & M.J. Hill Article first published online: 14 Aug 2015 Journal of Land Use Science DOI: 10.1080/1747423X.2015.1071439 ABSTRACT: We present a global analysis of the changing face of […]

Dr. Peter Waylen named Gibson Term Professor

Posted on May 1, 2013

“Dr. Peter Waylen has been named a Robin and Jean Gibson Term Professor for 2013-2014. The honor recognizes faculty members who demonstrate excellence in scholarship, teaching, and service, and carries a salary bonus and a small amount of research support. These professorships are funded entirely by private donors to the college for rewarding top faculty […]

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