🚨We're hiring! Join the Gulf Ecosystem Initiative as a postdoc tackling big, interdisciplinary questions impacting the Gulf 🌊 Based at NCEAS in beautiful Santa Barbara, CA. Apply by Feb 20, 2026 ➡ https://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/gulfeco Expected salary: $69k-82k. UCSB is an EOE.

🦃 🥧 Check out the November newsletter for info on our new Call for Artists, an upcoming Science Pub, a feature on the Cyber2A project, & more stories of synthesis science in action! 🍂 Read the Newsletter: mailchi.mp/nceas/nceas-... 📩 Subscribe here: ucsb.us12.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...

Grateful this season for the resilience of the Gulf and the science that drives solutions. 🌊💙 📅 Deadline Feb. 20, 2026, at 5 PM PT | 7 PM CDT → www.nceas.ucsb.edu/gulfeco

REMINDER: Join the next DataONE Community Call on Wednesday, Dec. 3 at 9 AM PST! 🍃 They’ll dive into how connected repositories and shared metadata open up biodiversity data for easier discovery and long-term use. 🔗Add to your calendar: bit.ly/DataONECalendar

Join DataONE for the final Community Call of 2025! 📣 They’ll explore how repositories are federated and linked through shared metadata practices to improve data visibility, interoperability, and long-term access. 📅 Date: Wednesday, Dec. 3 at 9 AM PST 🔗Add to your calendar: bit.ly/DataONECalendar

Thank you to everyone who joined our GEI Webinar! We are excited for your proposals! 🎥 Recording: Sign up for our Office Hour: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0/appointments/schedules/AcZssZ0R0rKUvXteZcqmEtGE80mxu-x9zyMhaM3pA4eovFFssIugYNkX6i3-qab-kqeDaTe_DWiUw-xp ! Applications due 2/20/26

🌊 Today’s the day! Join us for the Gulf Ecosystem Initiative informational webinar – get your questions answered and learn more about the program! See you there! TODAY 🕙 10 AM PT / 12 PM CT 🔗 Register: https://ucsb.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_fs4T18a7TQeyQP3ov5f5lg#/registration

Thank you Bluedot Living for featuring NCEAS’ work with UCSB’s Cheadle Center + The Nature Conservancy to fight ice plant in Santa Barbara County! Learn how the NCEAS team is using machine learning + satellite imagery to map ice plant as part of AI for the Planet: bluedotliving.com/the-green-bl...

🔔 REMINDER 🔔 🌊 Have questions about the Gulf Ecosystem Initiative RFP 2026? Join us for a live informational webinar — we’ll cover how working groups work, FAQs, and tips for strong proposals. 🗓 Nov 5 | 10 AM PT / 12 PM CT 🔗 Register: https://ucsb.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_fs4T18a7TQeyQP3ov5f5lg

🍂 Cooler days, new discoveries. October brings fresh energy to the season as NCEAS continues advancing research and collaboration heading into the end of 2025. Check out our latest Newsletter! 🎃 Read: mailchi.mp/nceas/nceas-... 📩 Subscribe: ucsb.us12.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...

🌊 Have questions about the Gulf Ecosystem Initiative RFP 2026? Join us for a live informational webinar — we’ll cover what how working groups work, FAQs, and tips for strong proposals. 🗓 Nov 5 | 10 AM PT / 12 PM CT 🔗 Register: https://ucsb.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_fs4T18a7TQeyQP3ov5f5lg

Applying for GEI’s 2026 Request for Proposals? We’re here to help! Check out our applicant support materials — guides, webinars, and weekly office hours to help strengthen your proposal. Learn more ➡️ nceas.ucsb.edu/gulfeco #gulfecosysteminitiative #nceas #sciencefordecisionmaking

Welcome the '25 Morpho working groups! 🌿 Nature Health Index will develop a global framework for measuring ecosystem integrity. 🐟 GO FISH will identify data standards for inland fisheries. Learn how these projects demonstrate the power of synthesis science: www.nceas.ucsb.edu/news/collabo...

📣 Research Funding Opportunity! The Gulf Ecosystem Initiative (GEI)—a partnership between NCEAS and NOAA RESTORE—supports synthesis science for the Gulf of America 🌊 Funding available for 2 working groups + 1 postdoc Apply by Feb 20, 2026 → nceas.ucsb.edu/gulfeco

We’re launching a new monthly feature spotlighting projects from our AI for the Planet program. Learn more about how artificial intelligence drives environmental science and sustainability solutions. Kickoff: The Wildfire Resilience Index🔥 Read the full article: www.nceas.ucsb.edu/news/when-wi...

Applications are LIVE for the Gulf Ecosystem Initiative RFP! 🌊 We’re funding two working groups and one postdoc to tackle climate change, fisheries, & ecosystem management in the Gulf. 📅 Deadline: Feb 20, 2026, at 5 PM PT | 7 PM CDT 🔗 Apply: www.nceas.ucsb.edu/gulfeco

🍁 This Indigenous Peoples’ Day, we honor the deep ecological knowledge and enduring stewardship of Indigenous communities, partners in protecting the land, water, and biodiversity we all depend on, especially the Chumash people on whose ancestral lands we live and work.

