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Research profile

I am a geographer, working on sustainable agriculture/managed ecosystems and climate in Africa. After my PhD at Clark University in the northeastern US, I undertook a NOAA Global & Climate Change postdoctoral fellowship at the International Research Institute for Climate Prediction (IRI) at Columbia University in New York; co-hosted by the Pennsylvania State University.  My research focus is on drylands, with experience throughout the SADC region and on the continent.  I have served as the co-chair for the Intergovernmental Panel on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Africa Assessment (www.ipbes.net), as a Coordinating Lead Author (CLA) on the Forests and Water Assessment of the Global Forestry Expert Panels (GFEP).

Qualifications

• B.A. (Environmental and Geographical Science; Social Anthropology); University of Cape Town
• B.A. Honours (Environmental and Geographical Science); University of Cape Town
• PhD (Geography); Clark University, USA

Courses presented

• ENV 201 - Envirnmental Sciences (2020-present)
• ENV 301 - Human Environmental Interactions (2019-present)
• ENV 810 - Environmental Paradigms (2019-present)

National & international involvement

• Academic Editor for PLOS ONE
• Editor in Chief for PLOS Climate
• Editor for Weather, Climate and Society
• Author on the IPCC/IPBES joint report

Research publications (journals since 2013)

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• Archer, ERM, du Toit, J, Engelbrecht, C, Hoffman, MT, Landman, WA, Malherbe, J, Stern, M, (2022). The 2015-19 multi year drought in the Eastern Cape, South Africa: it's evolution and impacts on agriculture. Journal of Arid Environments, 196,104630.
• Archer, ERM, Males, J (2022) PLOS Climate: A new, inclusive home for open climate research. PLOS Climate,1, 2, e0000015.
• Meyfroidt, P, de Bremond, A, Ryan, CM, Archer, ERM, Aspinall, R, Chhabra, A, Camara, G, Corbera, E, DeFries, R, Díaz, S (2022) Ten facts about land systems for sustainability. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,119, 7, e2109217118.
• Shin, Y-J, Midgley, GF, Archer, ERM, Arneth, A, Barnes, DKA, Chan, L, Hashimoto, S, Hoegh‐Guldberg, O, Insarov, GGregory, Leadley, P (2022). Actions to halt biodiversity loss generally benefit the climate. Global Change Biology, 28, 9, 2846-2874.
• Vincent, K, Archer, ERM, Bruno Soares, M, Dougill, AJ, Funk, C (2022) Extreme Events in the Developing World. Frontiers in Climate, 57.
• Akanbi TR, Thando, Ndarana, Davis, N, Emma, E (2021). Integrated assessment of the influence of climate change on current and future intra-annual water availability in the Vaal River catchment. Journal of Water and Climate Change, 12, 2,533-551.
• Archer, ERM, Dziba, LE, Mulongoy, KJ, Maoela, MA, Walters, M, Biggs, R, Salem, MC, DeClerck, F, Diaw, MC, Dunham, AE (2021). Biodiversity and ecosystem services on the African continent–What is changing, and what are our options? Environmental Development, 27,100558.
• Archer, ERM, Landman, WA, Malherbe, J, Maluleke, P, Weepener, H (2021). Managing climate risk in livestock production in South Africa: How might improved tailored forecasting contribute? Climate Risk Management, 32, 100312.
• Henriksson, R, Vincent, K, Archer, ERM, Jewitt, G (2021). Understanding gender differences in availability, accessibility and use of climate information among smallholder farmers in Malawi. Climate and Development,13,6,503-514.
• Nyoni, NMB, Grab, S, Archer, ERM, Hetem, R (2021). Perceived impacts of climate change on rural poultry production: a case study in Limpopo Province, South Africa. Climate and Development, 1-9.
• Nyoni, N, Grab, S, Archer, ERM, Malherbe, J (2021). Temperature and relative humidity trends in the northernmost region of South Africa, 1950-2016. South African Journal of Science,117,11-12,1-11.
