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Dr. Dawn Wright

@deepseadawn.bsky.social

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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

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Meanwhile, nothing like being your patriotic best at one of the most fun Christmas 🎄on July 4th 🇺🇸🧨pool parties I’ve ever been to (nearly 2 dozen there)! Happy #4thofJuly weekend to all who celebrate!

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Using one of my last gift links before my subscription cancellation takes effect

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Please enjoy this fun PREVIEW of "Mapping the Deep," a free flipbook of NASA astronaut Kathy Sullivan's foreword + Chapter 1 + weblinks to pre-order + access to companion web site at mappingthedeep.com, already chock full of amazing resources!
Go to: esriurl.com/deeppreview
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Hurricane Beryl is already a dangerous category 4.

As climate changes, hurricanes are intensifying faster and becoming stronger and more dangerous … and this years season is just ramping up.

More on how to prepare and stay safe (read down): www.talkingclimate.ca/p/more-green...

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Such a popular win by Frenchman and all-around nice guy Romain Bardet too!!💯🥰

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"The Power of Where: New Book [by Jack Dangermond] Explores How Interactive Web Maps Are Emerging as the Most Powerful Way to Understand Complexity"
www.esri.com/about/newsro...

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Why are US landscapes grid-shaped?
“Industrialization, population growth, racism, immigration, wealth disparities and local geographies are more compelling explanations, in my opinion.”
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Today in the US is #Juneteenth, an annual commemoration of the emancipation of enslaved African Americans, but also a good day to (re)read biophysicist Antentor Hinton’s essay on why the day matters more than ever for science.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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"Instead of Mining the Deep Sea, Maybe People Should Just Fix Stuff"
New report contends that deepsea mining not just an environmental risk, but won't meet the world’s renewable energy needs EITHER.
www.wired.com/story/instea...

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AND cutting-edge safety is one of the ways to innovate!!!

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Can the Sustainable Development Goals be made smarter? Talks on a post-2030 future for the SDGs have not yet officially begun, but b/c adjustments to them can't be made quickly, the earlier these discussions can begin, the better.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
cc @katharinehayhoe.com

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In the article, it would be great if the author could note that there is now an official maximum depth for Challenger Deep of 10,935 +/- 6 m as explained in Greenaway, et al. (2021), Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 103644, doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2021.103644.

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Just arrived this morning, the new magical book by my friend Karen Romano Young, “Galapagos Islands: The World’s Living Laboratory”!! Got mine at www.amazon.com/Gal%C3%A1pag...
Does your local library have a copy?

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Stanford’s top disinformation research group collapsing under pressure from conservative politicians and activists wapo.st/3RuAlA5

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"Now the bottom of the N. Atlantic is littered w/ more evidence of human hubris, tiny pieces of a plastic video-game controller nestling among the barnacle-encrusted gold fixtures of the Titanic.... And in both cases, their passengers paid the price."
www.wired.com/story/titan-...

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Quoting my friend & hero, Victor Vescovo: "Thank you, John Oliver, for your wonderful, long-form piece, Ep. 14, covering Deep Sea Mining & why we should not move forward w/ it. The facts, combined with some appropriate, scathing wit, were welcome to the debate."
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio... 🦑

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Superb article by Angelo Viilagomez et al. summarizing all the reasons why Deb Haaland is at the top of my superhero list! 🦸🏽‍♀️🤩
“Secretary Deb Haaland Has Made Historic Progress at the Department of the Interior” www.americanprogress.org/article/secr...

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And, you know, John Nelson did that one too! 😉 He’s the go-to guy!

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AT EVERY DEPTH: Our Growing Knowledge of the Changing Oceans's avatar AT EVERY DEPTH: Our Growing Knowledge of the Changing Oceans @ateverydepth.bsky.social
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"The ocean cannot tell its own story and so the story we tell about it depends on the people who get to speak." — @tessahill.bsky.social & Eric Simons, AT EVERY DEPTH

A new science is emerging, one that integrates community, generations of wisdom, hope for the future, and resiliency. #WorldOceanDay

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Meanwhile, the National Weather Service has posted a new Heat Risk forecast map showing where people will face dangerous levels of heat, such as entire southern US. Phoenix, AZ set a new daily high of 112F (44C) last Thursday.
www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/heatrisk/

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“When I looked up and saw the Earth coming up on this very stark, beat-up Moon horizon…I was immediately almost overcome with the thought, ‘Here we came all this way to the Moon, and yet the most significant thing we’re seeing is our own home planet, the Earth.’” RIP Bill Anders.

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And David thanks for your off via FB Messenger. I am gazing out out of DMs as load is too much. But let’schat via email. Ping me at dwright-at-esri.com. Thanks again!

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What an extraordinary #WorldOceanWeek Explorers Club panel tonight, skillfully moderated by famed author Susan Casey 🌺. Thank you all: Kelly Walsh, Jyotika Virmani, Victor Vescovo, and Mandy Joye! AND WHAT a new hydrothermal vent field!!! www.youtube.com/live/bsdw6-K...
🧪🦑

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