SOMEBODY came home from puppy camp happy, squeaky clean, and sporting a brand new bandana! 🥰😍
Dr. Dawn Wright
@deepseadawn.bsky.social
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
On Tuesday, Oct 13 at 1pm PT, I'll have my "big October El Niño" update. There's a lot to discuss regarding this extremely strong event and the growing likelihood of substantial California & SW US impacts.
The big October El Niño update: Status check on El Niño, still expected to become historic,& impacts - YouTube
The latest in a recurring series of live, virtual, & interactive #weather and #climate-focused "office hours" hosted by Dr. Daniel Swain. 10/13/2026 topics: ...
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So extremely proud of my boss & mentor Jack Dangermond, not only for his induction last night into the @americanacademy.bsky.social, but for his beautiful speech on behalf of his Class V (Leadership), and as brilliantly introduced by @jfallows.bsky.social, @harvard.edu 🧪 #gischat #geogsky #geosky
Huge thanks to the faculty & students of @clarkuniversity.bsky.social this week for brilliant interactions & hospitality! It was a delight to deliver the Atwood Lecture, participate in a Geographic Thought seminar w/ faculty & doctoral students, & more! All pics photos.app.goo.gl/Ey78qaKG1pC5... 🧪
Clark-2026 · Oct 8 – 10 📸
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Mapping the abyss: Ground-breaking oceanographer on climate resilience, coastal safety, and global commerce www.courant.com/2026/10/09/m... 🧪 🌊 🦑 ⚒️ #gischat
Mapping the abyss: Ground-breaking oceanographer on climate resilience, coastal safety, and global commerce
People need to know that the oceans are in terrible crisis— waters too hot, acidic, ecosystems greatly damaged, and more. But there is still time; there is still hope, she said
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How fun! A SpongeBob episode on my hotel TV that I had NEVER seen before! SpongeBob and Patrick take Mr. Krabs’ new submersible “food truck” on the road to sell more Krabby Patties, diving into a trench along the way! 🤣 🌊 🦑
At the start of Il Lombardia, the riders stopped for 5 minutes to urge all road users to behave responsibly & show mutual respect, both during races and in everyday life to ensure everyone's safety. Cc @davidho.bsky.social
I’m in my local newspaper talking about biking and bike infrastructure because I was ranting about it on social media.
Honolulu Civil Beat@civilbeat.bsky.social · 3d agoWill Honolulu ever be a bike mecca? In just a few years, New York City has embraced cycling and defied expectations.
Announcing a new webinar series on 3-Nov: “AI-Enabled Geospatial Workflows for Earth Sciences.” Equipping Earth sciences labs & orgs to leverage practical, mission-driven AI workflows in ArcGIS 🌍! Register for our webinar series: www.esri.com/en-us/webina... #science #earthscience #gischat
AI-Enabled Geospatial Workflows for Earth Sciences Webinar Series
This two-part webinar series introduces earth sciences organizations to practical, mission-driven AI workflows in ArcGIS.
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Many thanks to the @yale.edu faculty & students this week for the brilliant interactions + hospitality! Full album at photos.app.goo.gl/2wUe1jbYFuPZ... Now on to @clarkuniversity.bsky.social!
Celebrating my 15th “Esriversary” in style w/Esri Spatial Analytics & Data Science superstar Lauren Bennett in @Harvard Square! It’s also Snoopy’s birthday 🎂 too! 😃 #gischat
As @davidho.bsky.social has suggested, this is how AI is going to kill us all😒🤨
The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · last wk.President Trump announced that he would name four top administration officials to a “Super Intelligence Force” that will coordinate the federal government’s response to artificial intelligence.
Magic happens when geographers get together with astrophysicists!! Thank you so much to @carnegiescience.bsky.social for visiting us during our Geodesign Summit and discussing ways that "geospatial" + "digital twins" can apply to "cities of stars" and the telescopes that discover them! #GISchat 🧪
Keynotes and panels and paper sessions, oh my! 🦁🐯🐻… at @harvard.edu! With wild turkeys thrown in! 🦃😆 20th Anniversary of Harvard Ctr for Geographic Analysis 🥳 harvard-cga.github.io/cga-conferen...
