Creatures of the Deep and Treasure Maps of the Ocean Floor

Invited Evening Public Lecture, Redlands Forum, Redlands, CA. The Redlands Forum (formerly Town and Gown) is a free cultural series that welcomes new speakers every month. The event, sponsored by Esri and the University of Redlands Town & Gown, offers educational and cultural programs on a variety of topics for free or at nominal cost. Presenters include government and business leaders, environmentalists, filmmakers, and performers. It is one of the more popular things to do in Redlands. This Redlands Forum was introduced by Esri President Jack Dangermond and delivered to a capacity audience in May 2015.

1. Creatures of the Deep & “ Treasure Maps ” of the Ocean Floor Dawn Wright Esri Chief Scientist Redlands Forum, May 27, 2015

2. Explornography [n.] “ The vicarious thrill of exploring when there is nothing left to explore ” (John Tierney, New York Times , July 26, 1998)

3. Image courtesy of the National Air and Space Museum

4. Image courtesy of the National Air and Space Museum

5. Image courtesy of the National Air and Space Museum

6. Movies

7. “TREASURE MAP”

8. Sandwell & Smith global seafloor topography derived from satellite altimetry “TREASURE MAP”

9. Images courtesy of NOAA and UNH Single Beam Multibeam Seafloor Mapping

10. Ocean Thematic Layers Only 5-15% of global seafloor charted with ships - “ we need ~125 more years! ” * *Sandwell et al., 2003, Eos article Graphic courtesy of Christina Massel, Steve Miller, Scripps Institution of Oceanography

11. depth soundings - South Pacific Slide courtesy of Dave Sandwell , Scripps Institution of Oceanography

12. Fine Scale Mapping and Sampling

13. National Marine Sanctuaries Map courtesy of NOAA National Marine Sanctuary System

14. TREASURE MAP

15. TREASURE MAP

16. Artwork by Jayne Doucette, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

17. Map by former Oregon State U. grad student Emily Larkin

18. National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa Natural & human impacts Crown-of-thorns invasion, hurricanes, bleaching Illegal fishing, sewage outfall Photos courtesy of NOAA National Marine Sanctuary System

19. National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa Research Prior to 2001… Sanctuary largely unexplored below depths of ~30-60 m no comprehensive documentation of the plants, animals, and submarine topography. Little is known of tropical “ twilight zone ” shelf-edge (50-120 m deep) of coral reef habitats throughout the world Best combination of terrain analysis techniques? Extension of satellite-based scheme What is a viable classification acoustically?

20. Map courtesy of NOAA Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment

21. Fagatele Bay, American Samoa, Initial Bathymetry

22. Geographic Information System (GIS) Terrain Analysis and Classification Emily Lundblad , Oregon State U. Thesis

23. Emily Lundblad , Oregon State U. Thesis TREASURE MAP

24. Hawaii Undersea Research Lab Submersible Dives R/V Ka ‘ imikai -o- Kanaloa Pisces V

25. Migratory and Trans-boundary Species Courtesy of Lisa Levin, Scripps Institution of Oceanography CREATURES

26. Initial Release: June 21, 2011 New High Resolution Data Continually Being Added Ocean Basemap

27. Visualization source: U. of New Hampsire CCOM

28. Story Maps: A New Medium esriurl.com / ocnstories storymaps.esri.com

29. Dawn Wright [email protected] esriurl.com/scicomm Twitter: @ deepseadawn Thank You