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Mark Altaweel

Mark Altaweel is a Reader in Near Eastern Archaeology at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London, having held previous appointments and joint appointments at the University of Chicago, University of Alaska, and Argonne National Laboratory. Mark has an undergraduate degree in Anthropology and Masters and PhD degrees from the University of Chicago’s Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations.
Two maps showing chloride water sample levels.

Kriging in Geography

March 16, 2022 by Mark Altaweel

Spatial kriging is a type of spatial interpolation technique that is frequently used to estimate raster values.

Categories GIS Tags kriging, statistical surfaces
Diagram of the fast carbon cycle shows the movement of carbon between land, atmosphere, and oceans.(Diagram adapted from U.S. DOE, Biological and Environmental Research Information System.)

Understanding How Carbon Storage Can Help Meet Climate Goals

January 13, 2022 by Mark Altaweel

The storage of carbon is a critical part of rebalancing the carbon cycle to ensure that climate change is less severe than many predict.

Categories Geography Basics Tags carbon storage, climate change
Stray cats at the São Jorge Castle in Lisbon, Portugal.

Mapping Feral and Stray Cats

May 15, 2022October 13, 2021 by Mark Altaweel

Conservationists are using GIS and GPS to map out feral cat movements to understand impacts on native species.

Categories Biogeography Tags feral cats
Photo of fruits and vegetables in a store.

Spatial Analysis of Inflation and the Impact of the Pandemic

September 17, 2021 by Mark Altaweel

As countries continue to recover from the Covid epidemic, the latest economic worry is that growing prices and shortages would significantly impact the larger economy.

Categories Economic Geography Tags economy recovery, inflation, pandemic
Set of maps illustrating how researchers used deep learning to map trees in West Africa.

Mapping Trees in West Africa

October 14, 2021July 24, 2021 by Mark Altaweel

Researchers used high resolution satellite imagery and machine learning to map trees in West Africa.

Categories Biogeography Tags Africa, forest mapping, machine learning, NASA, satellite imagery
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