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
Only 4% of national TV news segments about Hurricane Beryl mentioned climate changewww.mediamatters.org Hurricane Beryl, the first hurricane of the 2024 Atlantic season, rapidly intensified to a Category 5 storm by July 2, becoming the earliest recorded Category 5 hurricane in an Atlantic hurricane seas...
Project 2025: The Plan To Seize Power by Gutting America’s System of Checks and Balanceswww.americanprogress.org Project 2025—and the budget plans it has spawned—would erode Americans’ personal freedoms and harm the middle class, starting by consolidating power in the presidency just as authoritarian governments...
Staff and pupils allowed late Monday starts after England play in Euros finalwww.theguardian.com Some supermarkets closing early before game and opening late and at least one school expecting delayed arrivals
Margaret Leinen to Step Down as Vice Chancellor and Scripps Director in 2025scripps.ucsd.edu Following more than a decade of service to UC San Diego, Margaret Leinen will step down from her role as Vice Chancellor for Marine Sciences, Dean of the School of Marine Sciences and Director of Scri...
A Sea of Hope | Great Barrier Reefyoutu.be Australia's Great Barrier Reef is facing a mass coral bleaching event, driven by climate change and an El Niño climate pattern. Coral reefs, which can take 1...
After wildfires destroyed Lahaina, the battle to restore an ancient ecosystem will shape the town’s future.wapo.st A wetland restoration project is bringing hope to Maui residents who want to honor Lahaina’s history and return water to the town after last year’s fires.
No One Knows Exactly How Many People Are Dying From Extreme Heatwww.bloomberg.com Rising temperatures are killing a growing number of people around the world. Academics, doctors and government officials are struggling to keep track.
As ocean surfaces acidify, a deep-sea acidic zone is expanding: marine habitats are being squeezedtheconversation.com By the end of the century, half the world’s deep ocean could be acidic – with serious consequences for some marine animals.
Trump will dismantle key US weather and science agency, climate experts fear | Donald Trump | The Guardianamp.theguardian.com Plan to break up Noaa claims its research is ‘climate alarmism’ and calls for commercializing forecasts, weakening forecasts
A Presidential Address for This Momentfallows.substack.com ‘We’ll teach them how to say goodbye.’ A dramatic way for Joe Biden to demonstrate his strength, and the nation’s. An imagined speech, with 120 days to go until the election.
No One Knows Exactly How Many People Are Dying From Extreme Heatwww.bloomberg.com Rising temperatures are killing a growing number of people around the world. Academics, doctors and government officials are struggling to keep track.
Scientists relieved by far-right defeat in French election — but they still face uncertaintywww.nature.com With no party winning an outright majority, the vote’s implications for research are unclear. With no party winning an outright majority, the vote’s implications for research are unclear.
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.