Dr. Dawn Wright
Seafloor mapper and Aquanaut, Chief Scientist of smart mapping company Esri, Oregon State U. GIS/oceans professor, cyclist, 1st Black diver to #ChallengerDeep, builds w/LEGO, raised in Hawaii. She/her/ella
Opinion | Forcing Biden Out Would Have Only One Beneficiary: Trumpwww.nytimes.com Instead of clearing the way for victory, liberals may well be paving the way for defeat.
It’s Time to Ban Fireworks. Here’s Why I’m Right.www.outsideonline.com Fifteen minutes of ooh-ing and ah-ing isn’t worth the wildfire risk, pollution, and trauma to wildlife
Researchers designed a test of “carbon competence.” Pretty much everyone failed.www.anthropocenemagazine.org The findings suggest people don’t have the background knowledge to accurately judge the effectiveness of climate actions.
Action plan outlines ways to help protect children from climate hazards » Yale Climate Connectionsyaleclimateconnections.org It calls for more air quality monitoring near schools, among other potential actions.
extendr: Frictionless bindings for R and Rustjoss.theoj.org Reimert et al., (2024). extendr: Frictionless bindings for R and Rust. Journal of Open Source Software, 9(99), 6394, https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.06394
Hurricane Beryl becomes Category 4 storm on its way through Caribbeanwww.washingtonpost.com Hurricane Beryl, a Category 4 monster that could intensify to Category 4, is expected to slam the Lesser Antilles islands with potential “life-threatening” impact.
The Vanishing Islands That Failed to Vanishwww.nytimes.com Low-lying tropical island nations were expected to be early victims of rising seas. But research tells a surprising story: Many islands are stable. Some have even grown.
The Power of Where: New Book Explores How Interactive Web Maps Are Emerging as the Most Powerful Way to Understand Complexitywww.esri.com This book, The Power of Where, demonstrate the value of using geographic science to create better understanding to transform the world.
How the grid came to shape the US landscapewww.nature.com Science and reason underpinned early surveys, but sociopolitical ideals left their mark on the nation too, a historical account concludes. Science and reason underpinned early surveys, but sociopoliti...
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Why Juneteenth matters for sciencewww.nature.com In the light of US court rulings on racism in science and affirmative action in higher education, commemorating the emancipation of enslaved African Americans is ever more important. In the light of U...
Instead of Mining the Deep Sea, Maybe People Should Just Fix Stuffwww.wired.com A new report contends that deep sea mining is not only an environmental risk, it’s also not going to help meet the world’s renewable energy needs.
What the Titan failure has taught us about exploring the deep oceanwww.bbc.com One year ago, the Titan submersible was lost while visiting the wreck of the Titanic. Ocean explorer Victor Vescovo explains why the mishap could make future deep-ocean voyages safer.
Stanford’s top disinformation research group collapses under pressurewapo.st The Stanford Internet Observatory provided real-time analysis on viral election falsehoods, but has struggled amid attacks from conservative politicians and activists.
People Can Do Way More Than Not Get Lost: How High-Tech Maps Are Unlocking Smarter Solutionswww.forbes.com Modern mapping powered by GIS can bring vast amounts of data together, facilitate global collaboration, and help model future events to make smarter decisions.
The Titan Submersible Disaster Shocked the World. The Inside Story Is More Disturbing Than Anyone Imaginedwww.wired.com A year after OceanGate’s sub imploded, thousands of leaked documents and interviews with ex-employees reveal how the company’s CEO cut corners, ignored warnings, and lied in his fatal quest to reach t...
Baltimore shipping channel fully reopens after massive cleanupwapo.st With wreckage from the Key Bridge cleared, the original 700-foot wide and 50-foot deep shipping channel opened Monday, boosting hopes for an economic revival.
John Oliver on deep-sea mining: ‘Time that we stop treating the deep ocean as something to exploit’www.theguardian.com Last Week Tonight host discusses the deep ocean and the private company looking to mine it for precious metals.
Secretary Deb Haaland Has Made Historic Progress at the Department of the Interiorwww.americanprogress.org Deb Haaland, the 54th U.S. secretary of the interior, has delivered historic conservation policies and made groundbreaking progress in addressing the treatment of Tribal and Indigenous peoples in the ...