We’re celebrating Half-Earth Day with @earthxorg.bsky.social this OCT 23rd! 🥳🌎🍂🦋

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Jack Dangermond: if we are going in the wrong direction, every bit of science, technology and design thinking will be needed to preserve AND conserve biodiversity. Scientific understanding must become actionable. #HalfEarthDay

Sharing the wonder of maps and storytelling at the @EOWilsonFndtn’s #HalfEarthDay at the @NMNH with the incomparable (L to R) Sean Carroll, Mamie Parker and @leafdoctor
https://www.half-earthproject.org/hed2022/

Cc @craigmmills #HalfEarthDay

Where to protect? Where to invest? Where to prioritize commodities? We can guide these important decisions as “data” + “storytelling” in terms of “emotional information” (EI) as shared by Craig Mills of @vizzuality #HalfEarthDay

Great to hear from William, one of the coordinating editors of the recent IPCC report on climate and the oceans, drawing on 7000 pieces of published literature from thousands of authors. Even w/strong mitigation we’ll loose significant biomass #HalfEarthDay

Range shifts will be a huge factor, particularly FROM tropical areas, as well as cascading impacts on humans, including food security in the Asia-Pacific, W. Africa, and of course SIDS #HalfEarthDay

Even without climate change, protecting the oceans is best for our future, but given the crisis, look to the current IPCC report on the oceans for guidance (diagram below) #HalfEarthDay

Ben Halpern of @NCEAS reminds #HalfEarthDay of just how big and important the ocean is, including its tremendous engine for both climate and ecosystem services + economic viability. And a reminder that NO spot left in the ocean untouched by human action!

11 years of change in cumulative impacts, stresses on the ocean. Need to act quickly to mitigate. Nearly 2/3 of the ocean has seen a significant increase. “Places of greatest concern” in red #HalfEarthDay

Great summation of impacts to habitats from multiple stressors by Ben Halpern et al. Fo @NCEAS. Same message: we need to address #climatechange! #HalfEarthDay

What about acceleration of the #BlueEconomy especially on the high seas? Fishing’s footprint is everywhere. Aquaculture does hold a great potential for #HalfEarth/HalfOcean shares Ben Halpern of @NCEAS #HalfEarthDay

How to get to 17% of protection, let alone #HalfEarth? We need restoration just as much in the OCEAN as on land, AND to continue to deal w/ the 800-lb gorilla of #climatechange. Thank you Ben Halpern @NCEAS! #HalfEarthDay cc @mvisbeck 😉

A real pleasure to be in a #HalfEarthhashtag/HalfEarthDay" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#HalfEarthDay with brilliant partners from @Vizzuality as we inform what goes on behind-the-scenes of the #HalfEarth map at <a href="http://half-earthproject.org" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">http://half-earthproject.org #Technology + #Design + #Science

A shoutout at #HalfEarthhashtag/HalfEarthDay" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#HalfEarthDay to the brilliant cartographic design touch of @John_M_Nelson in working with @Vizzuality on the #HalfEarth basemap. Read more at https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/arcgis-pro/mapping/creating-the-half-earth-vibrant-basemap/

So true! (pic below)👇🏾 Thanks for this perspective @Vizzuality! #HalfEarthDay

Some of the tools of the trade behind the #HalfEarth map shown below, and we appreciate Greta of @Vizzuality sharing that gets some (all?) of her scientific super powers from @ArcGISOnline 😉#HalfEarthDay

So awesome! EO Wilson’s classic “Naturalist” coming out next year as a graphic novel from @IslandPress, as announced today at #HalfEarthDay

All of the mobile devices fly up to photograph the super duo of EO Wilson, @EOWilsonFndtn and Jack Dangermond @Esri, 😉together again in compelling conversation #HalfEarthDay

How many species of Earth are there? ~100 million by statistical inference. Found and named? ~2 million, 1 million of them insects. Want to pioneer new discoveries? “Become a taxonomist!” says EO Wilson 😉 #HalfEarthDay

One of the “next big things” says EO Wilson, is a fuller understanding of ecosystems, including the math to explain and predict them, how they evolve, etc. We are still so far from this. “Take heed students!” #HalfEarthDay

Jack Dangermond describes his journey from a plant nursery to landscape architecture to computers, a designer of solutions. How can we design a future that recovers from a destructive human footprint? #HalfEarthDay

How to move beyond “victories in a losing war.” Need a moonshot: select a % of species to save, a reasonable goal (i.e., half). Map species, into process models, rank them (prioritize), define hotspots & other areas to make up 50% #HalfEarthDay

Integrated biodiversity database for the whole planet, along with multiple activities at multiple scales, going 100% (not just 50%) 😉 after preserving the lands & the waters. It’s NOT just science & technology but stirring up a movement! #HalfEarthDay

Jack Dangermond expresses the need to go “all in.” It’s not about politics. It’s not about means. It’s “all in” planting trees (in the right places), coalescing our communities, keeping a spirit of participation, sharing... #HalfEarthDay