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Dr. Dawn Wright

@deepseadawn.bsky.social

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Seafloor mapper, Chief Scientist of smart mapping company Esri, Oregon State U. GIS/oceans professor, EC50, cyclist, 1st Black submersible diver to Challenger Deep, builds w/LEGO, raised in Hawaii. NAS, NAE, ORCID 0000-0002-2997-7611; She/her; views mine .. more

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Dawn Jeannine Wright is an American geographer and oceanographer. She is a leading authority in the application of geographic information system (GIS) technology to the field of ocean and coastal science and played a key role in creating the first GIS data model for the oceans. Wright is Chief Scientist of the Environmental Systems Research Institute (Esri). She has also been a professor of geography and oceanography at Oregon State University since 1995 and is a former Oregon Professor of the Year as named by the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Wright was the first Black female to dive to the ocean floor in the deep submersible ALVIN. On July 12, 2022, she became the first and only Black person to dive to Challenger Deep, the deepest point on Earth, and to successfully operate a side scan sonar at full-ocean depth. .. more

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Dr. Dawn Wright @deepseadawn.bsky.social · Nov 8

What did we see upon 1st touching bottom, at 10,900+m depth w/in #ChallengerDeep? A BEER BOTTLE! 😫 Further evidence that we MUST as humanity do BETTER by the ocean and for the health of habitats that we ourselves share & ultimately depend on!!! #ThereIsNoPlanetB #DeeperSeaDawn

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Dr. Dawn Wright @deepseadawn.bsky.social · 7h

new blog post from www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/...

You searched for | ArcGIS Blog

www.esri.com

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Dr. Dawn Wright @deepseadawn.bsky.social · 13h

Seamounts of Cabo Verde: A review of their ecological and economic significance, anthropogenic impacts, and conservation needs
#openaccess

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Idealized representation of the Cabo Verde Seamounts (oceanographic processes, faunal groups, depth zones, and human activities) based on the information compiled in the paper. On the top of the figure, location of the two most extensively studied seamounts—Cadamosto (southwest of Brava) and Senghor (northeast of Sal).

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Reposted by Gavin A. Schmidt, Dawn J. Wright, Charles Antaki , and 1 more Gavin A. Schmidt, Dawn J. Wright, Charles Antaki, Glenn Branch

Climate.us @climate.us · 13h

Climate(.)gov wasn't built in a day. It wasn't even built in a year. It is a big, complicated site that we don't just want to rebuild but also improve with Climate.us.

Realistically, this is going to take some time. However, we want to take a moment to remind people what it is that we...
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Climate.us

independent, nonprofit, and immune to politics

Climate.us

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Dr. Dawn Wright @deepseadawn.bsky.social · 14h

Did you know that you can now bring Google Earth Engine data right into ArcGIS Pro?

Here’s a new storymap with details and a link to the tool on @github.com and thoughts on a possible interoperability of GEE and ArcGIS Pro.

storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/bf22...
#gischat #geogchat #geogsky ⚒️ 🌎 🌍 🌏

Bring Google Earth Engine’s Data Right into ArcGIS Pro

Access Google Earth Engine's Data Catalog in ArcGIS Pro

storymaps.arcgis.com

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Dr. Dawn Wright @deepseadawn.bsky.social · 1d

Free webinar TOMORROW to explore how to establish a centralized system to store, visualize, and analyze seafloor data for an offshore wind project.

cc @seabed2030.bsky.social
🌊 🦑 ⚒️ 🌎 🌍 🌏 #GISchat

www.esri.com/en-us/webina...

Explore ArcGIS Bathymetry for Offshore Energy | Webinar

Learn how ArcGIS Bathymetry streamlines seabed data management for offshore wind projects. Register for the webinar.

www.esri.com

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Dr. Dawn Wright @deepseadawn.bsky.social · 1d

Most carbon offsets, which allow polluters to meet their emissions reductions targets by financing climate projects elsewhere, are "junk," says a new review (and as forewarned by @davidho.bsky.social )

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Carbon offsets fail to cut global heating due to ‘intractable’ systemic problems, study says

Analysis of 25 years of evidence shows most schemes are poor quality and fail to lower emissions

www.theguardian.com

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Dr. Dawn Wright @deepseadawn.bsky.social · 1d

#JobAlert #JobOpening #Job

Esri invites you to bring your experience and passion for the nonprofit sector coupled with an understanding of applying geospatial technology to become an integral part of Esri’s Nonprofit account team.

www.esri.com/careers/4906...

