Jovian Sackett, GISP
@joviansackett.bsky.social
Currently, Director of Geospatial Science, Southern Environmental Law Center. I'm mostly here for the intersection of geospatial science, data visualization, and environmental law and policy. Also, Appalachia, ecosystems, hardware/general stores
I know, Mitch. I. Know!
September 26, 2025 at 1:00 PM
I know, Mitch. I. Know!
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Really nice discussion of actionable items nightingaledvs.com/data-communi...
Data About America’s Communities Are In Jeopardy, and Lives May Hang in the Balance, Nightingale
Over the years, I’ve worked with counties across California focused on combating drug overdose in their communities.
nightingaledvs.com
June 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Really nice discussion of actionable items nightingaledvs.com/data-communi...
Thank you to the creators of Your Name in Landsat. lnkd.in/ehzK3mNB
April 22, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Thank you to the creators of Your Name in Landsat. lnkd.in/ehzK3mNB
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@envirodgi.bsky.social and the Public Environmental Data Partners were featured in the @nytimes.com. Read all about their work! www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/c...
Science Data May Soon Vanish From Government Websites. (Gift Article)
Vast quantities of climate and environmental information have been removed from official websites in the past months. Scientists are trying keep it available.
www.nytimes.com
March 21, 2025 at 8:43 PM
@envirodgi.bsky.social and the Public Environmental Data Partners were featured in the @nytimes.com. Read all about their work! www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/c...
The Trump administration has taken extraordinary steps to dismantle and disrupt public access to federal environmental data and mapping tools.
“These resources belong to us — they were created for the public good.” Libbie Weimer, SELC.
Learn more: lnkd.in/erR2cHVt
See the guide: fedenvirodata.org
“These resources belong to us — they were created for the public good.” Libbie Weimer, SELC.
Learn more: lnkd.in/erR2cHVt
See the guide: fedenvirodata.org
March 6, 2025 at 8:59 PM
The Trump administration has taken extraordinary steps to dismantle and disrupt public access to federal environmental data and mapping tools.
“These resources belong to us — they were created for the public good.” Libbie Weimer, SELC.
Learn more: lnkd.in/erR2cHVt
See the guide: fedenvirodata.org
“These resources belong to us — they were created for the public good.” Libbie Weimer, SELC.
Learn more: lnkd.in/erR2cHVt
See the guide: fedenvirodata.org
“We are losing an entire generation of talent and passion.” Anders Reynolds
US Forest Service firings decimate already understaffed agency: 'It's catastrophic'
The U.S. Forest Service stewards 193 million acres of public lands from Alaska to Florida. So why is it so overworked and understaffed?
grist.org
February 27, 2025 at 2:33 PM
“We are losing an entire generation of talent and passion.” Anders Reynolds
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The most deadly hurricane in US history was the one they had no warning of - the Galveston Hurricane of 1900. So this is good news from @drjeffmasters.bsky.social. Warnings save lives!
The National Hurricane Center set an all-time record for forecast accuracy in 2024 » Yale Climate Connections
But the investments in hurricane research that led to the new record are threatened by proposed budget cuts.
yaleclimateconnections.org
February 27, 2025 at 1:40 AM
The most deadly hurricane in US history was the one they had no warning of - the Galveston Hurricane of 1900. So this is good news from @drjeffmasters.bsky.social. Warnings save lives!
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Pilkey was a favorite undergraduate prof & an inspiration for becoming a prof myself. Decades later, upon learning I had become a hydrological modeler, he gave me a copy of his book, Useless Arithmetic: Why Environmental Scientists Can't Predict the Future. 🐚
dukeupress.wordpress.com/2024/12/16/f...
dukeupress.wordpress.com/2024/12/16/f...
Farewell to Orrin H. Pilkey
Orrin Pilkey We are very sorry to learn that Orrin H. Pilkey passed away on December 13, 2024 at the age of ninety. He was the author of more than a dozen books with Duke University Press. In 1988,…
dukeupress.wordpress.com
December 16, 2024 at 8:37 PM
Pilkey was a favorite undergraduate prof & an inspiration for becoming a prof myself. Decades later, upon learning I had become a hydrological modeler, he gave me a copy of his book, Useless Arithmetic: Why Environmental Scientists Can't Predict the Future. 🐚
dukeupress.wordpress.com/2024/12/16/f...
dukeupress.wordpress.com/2024/12/16/f...
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“The first Trump admin altered or deleted numerous federal web pages containing public-facing climate information, according to monitoring efforts by the nonprofit Environmental Data and Governance Initiative, which tracks changes on federal websites.”
www.scientificamerican.com/article/scie...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/scie...
Scientists Scramble to Save Climate Data from Trump—Again
Federal climate databases remained largely intact during President-elect Donald Trump’s first term. Scientists say the threats are bigger this time
www.scientificamerican.com
December 15, 2024 at 9:59 PM
“The first Trump admin altered or deleted numerous federal web pages containing public-facing climate information, according to monitoring efforts by the nonprofit Environmental Data and Governance Initiative, which tracks changes on federal websites.”
www.scientificamerican.com/article/scie...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/scie...
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Interested in inequality research? Here is a starter pack containing research centers / institutes / organizations dedicated to the study of socioeconomic inequality.
Time seemed ripe as, finally, organizations are moving to Bluesky. Let me know if others should be added.
go.bsky.app/5daYr6v
Time seemed ripe as, finally, organizations are moving to Bluesky. Let me know if others should be added.
go.bsky.app/5daYr6v
November 26, 2024 at 1:08 PM
Interested in inequality research? Here is a starter pack containing research centers / institutes / organizations dedicated to the study of socioeconomic inequality.
Time seemed ripe as, finally, organizations are moving to Bluesky. Let me know if others should be added.
go.bsky.app/5daYr6v
Time seemed ripe as, finally, organizations are moving to Bluesky. Let me know if others should be added.
go.bsky.app/5daYr6v