📚 What we're reading: "Careers in Remote Sensing: An Expert Q&A" by Cassandra Galindo for Esri. Esri imagery and #remotesensing practice lead Sheridan Moore is interviewed about how professionals can break into the growing field of remote sensing applications and create a successful #career.

Meet the ESIP JAN26 plenary speakers! ✨ Owen Nevin - Western Australian Biodiversity Science Institute Camille Acey - The Wind Down Jim Fruchterman - Tech Matters Toby Hodges - The Carpentries Sean Martin McDonald - Digital Public Jessica Meyerson - Educopia ➡️ 2026januaryesipmeeting.sched.com

New year, same mission: Making Earth science data matter. 🌍✨ We can’t wait to see what this community achieves together as we tackle new challenges in the year ahead. Let’s make 2026 our most impactful one yet. Onward! 🚀 #EarthScienceData #DataScience #OpenScience #HappyNewYear

Meetings aren’t free. But that doesn’t mean fees should be a hardship. 💸 We offer ways to make our meetings work for different budgets: Registration assistance: esipfed.org/JAN26-waiver Registration: 2026januaryesipmeeting.sched.com Apply for registration assistance for JAN26 through January 5! 🚀

Don't miss a thing in #EarthScienceData. Subscribe to the ESIP Update! 🌎 Stay informed with ESIP news, community events, funding opportunities, and more useful resources that we feature each week. ✨ ESIP Update ➡️ esipfed.org/subscribe

📚 What we're reading: "Amid the Arctic’s Hottest Year, Arctic Science Faces a Data Deficiency" from Eos. "The 20th annual Arctic Report Card reveals new highs in temperature and new lows in sea ice, as well as an uncertain outlook for the availability of federal data." #arcticdata #rescuedata

From everyone here at ESIP, we wish our community a warm and restful holiday season! We hope you find time to feel festive and to spend with those you cherish. ❄️

Meet our new ESIP Partner, University of Arizona College of Information Science. 🎉 Students in the College of Information Science explore the intersections of data, people, and technology and gain skills in AI, information technology and management, and much more. Learn more: infosci.arizona.edu

📚 What we're reading: "Going with the Flow: Visualizing Ocean Currents with ECCO," from NASA. The project includes hundreds of millions of real-world measurements of temperature, salinity, sea ice concentration, and more. science.nasa.gov/earth/oceans... 📸 credit: NASA Goddard

We offer Registration Assistance for our Meetings!🌱 The JAN26 Meeting is completely online and completely engaging. If the registration fee poses a barrier to participation, consider submitting an application for reduced or waived registration. Please submit by 1/5. ➡️ esipfed.org/jan26-waiver

Meet our new ESIP Partner, Open Environmental Data Project. 🎉 With core focuses on pilots, workshops, research, and narrative building, OEDP works to forge innovation spaces and build trust between communities, society, government, and science. Learn more ➡️ www.openenvironmentaldata.org/about

Attending #AGU25? RSVP for the Spark talks! ✨ When: Wednesday, 12/17, 6:30-8:30 Where: The Chicory What: Fast & fun talks, complimentary hors d'oeuvres, drinks for purchase. RSVP ➡️ esipfed.org/spark-agu-2025-rsvp 👀 Find the speakers, schedule, and talks: esipfed.github.io/spark-2025

What's new in #EarthScienceData? 🚀 Get the weekly Update to your inbox: esipfed.org/subscribe 👀 Go to our Community Calendar to find all ESIP Cluster Meetings ➡️ buff.ly/oLUzR4c 💫 More about Collaboration Areas: buff.ly/N7kOuOo 🧵

📚 What we're reading: "How GPS data navigate from satellites to your screen," from USGS, Yellowstone Volcano Observatory. GPS data are used to detect earthquakes, measure the height of snowpack, and in other monitoring applications. ➡️ www.usgs.gov/observatorie...