• Pörtner, H-O, Scholes, RJ, Agard, J, Archer, ERM, Arneth, A, Bai, X, Barnes, D, Burrows, M, Chan, L, Cheung, WL, (2021). IPBES-IPCC co-sponsored workshop report on biodiversity and climate change, Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem.
• Theron, SN, Archer, ERM, Midgley, SJE, Walker, S (2021). Agricultural perspectives on the 2015-2018 western cape drought, South Africa: Characteristics and spatial variability in the core wheat growing regions. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 304,108405.
• Zinyemba, C, Archer, ERM, Rother, H-A (2021). Climate Change, Pesticides and Health: Considering the Risks and Opportunities of Adaptation for Zimbabwean Smallholder Cotton Growers. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18, 1, 121.
• Archer, E, Dziba, LE, Mulongoy, KJ, Maoela, MA, Walters, M, Biggs, R, Salem, MC, DeClerck, F, Diaw, MC, Dunham, AE, Failler, P (2020). Biodiversity and ecosystem services on the African continent – What is changing, and what are our options?  Environmental Development, 100558.
• Henriksson, R, Vincent, K, Archer, E Jewitt, G (2020). Understanding gender differences in availability, accessibility and use of climate information among smallholder farmers in Malawi. Climate and Development, 1-12.
• Huntington, HP, Archer, E, Ashley, WS, Cutter, SL, Goldstein, MA, Roncoli, C, Spero, TL (2020). Data Availability Principles and Practice. Weather, Climate and Society.
• Landman WA, Archer E, Tadross MA (2020). Citizen Science for the Prediction of Climate Extremes in South Africa and Namibia, Frontier in Climate, 2 (5), pp. 1 - 8.doi: 10.3389/fclim.2020.00005
• Olabanji,MF, Ndarana T, Davis NC, Archer E (2020). Climate change impact on water availability in the olifants catchment (South Africa) with potential adaptation strategies. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth Parts. A/B/C, 120, 102939.
• Pardoe J, Conway D, Archer E, Dougill A, Mkwambisi D, Tembo-Nhlema D (2020). Evolution of national climate adaptation agendas in Malawi, Tanzania and Zambia: the role of national leadership and international donors. Regional Environmental Change, 20 (4), 1 - 16.
• Remilekun, AT, Ndarana,T, Davis,N, Archer, E (2020). Integrated assessment of the influence of climate change on current and future intra-annual water availability in the Vaal River catchment. Journal of Water and Climate Change.
  Vincent, K, Archer, E, Henriksson, R, Pardoe, J, Mittal, N (2020). Reflections on a key component of co-producing climate services: Defining climate metrics from user needs. Climate Services, 20, 100204.
• Vincent K, Conway D, Dougis A, Pardoe J, Archer E, Bhave A, Henriksson R, Mittal N, Mkwambisi D, Rouhaud E, Tembo-Nhlema D (2020). Re-balancing climate services to inform climate-resilient planning – A conceptual framework and illustrations from sub-Saharan Africa. Climate Risk Management, 29, 100242.
• Creed, IF, Jones, JJ, Arcger van Garderen, E, Claassen, M, Ellison, D, McNulty, SG, van Noordwijk, M, Vira, B, Wei, X, Bishop, K, Blanco, JA, Gush, M, Gyawali, D, Jobbágy, E, Lara, A, Little, C, Martin-Ortega, J, Mukherij, A, Murdiyarso, D, Pol, PO, Sullivan, CA, Xu, J (2019). Managing forests for both downstream and downwind water. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change - Forest Hydrology. doi: 10.3389/ffgc.2019.00064
• Archer, ERM, Landman WA, Malherbe, J, Tadross, M, Pretorius, S (2019).  South Africa’s winter rainfall region drought: a region in transition? Climate Risk Management. Volume 25, 2019, 100188. doi: 10.1016/j.crm.2019.100188
• Archer, E.R.M. (2019)  In press.  Learning from South Africa’s recent summer rainfall droughts – how might we think differently about response? Area.
