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
Pinned
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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If we go on strike, our union of 12,000 workers are calling on customers to NOT BUY STARBUCKS.
Sign our pledge to not cross a picket line and we'll send you local calls to action - nocontractnocoffee.org
Sign our pledge to not cross a picket line and we'll send you local calls to action - nocontractnocoffee.org
November 5, 2025 at 11:54 PM
If we go on strike, our union of 12,000 workers are calling on customers to NOT BUY STARBUCKS.
Sign our pledge to not cross a picket line and we'll send you local calls to action - nocontractnocoffee.org
Sign our pledge to not cross a picket line and we'll send you local calls to action - nocontractnocoffee.org
“Dawn @ Dusk” 😉 cruising around beautiful Indianapolis, in advance of guest lectures and meetings at Butler University.
November 10, 2025 at 11:09 PM
“Dawn @ Dusk” 😉 cruising around beautiful Indianapolis, in advance of guest lectures and meetings at Butler University.
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Went to a great talk the other day where the speaker referred to "Watson, Crick, and Franklin" nucleotides & let's all adopt that terminology
November 10, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Went to a great talk the other day where the speaker referred to "Watson, Crick, and Franklin" nucleotides & let's all adopt that terminology
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Have you heard about this?
"As the govt shutdown drags on, buildings at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (HQ for the Webb telescope among other missions) are being emptied without notice. Highly specialized equipment is at risk of being thrown away like trash."
h/t @climatebrad.hillheat.com
"As the govt shutdown drags on, buildings at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (HQ for the Webb telescope among other missions) are being emptied without notice. Highly specialized equipment is at risk of being thrown away like trash."
h/t @climatebrad.hillheat.com
NASA may be quietly gutting an iconic campus with what it calls strategic closures, workers fear | CNN
Buildings at Goddard’s Maryland campus are being emptied and padlocked, sources say. NASA leadership has pushed back against the concerns.
www.cnn.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Have you heard about this?
"As the govt shutdown drags on, buildings at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (HQ for the Webb telescope among other missions) are being emptied without notice. Highly specialized equipment is at risk of being thrown away like trash."
h/t @climatebrad.hillheat.com
"As the govt shutdown drags on, buildings at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (HQ for the Webb telescope among other missions) are being emptied without notice. Highly specialized equipment is at risk of being thrown away like trash."
h/t @climatebrad.hillheat.com
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Yet another record breaking storm supersized by a warming world 😢
Climate change doesn’t create these storms: it makes them worse. They intensify faster, reach higher strengths and dump more rain.
That’s why climate action isn’t just about saving the planet: it’s quite literally about saving US.
Climate change doesn’t create these storms: it makes them worse. They intensify faster, reach higher strengths and dump more rain.
That’s why climate action isn’t just about saving the planet: it’s quite literally about saving US.
Fung-wong: Super typhoon hits Philippines as nearly a million evacuate
Typhoon Fung-wong, with sustained winds of 185 km/h (115mph), made landfall on Sunday evening local time.
www.bbc.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Yet another record breaking storm supersized by a warming world 😢
Climate change doesn’t create these storms: it makes them worse. They intensify faster, reach higher strengths and dump more rain.
That’s why climate action isn’t just about saving the planet: it’s quite literally about saving US.
Climate change doesn’t create these storms: it makes them worse. They intensify faster, reach higher strengths and dump more rain.
That’s why climate action isn’t just about saving the planet: it’s quite literally about saving US.
Reposted by Dr. Dawn Wright
This: "One formative influence was Watson’s making his one and only important scientific discovery when he was only 25. ...[H]e discovered nothing afterward, even as colleagues were cracking the genetic code or deciphering how DNA is translated into the molecules that make cells (and life) work."
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
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Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
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James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:54 PM
This: "One formative influence was Watson’s making his one and only important scientific discovery when he was only 25. ...[H]e discovered nothing afterward, even as colleagues were cracking the genetic code or deciphering how DNA is translated into the molecules that make cells (and life) work."
Understanding the nuance of Ketanji Brown Jackson’s 4 dimensional chess…
November 8, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Understanding the nuance of Ketanji Brown Jackson’s 4 dimensional chess…
Thank you Andrea Foster (arfoster49 on Threads) for fixing the headline.
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November 8, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Thank you Andrea Foster (arfoster49 on Threads) for fixing the headline.
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We at Esri look forward to seeing you at #AGU25, showcasing with our products & services not only how geospatial enables greater understanding of the world, but how we also perform good science as a member of the scientific community.
www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/...
