Bakker's final work, Gaia's Web , was published posthumously in 2024. It explored the concept of "digital environmentalism," arguing that while technology can be used for surveillance, it also offers a way to regenerate the Earth and cultivate deep empathy for non-human species.
She passed away in August 2023, shortly after delivering a powerful TED Talk on the prospects of deciphering animal communication. Her colleagues and students remember her as a scholar who was "insatiably curious about Earth’s long-term future" and who believed that by learning to listen, we might finally learn to cohabitate. karen bakker
In 2022, Bakker published The Sounds of Life , a book that detailed how digital technologies act as a "planetary hearing aid". Her research highlighted groundbreaking discoveries, such as: Bakker's final work, Gaia's Web , was published
