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Scott Loarie | |
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| Born | November 9, 1978 |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | |
| Occupation(s) | biodiversity scientist, technology executive |
| Organization | iNaturalist (Executive Director) |
| Known for | iNaturalist, biodiversity and climate science, TED speaker |
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| Website | www |
Scott Loarie is an American biodiversity and climate scientist and technology executive. He serves as the executive director of iNaturalist, considered the world's largest citizen science platform[1] used by millions of people to document and monitor biodiversity.[2] Loarie grew up in Sonoma County, California, and has cited early observations of ecological change along the Russian River as foundational to his interest in the environment.[3]
He holds a PhD in biological sciences from Duke University, where his research focused on species distribution modeling and climate change impacts on ecosystems.[4] His work has been profiled in publications including The Atlantic and The New York Times.[5][6] In 2025, he was a speaker at the main TED conference in Vancouver.[7]
iNaturalist
[edit]Loarie met iNaturalist founder Ken-ichi Ueda at Berkeley in 2010.[8] When Loarie began collaborating on the project there were fewer than 500 participants.[9] Loarie and Ueda's partnership has been described as one where Loarie brought a focus on science and conservation to Ueda's vision focused on connecting people to nature.[10] Since then, Loarie played a central role in its evolution into the largest citizen science platform in the world.[11] In 2023, iNaturalist transitioned into an independent nonprofit organization with Loarie serving as Executive Director.[12][13] The platform has been described by The New York Times as changing how users engage with nature,[14] and as having 8 million users worldwide.[15]
The impact of iNaturalist under Loarie's leadership has been recognized in outlets such as Bay Nature,[16] National Geographic,[17] Mongabay,[18] Smithsonian Magazine,[19] and by institutions such as Microsoft[20], Amazon[21], and Google.[22]
Scientific research
[edit]Loarie has authored over 50 scientific papers on biodiversity and climate.[23] His research has been widely featured in mainstream media outlets.[24][25][26]
Working under Christopher Field at Stanford University,[27] Loarie was lead author of the influential 2009 study The Velocity of Climate Change.[28] In it, Loarie coined the term Climate Change Velocity which has become one of the most widely used metrics for estimating exposure of nature to climate change.[29][30][31] The work was featured in popular outlets such as Scientific American, The Christian Science Monitor and NPR, and cited in the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report.[32][33][34][35]
Loarie and his brother, environmental attorney Greg Loarie, were key figures in the widely publicized[36][37][38], controversial[39][40], and ultimately unsuccessful[41] attempt to list the American Pika as an endangered species.
In 2024, Loarie was named an author of the first ever U.S. National Nature Assessment, a federal initiative to evaluate the state of biodiversity and ecosystems nationwide.[42] The assessment was canceled during the Trump administration before completion.[43]
Spokesperson for Citizen Science
[edit]Loarie frequently speaks about citizen science in the media[44][45][46][47] and in keynotes.[48][49] He is profiled in the book Citizen Scientist: Searching for Heroes and Hope in an Age of Extinction as a central figure in the modern citizen science movement.[50]
Recognition
[edit]Loarie was awarded the Heinz Award for the Environment in 2024.[51] Previously, Loarie was awarded the National Park Service Director's Partnership Award for his leadership in the National Park Service Centennial BioBlitz in 2016.[52]
Loarie has been named a Fellow of the California Academy of Sciences and the National Geographic Society.[53][54]
See also
[edit]External links
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Scott Loarie & Ken-ichi Ueda". Retrieved 2025-04-18.
- ^ Chambers, Jennifer (2024-04-23). "Sonoma County's iNaturalist co-founders win Heinz Award for the Environment". North Bay Business Journal. Sonoma Media Investments. Retrieved 2025-04-12.
- ^ "Beyond the Lab: Scott Loarie, Ph.D. and Ken-ichi Ueda". Moore Foundation. Retrieved 2025-04-12.
- ^ "Scott Loarie, PhD". Duke University. Retrieved 2025-04-12.
- ^ "An App for Identifying Animals and Plants". The Atlantic. 27 July 2017. Retrieved 2025-04-12.
- ^ Harmon, Amy (2022-12-09). "The Nicest Place Online? It Might Just Involve Identifying Sea Slugs". The New York Times. Retrieved 2025-04-12.
- ^ Jones, Ian (2024-04-05). "TED Conference leaving Vancouver after next year's event". CTV News. Retrieved 2025-04-12.
- ^ "Commencement Speaker Ken-ichi Ueda, iNaturalist Creator, Inspires Graduates with Humor and Insights on Responsible Technology". Retrieved 2025-04-18.
- ^ "From Observation to Action: How iNaturalist Spurs Conservation". 8 January 2024. Retrieved 2025-04-18.
- ^ "Forget Butterfly Nets; Today's Naturalists Capture Specimens on Phones". 5 June 2017. Retrieved 2025-04-18.
- ^ "Scott Loarie & Ken-ichi Ueda". Retrieved 2025-04-18.
- ^ "iNaturalist, A Cultivator of Community and Collector of Crucial Wildlife Data, Goes Solo". 21 September 2023. Retrieved 2025-04-18.
- ^ "About iNaturalist". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2025-04-12.
- ^ Jabr, Ferris (2017-12-06). "Letter of Recommendation: iNaturalist". The New York Times. Retrieved 2025-04-12.
- ^ Sanders, Robert (2024-10-11). "Using AI and iNaturalist, scientists build one of the highest resolution maps yet of California plants". UC Berkeley News. Retrieved 2025-04-12.