🧪 🦑 🌊 🌎 🌍 🌏 ⚒️ #geogsky #geogchat
www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/...
🧪 🦑 🌊 🌎 🌍 🌏 ⚒️ #geogsky #geogchat
November 8, 2025 at 12:21 AM
We at Esri look forward to seeing you at #AGU25, showcasing with our products & services not only how geospatial enables greater understanding of the world, but how we also perform good science as a member of the scientific community.
www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/...
🧪 🦑 🌊 🌎 🌍 🌏 ⚒️ #geogsky #geogchat
www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/...
🧪 🦑 🌊 🌎 🌍 🌏 ⚒️ #geogsky #geogchat
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Her sister wrote my favorite essay about her. She points out that RF would have been famous even if she'd never looked at DNA
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Remembering my sister Rosalind Franklin
Rosalind Franklin died of ovarian cancer in 1958 aged 37 years. Sympathy and feminism
have combined to give us her familiar image as a downtrodden woman scientist, brilliant
but neglected, a heroine t...
www.thelancet.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Her sister wrote my favorite essay about her. She points out that RF would have been famous even if she'd never looked at DNA
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Rubio keeps flailing and failing. I’m so glad my State Dept. science envoyship is long over 😖
"Under the deal, large cargo ships would have paid a fee if their CO₂ emissions exceeded a certain level. The standard would get stricter over time, encouraging the industry to move away from oil-based shipping fuel to cleaner options."
THE LEADING SHIPPING LOBBY SUPPORTED IT
THE LEADING SHIPPING LOBBY SUPPORTED IT
The nation’s top diplomat: “Marco Rubio, the secretary of state, personally called officials in several countries to threaten financial penalties and other punishments if they continued to support the agreement to cut ship pollution.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/c...
November 7, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Rubio keeps flailing and failing. I’m so glad my State Dept. science envoyship is long over 😖
30 previously unknown deep-sea species, including a carnivorous “death-ball” sponge, have been confirmed from one of the most remote parts of the planet by The Nippon Foundation–Nekton @oceancensus.bsky.social and collaborators. ecomagazine.com/news/researc...
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Recent Expeditions Confirm Discovery of 30 Previously Unknown Deep-Sea Species - environment coastal & offshore
Thirty previously unknown deep-sea species, including a carnivorous “death-ball” sponge, have been confirmed from one of the most remote parts of the planet by The Nippon Foundation–Nekton Ocean Censu...
ecomagazine.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:32 PM
30 previously unknown deep-sea species, including a carnivorous “death-ball” sponge, have been confirmed from one of the most remote parts of the planet by The Nippon Foundation–Nekton @oceancensus.bsky.social and collaborators. ecomagazine.com/news/researc...
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In the midst of booming AI developments, what does the future hold for those in the geospatial field?
On October 22nd, W+G joined GEO Business to discuss the many possibilities and challenges that arise from AI entering the geospatial world, and how this might impact the industry moving forward. 🧭
On October 22nd, W+G joined GEO Business to discuss the many possibilities and challenges that arise from AI entering the geospatial world, and how this might impact the industry moving forward. 🧭
November 6, 2025 at 5:59 PM
In the midst of booming AI developments, what does the future hold for those in the geospatial field?
On October 22nd, W+G joined GEO Business to discuss the many possibilities and challenges that arise from AI entering the geospatial world, and how this might impact the industry moving forward. 🧭
On October 22nd, W+G joined GEO Business to discuss the many possibilities and challenges that arise from AI entering the geospatial world, and how this might impact the industry moving forward. 🧭
It's outrageous that Spotify is running ICE ads. I use other streaming platforms that don't profit from exploiting artists while recruiting for ICE. #CancelSpotify app.sosha.ai/s/4O2F00ta
Don’t Stream Fascism: Cancel Spotify
app.sosha.ai
November 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
It's outrageous that Spotify is running ICE ads. I use other streaming platforms that don't profit from exploiting artists while recruiting for ICE. #CancelSpotify app.sosha.ai/s/4O2F00ta
With academic freedom increasingly under siege in the US, the scope of speech repression is nearly unprecedented. AAG President Bill Moseley shares that despite these efforts, geographers are needed as public intellectuals to continue to voice perspectives on policies and programs. buff.ly/d2U5e9P
November 5, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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Science should serve everyone.
Thank you to those who believe in keeping climate information open, accurate, and independent. Your words remind us why our work matters.
#ClimateForUs #ClimateScience #TestimonialTuesday
Thank you to those who believe in keeping climate information open, accurate, and independent. Your words remind us why our work matters.