Account Manager – Nonprofit Job | Esri Career Opportunity

We invite you to bring your experience and passion for the nonprofit sector coupled with an understanding of applying geospatial technology to become an integral part of Esri’s Nonprofit account team....

www.esri.com

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Dr. Dawn Wright @deepseadawn.bsky.social · 2d

On ocean exploration, Black excellence, and the power of nerdiness ...

New "Black Nerds Matter" podcast

#Blacksky 🌊 🦑 ⚒️ 🌎 🌍 🌏 #geosky #GISchat #geogchat

www.youtube.com/watch?v=GM-6... or

open.spotify.com/episode/1Pwg...

Banner for this episode of Black Nerds Matter showing picture of Dawn Wright with her new Black Nerds Matter coffee cup and t-shirt (both sporting a graphic of a young Black man SCUBA diving through a beautiful coral reef).

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Dr. Dawn Wright @deepseadawn.bsky.social · 2d

Love 😍 this....

New Nobel Prize winner Fred Ramsdall was NOT around to accept his Prize yesterday.

Why? He was "off the grid," "living his best life" on a hiking trip.

#WorkLifeBalance 🧪

www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Scientist learns he has won Nobel prize while on digital detox in US mountains

Fred Ramsdell’s wife switched on her phone and screamed – it was full of messages congratulating her husband

www.theguardian.com

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Reposted by Dawn J. Wright, Glenn Branch

Climate.us @climate.us · 3d

Imagine, just for a moment, a climate future where the facts cannot be deleted...

If that sounds like an ideal future for you and/or your family make sure to check out our website (Climate.us) and give us a follow on our social media accounts.

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Angelo Villagomez @taotaotasi.bsky.social · 3d

Help us show the Trump administration how unpopular their plans to open our protected areas to industrial fishing are

Please sign and share our petition

forms.gle/WfkshZpsqJGi...

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MuckRock @muckrock.com · 3d

The Data Liberation Project launched the new logo to represent how we’re liberating public data for the public good. www.data-liberation-project.org

Data Liberation Project

The Data Liberation Project is an initiative to identify, obtain, reformat, clean, document, publish, and disseminate government datasets of public interest.

www.data-liberation-project.org

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Dr. Dawn Wright @deepseadawn.bsky.social · 4d

Science to investigate the world’s most important carbon sink

Dr. Dawn Wright @deepseadawn.bsky.social · 4d

We may have lost Jane Goodall, but for me, I will look to Jacinda Ardern, among others, for inspiration.
youtu.be/H9zYviO-fEw?...

Prime Minister | Official Trailer | HBO

YouTube video by HBO

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Dr. Dawn Wright @deepseadawn.bsky.social · 4d

"Former Google CEO Will Fund Boat Drones to Explore Rough Antarctic Waters

Scientists have a lot of questions about our planet’s most important carbon sink—and a new project could help answer them."

www.wired.com/story/former...
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Former Google CEO Will Fund Boat Drones to Explore Rough Antarctic Waters

Scientists have a lot of questions about our planet’s most important carbon sink—and a new project could help answer them.

www.wired.com

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Dr. Dawn Wright @deepseadawn.bsky.social · 5d

From Netflix Insta: "Earlier this year, Dr. Jane Goodall, a UN Messenger of Peace, sat down for a deeply reflective conversation about her legacy & to immortalize her final words w/ the understanding that it would only be shared w/ the world after she passed."

“Famous Last Words” is now on Netflix

Banner for Famous Last Words, Dr. Jane Goodall, now showing on Netflix.

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Dr. Dawn Wright @deepseadawn.bsky.social · 8d

By the way, I don’t see how Cathy Englebert survives in the long run either 😉🏀

Reposted by David Lazer, Dawn J. Wright, Shelly Lundberg , and 3 more David Lazer, Dawn J. Wright, Shelly Lundberg, Brian Keegan, Jason Lyall, Nathan P. Kalmoe

Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 8d

A moment that calls for collective action… to reject this transparent attack on academic freedom.

Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 8d

Trump's higher ed ransom note is here - everyone would have to acquiesce to their unprecedented demands or not be "given priority for grants," plus they can demand "reimbursement" for "violations" www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...

A mechanism to enforce fealty. An attack on academic freedom and democracy

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Reposted by Marc Lynch, Robert W. Wallace, Philip N. Cohen , and 8 more Marc Lynch, Robert W. Wallace, Philip N. Cohen, Christian E. Weller, Dawn J. Wright, David R. Miller, Johann N. Neem, Jason Lyall, Raúl Pacheco-Vega, Nathan P. Kalmoe, Southern Africa

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 8d

Some schools will be starved of resources. Other schools will be offered bribes. The end goal is the same. To make the universities an extension of the Trump administration. Shame on any of these institutions willing to take the bribes.

Letters on Wednesday were going out to solicit agreement and feedback from Vanderbilt University, Dartmouth College, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Southern California, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Texas, the University of Arizona, Brown University and the University of Virginia, according to an administration official.

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 8d

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Reposted by Dawn J. Wright, Rebecca Sear, Sanford F. Schram , and 1 more Dawn J. Wright, Rebecca Sear, Sanford F. Schram, Juan Ramón

500 Women Scientists @500womensci.bsky.social · 8d

More professors in the United States have been fired for controversial views in the past week than any other week in all of American history. www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...

Censorship Is the Authoritarian’s Dream

The right to free expression must include the right to say horrible and evil things.

www.insidehighered.com

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Dr. Dawn Wright @deepseadawn.bsky.social · 8d

This is a painting of Jane Goodall from that I had her sign for my mother Jeanne in 1999, when we both saw her speak at the TED 9 conference in Monterey, CA. I spoke in a session the day before. Jane and my mother were very close in age, and she was also an iconic heroine to both of us.

The painting described in the post with Jane in a thoughtful pose, resting her chin in her left hand. The autograph reads: “For Jeanne - Follow your heart, Jane Goodall”

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Dr. Dawn Wright @deepseadawn.bsky.social · 8d

Dr. Jane Goodall was an extraordinary champion for nature. She holds a special place at Esri as a friend and advocate for using technology to protect and transform our world for the better. Her inspiration will always remain in our hearts.
Rest in peace, power, and warm chimpanzee embrace, dear Jane

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 8d

Jane Goodall, ethologist and conservationist, has died. She was 91

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Dr. Dawn Wright @deepseadawn.bsky.social · 8d

🧪⚒️🌊 #geosky #geogchat #gischat 🦑

National Center for Ecological Analysis & Synthesis @nceas-ucsb.bsky.social · 8d

🚨 1 week left to apply to #EDSsummit

Data + environment + community. This will be our final year hosting the summit!

Oct 8 deadline → docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

#earlycareer #envdatasci #openscience #EDSsummit #ClimateData #EnvironmentalScience #OpenScience

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Reposted by Karen R. Lips, Dawn J. Wright

National Center for Ecological Analysis & Synthesis @nceas-ucsb.bsky.social · 8d

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Dr. Dawn Wright @deepseadawn.bsky.social · 9d

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Science Magazine @science.org · 9d

For the third time in a dozen years, the U.S. scientific community is digging in for a potentially lengthy partial federal government shutdown that promises to disrupt research and funding programs. https://scim.ag/4pQ9y0K

U.S. scientists gird for yet another government shutdown

Political impasse to hobble research agencies—and perhaps enable layoffs

scim.ag

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Dr. Dawn Wright @deepseadawn.bsky.social · 9d

♥️ this from geographer Milad Malekzadeh: "I no longer see success in science as being specialized in only 1 thing. True success is being the scientist who can recognize when their signature approach is no longer the best tool, [& have the courage to] change course." 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

You are more than your current research

Nature Human Behaviour - Milad Malekzadeh was once told that to be successful in academia, developing unique expertise was necessary. Over the years, he learned that diversification is more valuable.

www.nature.com

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