Warmer fall days? 🍂 TIME magazine links them to ocean warming — highlighting new research from NCEAS on what these changes mean and why action matters now. 🌍 Read more: time.com/7324466/paci...

🎯 FINAL DAY to apply to #EDSsummit Are you using data for environmental impact? Join us in 2026 for our LAST summit! Deadline: tonight → docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #envdatasci #openscience #earlycareer

⏰ 2 days left! The #EDSsummit app closes Oct 8. Build community + drive change with your environmental data work. Apply now → docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

The Arctic Data Center has a new look! Check out our updated homepage to quickly browse data by discipline, explore recently published datasets, learn about our updated focus areas, read our dataset highlights, & much more! arcticdata.io

🚨 1 week left to apply to #EDSsummit Data + environment + community. This will be our final year hosting the summit! Oct 8 deadline → docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #earlycareer #envdatasci #openscience #EDSsummit #ClimateData #EnvironmentalScience #OpenScience

Honored to be part of the Girls in Ocean Science Conference 2025! 💙 NCEAS' Abby Meyer + Tessa Cafritz led a session for middle school girls where they learned how data supports marine planning and what a future career in marine science might look like. 🌊 Thank you SBMM! #GirlsinOceanScience

🚨 Last chance! The California Gardening Survey closes Oct 1. Help researchers support pollinators + enter to win a $10 gift card. 🦋

The September NCEAS newsletter just dropped 🍂☀️🐝 Catch up on: • Our First Thursday + 30th Anniversary celebration • 2 new GEI postdocs • A brand new AI for the Planet section • A pollinator survey from the Morpho Plant Pollinator working group ...and more! 👉 Read here: mailchi.mp/nceas/nceas-...

🌱 Live in California? Grow plants? Researchers want to hear from you! Take a 20-min survey (English/Spanish) + enter to win a $10 gift card. 👉 morphonativeplants.github.io/redirect/ 🗓️ Closes Oct 1 #Pollinators #Gardening #CommunityScience #California #NativePlants

This Saturday, Sept 20th is California Coastal Cleanup Day! 🌊🐚 Grab some friends, clean up your local beach/creek/park, and help keep our oceans healthy. 💙 More info + sites here: www.coastal.ca.gov/publiced/ccd...

📣 New Publication Alert! A new paper by Dr. Ray Czaja and colleagues explores how climate change, prey populations, and more will shape the future of pelagic fish like tunas, billfishes, and mahi-mahi. 🌊🐟 Read more 👉 nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #oceanscience #research

📰 The Independent recaps our 30-Year Showcase! Learn about the stories behind the gelato, how the tone was set with RZN wines, and how we celebrated 30 years of collaborative science! Read here 👉 www.independent.com/2025/09/12/g... #NCEAS30 #ScienceCommunication #ArtMeetsScience

Throwback to last week 🎉 NCEAS turned 30 at Santa Barbara’s First Thursday Art Walk! 🍨 🦋 Guests tasted gelato inspired by ecology and explored the diverse programs of NCEAS! Learn more about the artwork: ames.studio/Taste-Cartog... Here’s to 30 more years of discovery 💙 #NCEAS30 #ArtandScience

⏳ 1 month left! Apps for the 2026 Environmental Data Science Summit 2026 are due Oct. 8. Past participants loved: 🌱 Brainstorming that turned into action 👥 Meeting “my people” in EDS 🎤 Inspiring keynotes 🌊 The views and encouraging community Join us Jan 27–29! 🔗 www.nceas.ucsb.edu/environmenta...

New research from NCEAS shows that by 2050, many marine ecosystems could be fundamentally changed -- unless we take action. 🔗 Learn how science can inform solutions: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

🌊 New GEI postdocs at NCEAS! Welcome @Dr. Jonathan Rodemann & Dr. LM Bradley! Learn about their work: www.nceas.ucsb.edu/news/2025-gu... Together, their work strengthens Gulf fisheries and the communities that rely on them. ➡️ Next GEI postdoc applications open mid-November! #GulfEcosystemInitiative

TODAY IS THE DAY! JOIN US! 📍 1021 Anacapa Street, 3rd Floor ⏱️ Thursday, Sept. 4 | 5–8 PM ⭐ Free & open to the public

TOMORROW: NCEAS 30th at SB's 1st Thursday! 🎉 Join us for art, science & community — plus work from our artist-in-residence Beth Altringer Eagle 🍧 exploring science + storytelling Look closely at the images 👀… can you guess what tomorrow might bring? 📍 1021 Anacapa St, 3rd Fl. | 5–8 PM | Free

NCEAS turns! 30 Join us Thurs., Sept. 4 (5–8 PM, 1021 Anacapa St, 3rd Floor) for an evening of art from Beth A. Eagle, science & community. Throwback: AiR '23 Leila Youssefi and her work: A Novel Future. Can you spot the animal with the densest fur on Earth? The sea otter has up to 1M hairs psi!

