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NEW! 🌟 Explore our #HispanicHeritageMonth StoryMap by WE ACT @manuelsalgado.bsky.social federal research manager and GreenLatinos. Learn, get inspired and share: bit.ly/ejhhm2025

Join us in honoring Hispanic and Latino/a/e heritage, culture, and contributions to #EnvironmentalJustice all year long!

Hispanic Heritage Month 2025

Editor’s Note: The extent of Hispanic and Latino/a/e peoples is broad and multidimensional. Although many will try to describe us as homogenous and as one in the same, we recognize that could not be ...

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October 20, 2025 at 4:31 PM Everybody can reply

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GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel

@geomarkiel.bsky.social

100 years ago, research vessel #Meteor set sail to explore the Atlantic Ocean – one of the most important expeditions of the 20th century. To mark the anniversary, GEOMAR and DSM/Leibniz-Institut für Maritime Geschichte launched a storymap.

🔗 storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/5712...

October 20, 2025 at 2:28 PM Everybody can reply

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Doug Osborne

@seriousfunbs.bsky.social

...with alt text....

This week, the Planning Department dropped its new StoryMap showing the changes we made. While much of our work made it into the new maps, SB79 guts the results for many neighborhoods within a half-mile radius of qualifying transit stops. Westchester, Venice, South Brentwood, and WLA/Sawtelle, I'm talking to you.

Click on the StoryMap and scroll down to the map showing the large greyed-out circles, which represent the new SB79 zones across CD11. You can zoom in to see which specific streets are now subject to mandatory upzoning for up to seven story apartment buildings, even in single-family neighborhoods. Whether you currently live in a house, condo, or apartment, these massive density increases are likely to raise infrastructure, parking, traffic, and other challenges. We will be here to answer questions and work closely with residents and City Planning to implement these changes as responsibly as we can.

October 18, 2025 at 11:39 PM Everybody can reply

A. Zivarts

@nondriver.bsky.social

I am really excited to be back doing this organizing work. The book pulled me away from it for awhile, and it felt like coming home to a room full of folks who started this whole journey with me five years ago when they shared their stories for our transportation access for everyone storymap.

October 17, 2025 at 8:27 PM Everybody can reply

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Council on Strategic Risks

@councilonstrategicrisks.org

💧The water crisis in #Iran isn’t just about the lack of rain. CCS & Woodwell Climate Research Center’s 2023 Storymap shows how the country's deepening water insecurity reflects a mix of unsustainable water use, #climatechange, and Iran's isolated and authoritarian government.

⬇️ View the Storymap:

Looming Climate Security Crises in Iran

As water runs dry in Iran, security and climate risks escalate.

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October 17, 2025 at 4:38 PM Everybody can reply

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James J. A. Blair

@jjablair.bsky.social

This StoryMap outlines some key case studies from the report: storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/a860...

Fighting for Fair Development

Community Benefits Agreements as a Strategy for Making the Energy Transition More Equitable in the United States

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October 16, 2025 at 7:34 PM Everybody can reply

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Boston Office of Youth Engagement and Advancement

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Do young people in Boston feel like they have access to transportation? We asked them this and more in our Youth Speaks Boston needs assessment. To find out what they said, visit boston.gov/youth-speaks.

Text at the top says which method of transportation do you frequently use? A bar chart shows that seventy-four percent of Boston youth use public transportation, forty percent walk, twenty-nine percent have others drive them, twenty-five percent use rideshare, twenty-one percent drive their own or shared car, and thirteen percent bike. Text at the bottom says Boston youth most commonly use public transportation to get around the city.

Text at the top says youth who report lacking access to safe, reliable, and affordable transportation are three times more likely to report trouble accessing housing and menstrual products, and two times more likely to report trouble accessing food, health care services, hygiene products, and clothing. Icons of a house, menstrual pad, fork and knife, first aid cross, toothbrush, and shirt are to the right of the text.

Text at the top says see more findings from Youth Speaks Boston. Below is a laptop graphic with a screenshot from the Youth Speaks Boston StoryMap. Text at the bottom says view the StoryMap and data dashboard at boston.gov/youthspeaks

October 16, 2025 at 1:58 PM Everybody can reply

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Dr. Twila Moon

@drtwilamoon.bsky.social

Research, teach, or communicate about #Greenland science (in English, Danish, or Greenlandic)?

