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Eliot Fisher / research

Follow the evidence.

GIS analysis, policy memos, and environmental assessments from my academic work.

Academic work

GIS analysis · policy memos & assessments

GIS & spatial analysis

Map of fixed-bottom offshore wind candidate areas
GIS analysis

Offshore Wind & Energy Hazard Siting

Fixed-bottom wind candidate areas in Northeast, South, and Puerto Rico state waters, sited against depth, substrate, and shipping lanes.

Map of critical energy infrastructure in high-risk hazard zones
GIS analysis

Critical Energy Infrastructure in Hazard Zones

An overlay of California's Central Coast — power plants, substations, and transmission lines set against earthquake, flood, and wildfire risk.

Policy memos & assessments

Building a Global Plastics Data Partnership cover page

Building a Global Plastics Data Partnership

A policy memo to The Ocean Cleanup on scaling accountability through a global plastics monitoring partnership.

New York's Offshore Wind Program Under the CLCPA cover page

New York's Offshore Wind Program Under the CLCPA

A critical analysis of South Fork, Empire, and Sunrise Wind against the Climate Act’s mandates.

Torrey Pines Climate Vulnerability Assessment cover page

Torrey Pines Climate Vulnerability Assessment

Evaluating climate risk to the Torrey Pine, Western Snowy Plover, and coastal bluff ecosystem.