🌿 How much is Earth’s Price Tag? 👉 Swipe through the slides to see how an NCEAS working group unpacked this tricky question and changed how we see our planet 🌎 ✨ Celebrate our legacy with us! 📅 Sept 4, 5–8 PM 📍 1021 Anacapa St, Santa Barbara 🎨 Featuring 2025 Artist in Residence

Cheers to the last month of summer! ☀️ The August @NCEAS newsletter is live with updates on our 30th Anniversary celebration at 1st Thursday, new GEI working groups, Environmental Data Science Summit applications, and the first release in our Cheat Sheet series and more. mailchi.mp/nceas/nceas-...

Why do these rocks have QR codes? 👀 Come explore the work of digital artist, Martina Fröschl during our 30th! Meet our 2025 Artist in Residence, Beth Ames Altringer Eagle, exploring taste + storytelling. 📍 NCEAS @ 1st Thursday Art Walk (1021 Anacapa St, 3rd Floor Terrace) 📅 Sept 4 | 5–8 PM

🌿 In 2 weeks, we celebrate 30 years of collaborative science! Join us Sept 4 for an evening of art + impact, featuring flavor innovator Beth Altringer Eagle. You can also explore our murals by @elkpen.bsky.social 🤩 📍1021 Anacapa 3rd Floor | 5–8 PM | Free #NCEAS30 #ScienceForSolutions #SantaBarbara

Apps due Oct 8! Why join the #EDSsummit? 💡 Interdisciplinary ideas 🌎 Environmental impact 🤝 Lasting community Apply now: 2026 NCEAS Environmental Data Science Summit Application See post below to hear from a past EDS attendee ⬇️ #EDSsummit #envdatasci #openscience #climatedata #earlycareer

📢 Counting down to our 30th anniversary, we’re looking back at decades of advancing ecological science. 🌿 ✨ Celebrate with us! Sept 4, 5–8 PM @ 1021 Anacapa St, SB 🎨 Featuring 2025 Artist in Residence Beth Ames Altringer Eagle 👀 Next: How NCEAS changed the conversation about ecosystems.

🦋 Thanks for joining us in Baltimore! 💬 We had such a wonderful time connecting with colleagues during #ESA2025 ⭐️ We’re grateful to everyone who stopped by — you helped make the evening a highlight of the conference. 📸 See some of our favorite moments of the night below!

Tonight’s the night! 🌟 🗓️ Monday, August 11 📍 Section 771 504 Washington Blvd., Baltimore, MD 21230 ⏰ 6:30–8:00 PM Swing by great conversation and company. Everyone’s welcome! #NCEASatESA #EcologyIsEverywhere #ScienceEvents

Headed to ESA 2025? Don’t miss the NCEAS Social tomorrow! 🗓️ Monday, Aug 11 |⏰ 6:30–8:00 PM|📍 Section 771 504 Washington Blvd., Baltimore, MD 21230 Just show up! Bring a colleague or meet new ones. #NCEASatESA #ESA2025 #SciComm #EcologyCommunity

🎉 We’re celebrating 30 YEARS of NCEAS! Come by our special 1st Thursday Art Walk event! 📅 Sept 4 | 5–8 PM 📍 3rd Floor Terrace, 1021 Anacapa St, Santa Barbara 🌿 Discover three decades of impact! 🎨 Featuring art by 2025 Artist in Residence: Beth Ames Altringer Eagle

🚨 Apps are open for 2026 EDS! This year we focus on Turning Data into Action. Open to changemakers who use data to drive environmental solutions. Deadline: Oct 8 Apply: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Details: eds-summit.github.io #EDSsummit #envdatasci #openscience #climatedata #earlycareer

1 week to go! 🎉 Our social gathering is happening Monday, Aug 11 at #ESA2025! 📍 Section 771 504 Washington Blvd., Baltimore, MD 21230 ⏰ 6:30–8:00 PM Come meet the community—no RSVP required. #ESA2025 #EcologyIsEverywhere #ScienceNetworking #NCEASatESA

📣 Big news from the Gulf Ecosystem Initiative! Two new working groups are diving deep into big data to address Gulf challenges: 🐟 Exploring How Artificial Structures Shape Gulf Ecosystems 🎣 Leveraging AI to Advance Fisheries Management Learn about the projects: www.nceas.ucsb.edu/news/announc...

NCEAS is 30 🎉 Honored to be featured in The Santa Barbara Independent! For three decades years, we’ve been advancing collaborative science to help people and the planet! www.independent.com/2025/07/28/o... Join us in celebrating our 30th! 📍1021 Anacapa Street, 3rd Floor ⏱️ 9/4 | 5:00 – 8:00 PM