• Creed, I.F.,  Van Noordwik, M., McNulty, S.G., Archer, E.R.M., Jones, J.A., Wei, X., Claasen, M., Vira, B., Ellison, D. (2019) Combining Science and Policy to Manage Forests for Water.  Under review for Nature Sustainability.
• Zinyemba, C., Archer. E. & Rother, H-A. (2019). In Press. Climate Variability, Perceptions and Political Ecology: Factors Influencing Changes in Pesticide Use Over 30 Years by Zimbabwean Smallholder Cotton Producers.  PlosOne. 
• Maluleke, P., Landman, W.A., Malherbe, J. & Archer, E. (2018). Seasonal forecasts for the Limpopo Province in estimating deviations from grazing capacity. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 1-10.
• Nyoni, N.M.B., Grab, S. & Archer, E.R.M.  (2018). Heat stress and chickens: climate risk effects on rural poultry farming in low-income countries, Climate and Development, DOI: 10.1080/17565529.2018.1442792
• Kusangaya, S, Warburton, M.L. & Archer van Garderen, E.R. M.  (2018).  Evaluation of uncertainty in capturing the spatial variability and magnitudes of extreme hydrological events for the uMngeni catchment, South Africa. Journal of Hydrology. doi:c10.1016/j.jhydrol.2018.01.017
• Kusangaya, S.,  Warburton-Toucher, M. and  & Archer, E.  (2017).  Use of ACRU, a distributed hydrological model, to evaluate how errors from downscaled rainfall are propagated in simulated runoff.  Hydrological Sciences Journal  62 (12), 1995-2011.
• Archer, E.R.M., Landman, W., Tadross, M., Malherbe, J., Weepener, H., Maluleke, P. & Marumbwa, F. (2017).  Understanding the evolution of the 2014-2016 summer rainfall seasons in southern Africa:  key lessons.  Climate Risk Management, 16, 22-28.
• Kusangaya, S., Warburton-Toucher, M., Archer van Garderen, E. & Jewitt, G.  (2016).  An evaluation of how downscaled climate data represents historical precipitation characteristics beyond the means and variances.  Global and Planetary Change, 144, 129 - 141.
• Ziervogel, G., Archer van Garderen, E. & Price, P.  (2016).  Strengthening the science–policy interface through co-production of a climate adaptation plan: leveraging opportunities in Bergrivier Municipality, South Africa.  Environment and Urbanization.  DOI: 10.1177/0956247816647340
• Conway, D.,  Archer van Garderen. E., Deryng, D., Dorling, S.,  Krueger, T., Landman, W., Lankford, B., Lebek, K., Osborn, T.J., Ringler, C., Thurlow, J., Zhu, T., & Dalin, C. 2015.   Climate and southern Africa’s water-energy-food nexus. Nature Climate Change,  5, 837–846.  
• Wise, R. M., Fazey, I., Smith, M. S., Park, S. E., Eakin, H. C., Archer van Garderen, E. R.M. and Campbell, B.  2014. Reconceptualising adaptation to climate change as part of pathways of change and response. Global Environmental Change, 28, 325-336.
• Ziervogel, G., New, M., Archer van Garderen, E., Midgley, G., Hamann, R., Taylor, A., Stuart-Hill, S., Warburton-Toucher, M. and Myers, J.  2014.   Climate change impacts and adaptation in South Africa. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change, 5(5), 605-620.
• Lötter, D., Archer van Garderen, E. R.M., Tadross, M. and Valentine, A. J. 2014. Seasonal variation in the nitrogen nutrition and carbon assimilation in wild and cultivated Aspalathus linearis (rooibos tea). Australian Journal of Botany  62(1), 65-73.
• Winsemius, H. C., Dutra, E., Engelbrecht, F. A., Archer Van Garderen, E., Wetterhall, F., Pappenberger, F., & Werner, M. G. F.  (2014).  The potential value of seasonal forecasts in a changing climate in southern Africa.  Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 18(4), 1525-1538.    
• Kusangaya, S., Warburton, M. L., Van Garderen, E. A., & Jewitt, G. P.  (2014). Impacts of climate change on water resources in southern Africa: A review.  Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Parts A/B/C,  67, 47-54.