#ClimateForUs #ClimateScience #TestimonialTuesday
November 4, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Science should serve everyone.
Thank you to those who believe in keeping climate information open, accurate, and independent. Your words remind us why our work matters.
#ClimateForUs #ClimateScience #TestimonialTuesday
Thank you to those who believe in keeping climate information open, accurate, and independent. Your words remind us why our work matters.
#ClimateForUs #ClimateScience #TestimonialTuesday
Recording will be on @coveringclimatenow.org's YouTube channel!
Starting shortly. Join us!
Read about the Gates memo in the news? Wondering what @kimcobb.bsky.social, @hausfath.bsky.social, @weatherwest.bsky.social, @sammyroth.bsky.social and I think about it?
No need to wonder: @coveringclimatenow.org is hosting a free webinar panel. Join us THIS AFTERNOON:
No need to wonder: @coveringclimatenow.org is hosting a free webinar panel. Join us THIS AFTERNOON:
November 4, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Recording will be on @coveringclimatenow.org's YouTube channel!
So enraged about these government THUGS!!
Absolutely sick of these thugs standing like they are ready to empty an assault rifle into a Chicago playground at a moment’s notice.
Next Dem president needs to put all these GI Joe wannabes on desk duty, armed with nothing more than a cheap plastic water gun.
This behavior is vile.
Next Dem president needs to put all these GI Joe wannabes on desk duty, armed with nothing more than a cheap plastic water gun.
This behavior is vile.
NEW: Footage of a US citizen in Chicago being rammed then dragged from her car on her way to work.
Abducted, with no warrant, her family couldn’t find her for hours.
She was later released with NO CHARGE.
A DHS statement said she “violently resisted arrest, injuring two officers”.
You decide…
Abducted, with no warrant, her family couldn’t find her for hours.
She was later released with NO CHARGE.
A DHS statement said she “violently resisted arrest, injuring two officers”.
You decide…
November 4, 2025 at 1:49 AM
So enraged about these government THUGS!!
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Hey friends down in VA -- if you care about science, Democracy, or the livability of our planet, please turn out tomorrow and vote for @abigailspanberger.com and the Democrats
Virginia, Election Day is TOMORROW, Tuesday, November 4. Here’s what you need to know before you vote. 🧵
November 4, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Hey friends down in VA -- if you care about science, Democracy, or the livability of our planet, please turn out tomorrow and vote for @abigailspanberger.com and the Democrats
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Australia has so much clean energy they're literally giving it away. Meanwhile, GOP is in all-out war to stamp out solar
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Australian households to get free electricity three hours a day
Saying there is enough solar power for everyone in the daytime, the federal government will direct retailers to provide three hours of free power every day to consumers.
www.abc.net.au
November 4, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Australia has so much clean energy they're literally giving it away. Meanwhile, GOP is in all-out war to stamp out solar
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Hurricane Melissa recently battered Jamaica and the Caribbean. Learn how hot seas led to a record-breaking storm in this new map from #MapsDotCom
ow.ly/vhNg50Xm4jK
#gischat 🌊🧪 #geogchat #geogsky
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#gischat 🌊🧪 #geogchat #geogsky
Hurricane Melissa Breaks Records
Hurricane Melissa made landfall in southwestern Jamaica on October 28. It set records along the way.
ow.ly
November 3, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Hurricane Melissa recently battered Jamaica and the Caribbean. Learn how hot seas led to a record-breaking storm in this new map from #MapsDotCom
ow.ly/vhNg50Xm4jK
#gischat 🌊🧪 #geogchat #geogsky
ow.ly/vhNg50Xm4jK
#gischat 🌊🧪 #geogchat #geogsky
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Anyway, we need some joy, so here's the Egyptian foreign minister being given a Lego Pyramid by the Danish foreign minister.
November 3, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Anyway, we need some joy, so here's the Egyptian foreign minister being given a Lego Pyramid by the Danish foreign minister.
Reposted by Dr. Dawn Wright
Let me excerpt the concluding paragraph:
October 31, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Let me excerpt the concluding paragraph:
Reposted by Dr. Dawn Wright
November 1, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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Not a model—an answer. The Caribbean 30×30 Dashboard turns maps into memory, policy into pulse. Built with the region, not for it.
#EcoSovereignty #NaturePositive
#EcoSovereignty #NaturePositive
November 2, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Not a model—an answer. The Caribbean 30×30 Dashboard turns maps into memory, policy into pulse. Built with the region, not for it.
#EcoSovereignty #NaturePositive
#EcoSovereignty #NaturePositive