Ocean Health Index

The 2023 @OceanHealthIndx scores are in! So how healthy are our oceans? The 2023 global average is 73/100, showing stability across years. #OpenScience #oceans #DataScience Check out the scores for all 220 regions here: oceanhealthindex.org/news/20…

Dive into the world of marine conservation with OHI fellow Erika Egg! 🐋 Discover the impact of protected areas on our oceans and learn about the progress and challenges in safeguarding marine ecosystems. oceanhealthindex.org/news/ls…🐟 #OceanConservation #ProtectedAreas #MarineLife

Join OHI Fellow Carlo Broderick as he delves into the cultural traditions, environmental impacts, and health concerns surrounding centuries-old whale hunting in the Faroe Islands! Check out the latest OHI blog post to learn more: 🌊🎣🐬🐋 oceanhealthindex.org/news/fa…

Curious about how ocean data becomes meaningful goal scores in the Ocean Health Index? Check out OHI Fellow Adelaide Robinson's new blog post and visualize how goals and data layers are connected! #DataScience #oceans #OpenScience 🌊📊📈oceanhealthindex.org/news/da…

🔥🌲Check out this new initiative @ucsb_nceas! The Western Wildfire Resilience Index (WWRI), modeled after the OHI, aims to provide the first holistic metric of wildfire resilience in the North American West. Learn more about the WWRI and 7 new jobs here: nceas.ucsb.edu/news/announci…

Check out the article, "Taking Ocean Vital Signs" from the @ucsantabarbara current on the 2022 OHI scores, the calculation process, and how the index has evolved over time! news.ucsb.edu/2022/020786/ta… @ucsb_nceas

The 2022 Ocean Health Index Scores are in! The global average is a 69/100 - stable, but opportunities for improvement. Curious how ocean health has changed over time in your country? Further explore scores and methods: oceanhealthindex.org/news/20… #oceans #OpenScience @ucsb_nceas

New paper out from members of the OHI team! Thanks @ZoologyDave for a great thread on the paper led by OHI founder @BSHalpern. The group spatially mapped the global pressures (disturbance, ghg, nutrients & water use) of agriculture, marine fisheries, and marine aquaculture.

Ever had to deal with hours of mind numbing manual file downloading and data transcription? OHI fellow @PeterFMenzies explains how to use #rvest, #purrr and #tabulizer to extract tables from highly formatted PDFs in R! #rstats oceanhealthindex.org/news/sc…

Introducing a new habitat for OHI, tidal flats!! This year one of our fellows, Cullen Molitor, developed a workflow to download and analyze data created by @remotelysense on the global extent of tidal flat habitat. #rspatial #terra #raster oceanhealthindex.org/news/ti…

Want to adapt to recent changes in R spatial packages? OHI fellow @juliet_s_cohen dives into improving #raster analysis using #terra with @GlobalFishwatch’s new API tool to analyze global fishing effort!! #rspatial #rstats oceanhealthindex.org/news/ra…

We are excited to announce the 4th cohort of OHI fellows! Over the course of the summer the fellows will calculate the 2022 Global OHI scores using #openscience and #reproducible data techniques. Learn more at oceanhealthindex.org/news/20…

We're excited to announce the 2021 global Ocean Health Index scores. This is our 10th year of assessing the #sustainable use of ocean resources. Check out our beautiful new website at oceanhealthindex.org/news/20…. #oceanhealth #datascience #rstats #openscience

OHI's human-centered focus helps scientists and managers connect indicators to what people actually care about for oceans, and the goal-setting process provides a valuable opportunity for a variety of ocean stakeholders to sit at the same table bit.ly/2QMfYwU

Since our first assessment in 2012, the Sense of Place score has significantly increased due to the global effort to implement #MarineProtectedAreas. Over the last 7 years, the area of MPAs created within 3nm of the coast has increased by 16%! bit.ly/2Qa4N4M

“With seven years of OHI data, we are gaining deeper insights into how healthy our oceans are through time and space, information that can be used to implement effective actions for sustainable ocean management,” notes OHI lead scientist @BSHalpern bit.ly/2SonXAC

"One of the biggest things I learned is reproducible science means not only that someone else could reproduce our work, but that we can reuse our own methods as datasets expand," says Global Fellow @elliecancamp bit.ly/2DP4VQG

We are partnering with @Esri to integrate our data onto their @LivingAtlas and develop Ocean Health Hubs, online tools that will enable ocean managers to better understand regional #oceanhealth. Our annual assessments will serve as the foundation for these bit.ly/2StTSzI

Since the first assessment in 2012, we have seen significant global increases in mariculture, lasting special places, and tourism & recreation #oceanoptimism. Curious how ocean health has changed over time in your country? Further explore scores here: bit.ly/2riRaBz

Love stunning #ocean pictures and learning about #healthyoceans? Check out our new @EsriStoryMaps to learn how we measure the things people value about the ocean and explore ocean health scores around the world arcg.is/0OvHai