➡️ StoryMap about fjord bathymetry and ecosystem, environment, people connections. Including as Greenlanders respond to potential *lowering* local sea levels.
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@lamont.columbia.edu

Kalaallit Nunaat Qaffappoq (Greenland Rising)

Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory and Pinngortitaleriffik (Greenland Institute of Natural Resources)

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October 15, 2025 at 10:03 PM Everybody can reply

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North Atlantic Fire Science Exchange

@northatlfiresci.bsky.social

Check out A Year of Collaboration: The Fire Science Exchange Network. This excellent storymap highlights the real-world impacts and accomplishments of the Fire Science Exchange Network in fiscal year 2024. buff.ly/JKF4BoZ #FireScience

October 15, 2025 at 4:05 PM Everybody can reply

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Boston Office of Youth Engagement and Advancement

@oyea.boston.gov

Do young people in Boston feel safe? We asked them this and more in our Youth Speaks Boston needs assessment. To find out what they said, visit boston.gov/youth-speaks.

Text at the top says overall, about six in ten Boston youth say they feel safe in their own neighborhoods. A pie chart shows that about fifty-six percent of Boston youth agree, about thirty-one percent are neutral, and about twelve percent disagree. Text at the bottom says however, across the city, there are stark differences between neighborhoods.

October 14, 2025 at 8:53 PM Everybody can reply

New York City Independent Budget Office

@nycibo.bsky.social

It's getting chilly out, but we're looking forward to next summer... ☀️

Check out IBO's new storymap breaking down the distribution of cooling centers across NYC! bit.ly/3KKBTW3

#NYC #NewYorkCity #EmergencyManagement #CoolingCenters

October 14, 2025 at 8:41 PM Everybody can reply

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kaz

@karenkaz.com

Oh man, this timeline is a great idea but makes the planning nerd in me want to create an ArcGIS storymap for it.

Pumpkinloaf @toneloaf.bsky.social · 7d

The Federal government has attacked Chicago but Chicagoans are doing a great job documenting what is happening. However, I do not feel that there is a solid timeline of key events forming, and so I put one together

Here is a 🧵with details on each, including sourcing and videos. AMA

A timeline I have put together to document key monents in the attack on Chicago:

6/16/2025 : Limited but heavily militarized and anonymized ICE activity
9/19/2025 : Broadview Escalation: 9/22/2025: Broadview: More chemical irritant use:
9/23/2025: Silverio Villegas González Murdered
9/26/2025: Broadview Scrum 1: Vehicular Violence and indiscriminate chemical irritants
9/30/2025: South Shore Raid
10/3/2025: Logan Square Tear Gassed
10/3/2025: Broadview Scrum 2: ISP+ crowd control; Deliberate attack on protesters by ICE while filming for content, Dan Bovino
10/3/2025: Arrested Alderman
10/4/2025: Brighton Park Stand Off
10/10/2025: WGN Producer Aggressively Arrested under suspicious reasons, no charge
10/12/2025: Albany Park Standoff

October 14, 2025 at 6:04 PM Everybody can reply

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Association for Fire Ecology

@afe-fireecology.bsky.social

Check out some of the amazing work our friends and collaborators in the Fire Science Exchange Network are doing! The StoryMap "A Year of Collaboration: The Fire Science Exchange Network" can be found here ow.ly/l1Qh50X75m5

October 13, 2025 at 2:52 PM Everybody can reply

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Brian LaMarre

@blamarre.bsky.social

One year ago today on October 9, 2024, Hurricane Milton impacted Florida with storm surge, tornadoes, intense wind, inland flooding and widespread damage. These impacts came a couple of weeks after the extreme impacts from Hurricane Helene.
Detailed StoryMap:
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/ca76...

October 9, 2025 at 9:21 PM Everybody can reply

Dr. Dawn Wright

@deepseadawn.bsky.social

Did you know that you can now bring Google Earth Engine data right into ArcGIS Pro?

