Latest Contributions by DawnWright

Esri's online science portfolio has been updated! See the latest at esriurl.com/scicomm. ... View more

Created by Sean Breyer, ArcGIS Content lead for the ArcGIS Imagery book, 2016 ... View more

Costello, M. J., and S. Breyer (2017), Ocean Depths: The Mesopelagic and Implications for Global Warming, Current Biology, 27(1), R36-R38, doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2016.11.042. ... View more

NOAA/NOS Science Seminar presented January 25, 2017, part of the OneNOAA Series:  Ecological Marine Units: A 3-D Mapping of the Ocean Based on NOAA’s World Ocean Atlas ... View more

Announcing the winners of Esri’s first Global Content Challenge ! From August to November we were very pleased to receive nearly ~550 registrations from students in nearly 60 countries, with 70 actual submissions. A distinguished international panel of judges chose the following projects as best exemplifying the spirit of the contest: unleashing the power of Esri’s Living Atlas of the World content through compelling, use-inspired science.   LAND First place ($10,000):  Sara Lubkin, N. Virginia Community College, USA, What Can Beetles Tells Use About Past Climate? Second place ($5000): Karl Chastko, McMaster University, Ontario, Canada, Food, Water and 7 Billion People: Improving Water Efficiency in Agriculture Third place ($2000): Kayla Wong, McMaster University, Ontario, Canada, Soil Carbon Sequestration Potential Based on Soil Properties Honorable Mention (Esri swag): Danielle Derrick, Carleton University, Canada, A Race for Survival: The Future of Tiger Conservation   OCEAN First place ($10,000):  Alicea Zelesny, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA, Antarctica - The Southerly Extreme Second place ($5000): Julia Portmann, Washington College, Maryland, USA, Attack of the Blobs Third place ($2000): Kevin Yang, McMaster University, Ontario, Canada, Climate Change in Earth's Polar Regions Honorable Mention (Esri swag): Maggi Klug, University of Alabama-Huntsville, USA, Devastating Effects of Climate Change on Coastal Florida   POPULATION First place ($10,000): Claudia Caceres, Claremont Graduate University, California, USA, Analyzing the Relationship between Climate Change and Food Insecurity in Developing Countries Second place ($5000): Michael Kirchin, McMaster University, Ontario, Canada, The American People Third place ($2000): Spencer Elford, McMaster University, Ontario, Canada, Concrete Jungle: Urban Expansion and the Rise of the Megacity Honorable Mention (Esri swag): Kathryn Kulbicki, George Mason University, Virginia, USA, Child Welfare in the News August 1, 2016 - October 31, 2016 Honorable Mention (Esri swag): Christopher Koido-Bunt, McMaster University, Ontario, Canada, Volcanic Hazard Risk in East and South East Asia   We will be featuring these Story Map Journal Apps at the 2017 Esri Federal GIS Conference, the 2017 Esri Education GIS Conference and other events, as well as in various social media outlets. Congratulations! See also the January 2017 ArcWatch article about the contest, and the Directions Magazine feature on the Canadian winners.    A huge thanks to all who participated! ... View more