A new kind of redlining just dropped
The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 2w agoAmazon Prime customers who experienced slower deliveries because they lived in majority-Black neighborhoods will receive millions of dollars in refunds after the company settled a lawsuit brought by the District, said D.C.’s attorney general’s office.
The ties that bind the world are underwater! "'We assume the cloud is in the sky,' security expert Elisabeth Braw writes in her new book, 'but it’s underwater' [via submarine cables]." www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle... h/t @floragraham.bsky.social cc @seabed2030.bsky.social 🌊
Inside the undersea kingdom: the secret, sinister battle to control what lies beneath the waves
Every day, trillions of dollars, oil and gas and 99% of the world’s web traffic move through undersea pipelines under no state’s protection. With superpowers and corporations now vying for control, sh...
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Don’t ask an elected official if they “believe” in climate change, it’s not a religion. Don’t ask if they think it’s serious: it is. Ask them what matters most: what are they doing about it? Excellent application here, 10/10 no notes 👏⬇️👏
@vancouverobert.bsky.social · 2w agoI just finished my summer project of writing to Liberal MPs asking what they are personally doing about climate change. The government seems unaware of the billions of dollars of cost. Wrrite to any MP w/o postage. House of Commons Ottawa K1A 0A6. Cc: @cathmckenna.bsky.social @katharinehayhoe.com
Applications are now open for the UC President's Postdoc Fellowship Reach out if you want to submit an applicaiton focused on environmental/soil sciences, biogeochemistry, climate change, & related areas As a former fellow, this is a program I highly recommend 4 ECRs interested in academic careers
Let's play some drums in the deep together! MISS ABYSS IS COMING. #SorryNotSorry bsky.app/profile/deep...
Dr. Dawn Wright@deepseadawn.bsky.social · 2mo agoMeet #MissAbyss! 🐙She’s a Dumbo Octopus on a massive mission to protect our deep ocean floor from mining! Help us send a loud message that some places are just too special to destroy! See the @missabyssoctopus account & links on Instagram! cc @miriamgoldstein.bsky.social 🦑 🌊 #deepseamining
UPDATED: "The dog that dived to the bottom of the ocean" by the National Maritime Museum Royal Museums Greenwich 🇬🇧 rmg.co.uk/stories/ocea...
Dog that dived to the bottom of the ocean surfaces at the National Maritime Museum
A toy that journeyed to the very bottom of the ocean has been donated to the National Maritime Museum.
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“Don’t you dare go inside the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts!” @petridishes.bsky.social writes. “If people can understand one another just by scratching a bow across taut strings—perhaps this is a form of witchcraft.” theatln.tc/uunyKiyj 🎨: The Atlantic. Source: Getty.
AI is good at the global weather picture. Hurricane forecasts are a tougher challenge. theconversation.com/why-ai-has-t...
🌀⛈️🌀With all the hurricanes swirling in the Pacific these days, you may be wondering... where do these storms come from, and how do they get so intense?
If you'll be in New Haven, CT or at Yale, would love to see you on Oct. 5th. I'm also meeting informally with Yale students and faculty, part of a big "carbon friendlier" swing through Harvard and Clark U as well. yaleconnect.yale.edu/YSEDeansOffi... + harvard-cga.github.io/cga-conferen...
The Dive of a Lifetime to the Deepest Place on Planet Earth - YSE Office of the Dean
In the summer of 2022, Dr. Dawn Wright became the first Black person of any gender to dive to the deepest spot on the entire planet - Challenger Deep - in the western Pacific Ocean, in collaboratio...
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There is something tragically fitting about Putin bombing the National Academy of Sciences
Olga Lautman 🇺🇦@olgalautman.bsky.social · 2w agoMore terrorist attacks from terrorist Russia as they bomb a hospital in Kyiv and the Science Academy Every single day Russia carries out mass terrorist attacks across Ukraine