Research publications (book chapters, research reports, theses)

• Jones, J.A., Wei, X., Archer, E., Bishop, K., Blanco, J.A., Ellison, D., Gush, M.B., McNulty, S.G., van Noordwijk, M. & Creed, I.F. (2020). Forest-water interactions under global change. In: Forest-Water Interactions (pp. 589-624). Springer, Cham.  
• McNulty, S.G., Archer, E., Gush, M., van Noordwijk, M.,  Ellison, D., Blanco, J.A., , Xu, J., Bishop, K., Wei, X, Vira, B., Creed, I.F.,  Mukherji, A., Baca, A. , Serran, J., Harper, R.J. , Aldred, D.  & Sullivan, C.A.   (2018).  Determinants of the Forest-Water Relationship. In: Irena F. Creed and Meine van Noordwijk (Eds.). Forest and Water on a Changing Planet: Vulnerability, Adaptation and Governance Opportunities. A Global Assessment Report. Chapter 3. IUFRO World Series Volume 38.  Vienna. 192 p.
• Jones, J.A., Wei, X., van Noordwijk, M., Creed, I.F. , Gush, M., Ellison, D., Blanco, J.A. , Bishop, K., McNulty, S.G.,  Archer, E. ,  Bargués Tobella, A.,) Bruijnzeel, L.A., Duinker, P., Foster, D., Gebrekirstos, A., Giles-Hansen, K., Hacket-Pain, A., Harper, R.J., Ilstedt, U., Li, Q., Liao, Y., Malmer, A., Mwangi, H., Orland, C., Steenberg, J., Wang, Y, Worthy, F, Xu, J. & Zhang, M. 2018.  Forest Landscape Hydrology in a ‘New Normal’ Era of Climate and Land Use Change. In: Irena F. Creed and Meine van Noordwijk (Eds.). Forest and Water on a Changing Planet: Vulnerability, Adaptation and Governance Opportunities. A Global Assessment Report. Chapter 3. IUFRO World Series Volume 38. Vienna. 192 p.
• Creed, I.F.,  van Noordwijk, M., Archer, E., Claassen, M., Ellison, D., Jones, J.A., McNulty, S.G., Vira, B. & Wei, X. 2018.  Forest, Trees and Water on a Changing Planet: How Contemporary Science Can Inform Policy and Practice. In: Irena F. Creed & Meine van Noordwijk (Eds.). Forest and Water on a Changing Planet: Vulnerability, Adaptation and Governance Opportunities. A Global Assessment Report. Chapter 8 IUFRO World Series Volume 38. Vienna. 192 p.
• IPBES (2018). Summary for policymakers of the regional assessment report on biodiversity and ecosystem services for Africa of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services. E. Archer, L. E. Dziba, K. J. Mulongoy, M. A. Maoela, M. Walters, R. Biggs, M-C. Cormier-Salem, F. DeClerck, M. C. Diaw, L. A. E. Dunham, P. Failler, C. Gordon, M. W. Halmy, K. A. Harhash, R. Kasisi, F. Kizito, A. Mensah, L. Tito de Morais, W. D. Nyingi, N. Oguge, B. Osman-Elasha, L.C. Stringer, A. Assogbadjo, B. N. Egoh, K. Heubach, L. Pereira and N. Sitas (Eds.). IPBES secretariat, Bonn, Germany. 40  p.
• Archer, E., Engelbrecht, F., Hänsler, A., Landman, W., Tadross, M. & Helmschrot, J. (2018). Seasonal  prediction and regional climate projections for southern Africa. In: Climate change and adaptive land management in southern Africa – assessments, changes, challenges, and solutions. Revermann, R., Krewenka, K.M., Schmiedel, U., Olwoch, J.M., Helmschrot, J. & Jürgens, N. (Ed.), 14-21, Biodiversity & Ecology, 6, Klaus Hess Publishers, Göttingen & Windhoek. doi:10.7809/b-e.00296
• Esler, K.J. and Archer, E.R.M. (2018).  Southern African Biomes. In:  Holmes, P.J. and Boardman, J. (Eds).  South African Landscapes and Environmental Change.  Routledge
• Davis, C., Engelbrecht, F., Tadross, M., Wolski, P. & Archer, E.  (2018).  Future climate change over southern Africa. Chapter 3 in Mambo, J. and Faccer, K. (Eds).  South African Risk and Vulnerability Atlas 2^nd edition.  Department of Science and Technology: Pretoria, South Africa.
• Cobon, D. H., W. E. Baethgen, W. Landman, A. Williams, E. Archer van Garderen, P. Johnston, J. Malherbe, P. Maluleke, I. Ben Kgakatsi & P. Davis. (2017). Agroclimatology in Grasslands. In: J. L. Hatfield, M. V.K. Sivakumar, J. H. Prueger (Eds.), Agroclimatology: Linking Agriculture to Climate, Agronomy Monograph, 60. ASA, CSSA, and SSSA, Madison, WI. doi:10.2134/agronmonogr60.2016.0013
• Koelle, B,  Slabbert, E,  Koopman,A, Oettle, N,  Archer, E,  & Kotze, D. 2016. Livestock Farming under Climate Change Conditions.  Indigo Development and Change:  Nieuwoudtville. 
• Oettlé, N., Lindeque, L., du Toit, J., Samuels, I., Osler, A., Vetter, S. & van Garderen, E.A. (2016). Agriculture. In: Scholes, R., Lochner, P., Schreiner, G., Snyman-Van der Walt, L. and de Jager, M. (Eds.). Shale Gas Development in the Central Karoo: A Scientific Assessment of the Opportunities and Risks. CSIR/IU/021MH/EXP/2016/003/A, ISBN 978-0-7988-5631-7.
• Archer van Garderen, E., Davis, C. & Tadross, M.  (2015).  A changing environment for livestock in South Africa.  In: Emel, J. & Neo, H. (Eds.). Political Ecologies of Meat. Chapter 5. Routledge:  Oxford & New York.  368 pp.
• Oettle, N., Koelle, B., Law, S., Parring, S., Schmiedel, U., Archer van Garderen, E. & Bekele, T.  (2015).  Participatory Adaptation Handbook:  A practitioner’s guide for facilitating people centred adaptation to climate change.  Indigo Development and Change, 121 pp.