Don't miss out on Early Bird registration rates for the virtual ESIP January Meeting! 🐦 They're only here until Dec 22. Register to explore one of the most interactive conferences in the #EarthScienceData community. ➡️ 2026januaryesipmeeting.sched.com More about ESIP Meetings: esipfed.org/meetings

Do you have data-related questions? Want to see demos on key software? Want to hear more about FAIR and open data?💡 Ask the #DataHelpDesk during #AGU25 at the Open Science Pavilion in the Exhibit Hall, Monday through Thursday! Full lineup of demos ➡️ esipfed.org/data-help-desk/

Join us for an entertaining evening with the Spark@AGU talks! ✨ When: December 17, 6:30-8:30PM Where: The Chicory What: fast & fun science storytelling talks, hors d'oeuvres gratis, drinks for purchase. ➡️ RSVP: esipfed.org/spark-agu-20... 👀Schedule and speakers: esipfed.github.io/spark-2025/

Meet our new ESIP Partner, Ocean Networks Canada! 🎉 ONC operates observatories along the coasts of Canada and in the Southern Ocean. "By bringing data to the surface, ONC provides ocean intelligence to scientists, governments, organizations, and citizens" ➡️ www.oceannetworks.ca/about-onc/

Meet our new ESIP Partners 🎉 Our Partners work together to meet environmental data challenges and look for opportunities to expand, improve, and innovate across Earth sci disciplines. 🌱 University of Arizona College of Information Science 🌱 Ocean Networks Canada 🌱 Open Environmental Data Project

Machine Learning Challenge Hackathon. Are you a learning-by-doing type? Try out your burgeoning machine learning skills (and learn from others) at the 2025 NSF Harnessing the Data Revolution Machine Learning Challenge: December 18. Registration open now. indico.cern.ch/event/1607943/

What's new in #EarthScienceData? 🚀 Get the weekly Update to your inbox: esipfed.org/subscribe 👀 Go to our Community Calendar to find all ESIP Cluster Meetings ➡️ buff.ly/oLUzR4c 💫 More about Collaboration Areas: buff.ly/N7kOuOo Here are some upcoming events on the Community Calendar. 🧵

We’re pleased to share that Dr. Sarah Cooley will join ESIP as Executive Director in January 2026! Sarah is an ocean carbon cycle scientist by training 🌊, focusing on ensuring Earth system science is used to inform decision making and drive effective, real-world action. @co2ley.bsky.social 🧵

📚 What we're reading: "How Real-Time Intelligence Is Dismantling Environmental Crime Networks in the Amazon," by Ryan Lanclos for Esri Blog. Agencies are collaborating via GIS technology to operate against illegal mining, logging, and poaching activities in the Amazon. 👀 Read:

🚀 The JAN26 Meeting Agenda is live! Explore what’s on tap at the next ESIP Meeting! Join discussions about partner and federal engagement, AI-readiness, international collaboration, and much more.💡 View the schedule: 2026januaryesipmeeting.sched.com/list/simple

Using satellite observations and the reanalysis of datasets, @istaresearch.bsky.social researchers have successfully identified a previously unknown cyclic climate pattern. Learn more about tropics-wide intraseasonal oscillation (TWISO): https://bit.ly/4ovvLzm

Going to #AGU2025? RSVP for the Spark talks! ✨ When: Wednesday, December 17, 6:30-8:30PM Where: The Chicory What: Fast & fun talks, complimentary hors d'oeuvres, drinks for purchase. ➡️ RSVP: esipfed.org/spark-agu-2025-rsvp 👀 Find the speakers, schedule, and talks: esipfed.github.io/spark-2025/

LOVE this take from my friend and colleague Rama of @whoi.edu: "Don’t scrap climate COPs, reform them" www.nature.com/articles/d41... open access version at www.linkedin.com/posts/kilapa... 🧪 🌊 🌎 🌍 🌏 ⚒️

Precipitation over the next week looks to focus across the Pac NW and Gulf Coast regions with a decent soaking for each, along with lake effect precipitation falling downwind of the Great Lakes. What's in store for you? Check it out at weather.gov

🎧 Submit a song to the #AGU25 Music Playlist! Share the title and artist of a song that reminds you of New Orleans, Earth and space science, or the AGU25 theme: Where Science Connects Us. 🎶 Submit today: buff.ly/i5Tz3et

Today @rabernat.bsky.social is at the @nationalacademies.org in DC participating on a panel about governance models for Earth data with @ecmwf.int, @esipfed.bsky.social, @wmo-global.bsky.social and more: we only wish we all could attend "Future Directions for Earth Observations and Stewardship"

Learn what's next for our outgoing 2025 Community Fellows! 💡 On LinkedIn this week and next, we'll feature outgoing Fellows so you can learn a bit more about what they’ve accomplished, where they are headed next, and how to stay connected with them. Follow us: www.linkedin.com/company/eart...

