{"id":1306122,"date":"2021-08-26T10:00:31","date_gmt":"2021-08-26T17:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=1306122"},"modified":"2026-04-17T12:27:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T19:27:27","slug":"ocean-science-and-sustainability-webinar","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/story-maps\/sharing-collaboration\/ocean-science-and-sustainability-webinar","title":{"rendered":"Meet your 2021 ArcGIS StoryMaps Challenge judges at the Storytelling for Our Ocean webinar"},"author":9422,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[430042,37511,430212],"tags":[398132,31921,315102,25411,706371],"industry":[],"product":[36611],"class_list":["post-1306122","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education","category-sharing-collaboration","category-sustainable-development","tag-arcgis-storymaps","tag-education","tag-oceans","tag-science","tag-storymaps","product-story-maps"],"acf":{"short_description":"Meet your 2021 ArcGIS StoryMaps Challenge judges at the Storytelling for Our Ocean webinar hosted by Esri and the National Geographic Society.","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"sidebar","content":"<p><em>This piece of content is no longer being maintained and may reference events in the past or product features that have changed.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Originally published Aug 4, 2021, this article was updated Aug 26, 2021 to include the webinar recording.<\/p>\n","image_reference":false,"layout":"standard","image_reference_figure":"","snippet":"","spotlight_name":"","section_title":"","position":"Center","spotlight_image":false},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Are you passionate about marine wildlife and habitats? 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Simply build and submit an ocean-focused story to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/en-us\/arcgis\/products\/arcgis-storymaps\/contest\/overview\">2021 ArcGIS StoryMaps Challenge for Restoring Our Ocean<\/a> by October 22, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>To get started, check out the video recording of the August 20th Storytelling for Ocean Science and Sustainability webinar hosted by Esri and the National Geographic Society.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"youtube","start_time":"0","end_time":"","youtube_video_url":"<iframe title=\"Storytelling for Ocean Science and Sustainability by Esri and National Geographic Society\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8OEWYh_AIQs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Learn about ocean health, data-driven stories with maps, and details about the competition directly from the 2021 ArcGIS StoryMaps Ocean Challenge judges\u2014Dawn Wright, Sandra Turner, Alex Tait, Charlie Fitzpatrick, and Shelby O\u2019Neil! 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