- ^ "iNaturalist Strikes Out on Its Own". Bay Nature. 2023-09-12. Retrieved 2025-04-12.
- ^ "The California Academy of Sciences and National Geographic Society Join Forces". National Geographic. Retrieved 2025-04-12.
- ^ "Connecting One Million Nature Observers". Mongabay. 19 October 2018. Retrieved 2025-04-12.
- ^ "The Race to Develop AI to Identify Every Species". Smithsonian. Retrieved 2025-04-12.
- ^ "How iNaturalist Helps Spawn a Generation of Citizen Scientists". Microsoft News. 19 April 2018. Retrieved 2025-04-12.
- ^ "How AWS Helps iNaturalist Empower Biodiversity Observers". Amazon. 20 April 2023. Retrieved 2025-04-12.
- ^ "How iNaturalist captures millions of biodiversity observations via Google Maps Platform". YouTube. Google Maps Platform. 15 February 2023. Retrieved 2025-04-18.
- ^ "Scott R. Loarie – Google Scholar". Google Scholar. Retrieved 2025-04-12.
- ^ "Study finds warming may displace hundreds of California species". Los Angeles Times. 2008-06-25. Retrieved 2025-04-12.
- ^ "Male Lions Do Help Hunt After All". NBC News. 31 May 2013. Retrieved 2025-04-12.
- ^ "Shifting Pasture to Sugarcane Cools Brazilian Cerrado". Earth Times. Retrieved 2025-04-12.
- ^ Loarie, Scott; Field, Christopher (2009). "Untitled". Nature. 462: 956. doi:10.1038/7276956a.
- ^ Loarie, Scott R.; Duffy, Philip B.; Hamilton, Healy; Asner, Gregory P.; Field, Christopher B.; Ackerly, David D. (2009). "The velocity of climate change". Nature. 462 (7276): 1052–1055. Bibcode:2009Natur.462.1052L. doi:10.1038/nature08649. PMID 20033047.
- ^ Heikkinen, R.K.; Leikola, N.; Aalto, J. (2020). "Fine-grained climate velocities reveal vulnerability of protected areas to climate change". Scientific Reports. 10 (1): 1678. Bibcode:2020NatSR..10.1678H. doi:10.1038/s41598-020-58638-8. PMC 6997200. PMID 32015382.
- ^ Dobrowski, S.; Parks, S. (2016). "Climate change velocity underestimates climate change exposure in mountainous regions". Nature Communications. 7: 12349. Bibcode:2016NatCo...712349D. doi:10.1038/ncomms12349. PMC 4974646. PMID 27476545.
- ^ "Glacial Melting Puts Animals on the Run". Science. Retrieved 2025-04-18.
- ^ "Speed of Climate Change Is Humbling for Even the Fastest Species". Scientific American. 2009-12-09. Retrieved 2025-04-12.
- ^ "Global warming will cause plants and animals to migrate". Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 2025-04-12.
- ^ "Trees on the Move as Temperature Zones Shift". NPR. 2014-02-18. Retrieved 2025-04-12.
- ^ "Chapter 2: Terrestrial and Freshwater Ecosystems and Their Services". IPCC AR6 WGII. Retrieved 2025-04-12.
- ^ "Saving wildlife in a warmer world". Christian Science Monitor. 2009-11-17. Retrieved 2025-04-18.
- ^ "Grand Teton National Park Researchers Keeping Eye on Pikas". National Parks Traveler. Retrieved 2025-04-18.
- ^ "Mountain Species, Climate Change, and the Escalator Effect". EcoWest. 2013-09-24. Retrieved 2025-04-18.
- ^ "The Pika: Alpine Poster Child of Climate Change". Outside Online. 18 September 2012. Retrieved 2025-04-18.
- ^ "File: Sierra Nevada Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment". California Department of Fish and Wildlife. Retrieved 2025-04-18.
- ^ "Obama Admin Denies Endangered Species Listing for Pika". New York Times (Greenwire). 2010-02-05. Retrieved 2025-04-18.
- ^ "Climate Change Chapter (archived by EDGI)". Environmental Data & Governance Initiative. Retrieved 2025-04-12.
- ^ "New National Nature Assessment Will Guide America's Environmental Future". National Wildlife Federation. Retrieved 2025-04-12.
- ^ "iNaturalist: Data Skeptic Podcast". Data Skeptic. Retrieved 2025-04-12.
- ^ "Conservation Conversations: Scott Loarie". NatureServe. 26 January 2022. Retrieved 2025-04-12.
- ^ "Climate Second Language – Human Footprint". PBS. Retrieved 2025-04-12.
- ^ "Become a Citizen Scientist!". YouTube. Northern California Public Media. 19 November 2024. Retrieved 2025-04-18.
- ^ "CAPS 2025 Program". Association for Advancing Participatory Sciences. Retrieved 2025-04-12.
- ^ "Game-Changing App Explores Conservation's Future". 22 February 2018. Retrieved 2025-04-18.
- ^ Hannibal, Mary Ellen (2016). Citizen Scientist: Searching for Heroes and Hope in an Age of Extinction. The Experiment. ISBN 9781615192434. Retrieved 2025-04-18.
- ^ "2024 Heinz Awards: Scott Loarie". Heinz Family Foundation. Retrieved 2025-04-12.
- ^ "Director's Partnership Award - 2016". Retrieved 2025-04-18.
- ^ "Scott Loarie". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2025-04-12.
- ^ "Scott Loarie: Aspen Ideas Festival Speaker Profile". AspenIdeas. Retrieved 2025-04-12.