Here’s a new storymap with details and a link to the tool on @github.com and thoughts on a possible interoperability of GEE and ArcGIS Pro.

storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/bf22...
#gischat #geogchat #geogsky ⚒️ 🌎 🌍 🌏

Bring Google Earth Engine’s Data Right into ArcGIS Pro

Access Google Earth Engine's Data Catalog in ArcGIS Pro

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October 9, 2025 at 7:04 PM Everybody can reply

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Boston Office of Youth Engagement and Advancement

@oyea.boston.gov

Do young people in Boston feel like they belong? We asked them this and more in our Youth Speaks Boston needs assessment. To find out what they said, visit boston.gov/youth-speaks

Text at the top says about two out of three Boston youth report feeling they belong in Boston. A pie chart shows that sixty eight percent of Boston youth agree, twenty-seven percent are neutral, and four percent disagree. Text at the bottom says however, there are disparities when we break down the data.

October 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM Everybody can reply

Native American Studies Center (USC Lancaster)

@usclnas.bsky.social

Edited by Nicole Isenbarger, RPA, Charles Towne Landing State Historic Site, the StoryMap features 17th century English colonial interactions in Charles Towne and South Carolina, significant archaeological sites in the state, special events, and more!

October 6, 2025 at 1:40 PM Everybody can reply

Native American Studies Center (USC Lancaster)

@usclnas.bsky.social

The #ArchaeologyMonth 2025 StoryMap “The Carolina Colony” is now available!

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The Carolina Colony

Highlighting 17th c. English colonial interactions in South Carolina

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October 6, 2025 at 1:40 PM Everybody can reply

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EFSA Plants

@efsa-plants.bsky.social

🌲 #Pseudocercospora pini-densiflorae is a pathogen of conifers, impacting both urban and forest ecosystems.

🔎 Early detection is essential to prevent spread and mitigate ecological and economic impacts.

EFSA #StoryMap 🔗 link.europa.eu/bWC3cG

🌱#PlantHealth #PestSurveyCard #SurveillanceNetwork

Symptoms and signs of Pseudocercorspora pini-densiflorae (yellowish bands and black stomata) on a 2-years-old seedling on Pinus thunbergii

October 6, 2025 at 10:31 AM Everybody can reply

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Joe Cohen

@cohenhouse.bsky.social

I can't imagine anyone is quite this nerdy, but anyone have a local copy of LA's 2021 Housing Element candidate sites for rezoning? The Storymap is offline.

October 6, 2025 at 1:52 AM Everybody can reply

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gersart.bsky.social

@gersart.bsky.social

Three images. The last is October 4. While I started with good intentions to get out there every few weeks, family stuff and academic priorities are into that goal.

I am completing this storymap as an example for how to organize and share data.

October 5, 2025 at 3:44 PM Everybody can reply

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Vicky Veritas

@vickyveritas.bsky.social

Cool Storymap!

October 3, 2025 at 9:33 PM Everybody can reply

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Rachel Glade

@rachelglade.bsky.social

Curious about the glacial geomorphology? Recent undergrad Regan Collins made this amazing ArcGIS Storymap about the formation of the Finger Lakes Region, complete with a map for a self-guided field trip to see some of the best examples of glacial geomorphology in the world! tinyurl.com/7w4asmwc

IT'S SNOW JOKE: THE HISTORY OF GLACIERS IN WESTERN NEW YORK

They Came, They Thawed, They Conquered

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October 3, 2025 at 5:42 PM Everybody can reply

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Jacob Wasserman

@jacoblwasserman.bsky.social

Instead of running through a commercial corridor along the tracks or bypassing downtown, SR-99 cut through diverse residential areas of West Fresno, leading to displacement, divestment, and white flight. Learn more about the legacy of freeways in Fresno in this new @uclaits.bsky.social storymap:

Dividing Lines: The Legacies of Fresno's Freeways

How Route 99 Reshaped Fresno’s Immigrant Communities and Communities of Color

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October 3, 2025 at 4:45 PM Everybody can reply

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Michigan Sea Grant

@miseagrant.bsky.social

(2/2) Two Michigan educators brought back rich memories and experiences from their Shipboard Science Immersion on Lake Michigan. Don't miss the storymap showcasing their adventures! buff.ly/iX9Yb1t

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The Lake Guardian, a large white ship, sails the blue waters of a northern Great Lake

October 2, 2025 at 1:15 PM Everybody can reply

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