OHI-Science

What does it take to restore an #ocean to good health & how can @OceanHealthIndx help? Susa Niiranem from @sthlmresilience's #podcast @Rethink_Earth chats with OHI's creator @BSHalpern & Thorsten Blenckner, creator of OHI spinoff @BalticHealthInd! 🔗 rethink.earth/what-does-a-he…

Today we’re proud to announce the 2020 Ocean Health Index global scores! This is our 9th year of assessing the sustainable delivery of 10 benefits that people want and need from the ocean. Learn more at ohi-science.org/news/global_…! @nceas @ConservationOrg @Esri

The 2020 Baltic Health Index has launched today! This tool comprehensively scores Baltic Sea health and is led by researchers at @sthlmresilience. Learn more, and explore the data, methods, and code! baltic-ohi.shinyapps.io/dash… stockholmresilience.org/rese… ohi-science.org/news/BHI_sco…

We are excited to announce the @OceanHealthIndx scores for 2019, our 8th annual assessment of global #oceanhealth. The global average remained at 71/100 – stable, but opportunities for improvement. Explore our methods, data, & code: ohi-science.org/news/global-… #openscience #oceans

New on the blog: 3 lessons for using @OceanHealthIndx's global framework to assess local oceans: include the right people early, fit framework to place, align with on-the-ground efforts bit.ly/2Lbj0ww @nceas @OpenOCTO

The @OceanHealthIndx's #YearInReview: this year we welcomed our first cohort of Global Fellows, conducted our 7th annual assessment, and released 6 independent studies. Looking forward to our new 2019 projects! bit.ly/2BHZeRe

Indicators with consistent data & methods enable scientists and managers to track changes over time. The challenge is finding indicators that meaningfully give you that information. OHI's goal forward approach helps identify relevant data & data gaps bit.ly/2BmGHLp

Another great #scicomm project from our fellows! For her independent project, @CamVargasP focused on improving the visualization of our annual global scores through interactive plots and regional summary cards, which she terms "key results in a nutshell" bit.ly/2zjNsfe

Leaders of the 2018 OHI Fellowship - @juliesquid & Melanie - reflect on what it was like to train the next generation of ocean data scientists. Learn about the challenges and what worked well for preparing the Fellows to conduct the 2018 global assessment bit.ly/2E0N0Xy

Healing our oceans with #data. Check out our new @OceanHealthIndx StoryMap to learn how we measure #oceanhealth annually using over 100 datasets and interactively explore 2018 country-level ocean health scores and trends arcg.is/0OvHai

When working on data preparation for #OHI2018, Fellow @CamVargasP came across 3 different scenarios for updating data and methods: 1. Adapt new data to old methods 2. Change methods 3. Keep old data Learn more about her work w/ these different scenarios: bit.ly/2zjNsfe

The @OceanHealthIndx scores are in! So how healthy are our oceans? The 2018 global average remained 70/100 highlighting stability in #oceanhealth with opportunities for improvement. 109 countries are experiencing increases in health, up 27 since last year bit.ly/2Qa4N4M

"By keeping the goals front & center, you can see the importance of different perspectives and the critical value that data across the different goals have in terms of enabling us to manage our oceans in thoughtful and proactive way,” says @hleslie_umaine bit.ly/2BmGHLp

Through our Fellowship Feature series, we have shared the perspectives of our amazing fellows and the work they accomplished. Now it's time to hear from the teachers - @juliesquid and Melanie - about worked well and can be improved moving forward bit.ly/2E0N0Xy

What was the biggest fellowship takeaway for @CamVargasP? The importance of applying the #datascience principles of reproducibility, transparency, and comparability to her wide variety of tasks, from updating data and methods to creating summary cards bit.ly/2zjNsfe

We now have a #pkgdown website for ohicore - the R package that calculates OHI scores - thanks to Global Fellow @elliecancamp. She designed the site to demystify ohicore functions and display them in a user-friendly way. Check it out: bit.ly/2DsF80t

Who knew there were such strong ties between #scicomm and #datascience? Global Fellow @iwen_su shares "we are constantly thinking about how to write data prep scripts in a way that is helpful for us and others. It’s a constant reminder of my audience." bit.ly/2ylNnHD

Our ultraviolet radiation pressure layer is made up of high resolution spatial #data, where hundreds of millions of pixels are analyzed to get a final score. Fellow @elliecancamp worked to make the data downloading & processing faster and more reproducible bit.ly/2RDc8WK