What's new in #EarthScienceData? 🚀 Get the weekly Update to your inbox: esipfed.org/subscribe 👀 Go to our Community Calendar to find all ESIP Cluster Meetings ➡️ buff.ly/oLUzR4c 💫 More about Collaboration Areas: buff.ly/N7kOuOo Here are some upcoming events on the Community Calendar. 🧵

Meet the 2026 cohort of ESIP Community Fellows! 🎉 Bobby Saba | University of Oklahoma Chayan Roychoudhury | University of Arizona Gabby Brown | University of Oklahoma Joanna Lumbsden-Pinto | The State University of New York Luana Antunes Alexandre | Florida International University 🧵

📚 What we're reading: "NASA Data Help Assess Water Quality After Major Storms in North Carolina," on Earthdata News. Researchers used the Emergency Environmental Health Dashboard, which leverages NASA's record of satellite imagery, to assess post-storm impacts to water systems and private wells.

ESIP staff are thankful for YOU: our community. Today we're reflecting on the incredible dedication and passion the Earth Science Data community brings to our shared mission. Thank you for strengthening the foundations of Earth science and helping us tackle challenges. Happy Thanksgiving! 🍂

What would you like to do in #EarthScienceData? ESIP hosts a wide variety of programs, all united by a single purpose: to further Earth science data through collaboration. Our programs focus on ways to: 🫱🏼‍🫲🏽 Connect People 💸 Get Funding 🪢 Align Orgs 📊 Make Data FAIR www.esipfed.org/programs/

📣 We are still seeking volunteers to be a Data or Software Expert for the upcoming Open Science & Data Help Desk at AGU2025! 🌱 If you can help people with their data questions or want to demonstrate a tool or software, please sign up to lend your aid! Use this form ➡️ buff.ly/E7RoCWm

Completely online and completely engaging. 💡 The ESIP January Meeting has something for everyone. Early bird registration rates are here until December 19. 🐦 Register today: 2026januaryesipmeeting.sched.com Learn more about ESIP Meetings: esipfed.org/meetings

Finding research funding can be tough—AGU made easier. AGU Grant Finder, a powerful resource that suggests funding options based on your research profile or lets you search by keyword/funder, exclusively for AGU Members. Join today: agu.org/membership 👉 buff.ly/nISSCx0

What's new in #EarthScienceData? Here are ESIP calls happening in the next 2 weeks... 11/24 - Partnership Committee - buff.ly/lBspjfb 12/1 - Sustainable Data Management - buff.ly/VEuWTmW 12/2 - Envirosensing - buff.ly/W99UrpE 12/3 - COPDESS - buff.ly/w5i5SSb 🧵

Announcing the 2025 ESIP Lab awardees! 🎉 The ESIP Lab funds projects to expand the impact of Earth science data and technology. For the 2025 RFP, we focused on how ML/AI can be leveraged in the field of geospatial science. ESIP is proud to support 4 projects through the ESIP Lab this year: 🧵

📚 What we're reading: "Why Geospatial AI Will Still Need Human Insight," by Abigail Hart at Geo Week News. While interfaces appear frictionless, humans are crucial for the hidden complexies. AI is only as good as training, data cleaning, bias correction, and validation steps to avoid misdirection.

When vital data disappears, science and society lose more than information; we lose our ability to research, respond, and recover. The Repository Crisis Scorecards (RCS) project asks a simple but urgent question: How resilient are our data repositories? 🤔 🧵

📣 Last call: ESIP January Meeting session proposals! The proposal portal for the JAN2026 Meeting will close TOMORROW, 11/20. Our theme for 2026 is "Bridging Divides: Data, Technology, Community." Proposal portal ➡️ www.esipfed.org/jan26-sessions

Happy GIS Day! To celebrate the impact of this community, Geo Week is offering a limited-time promotional code for $100 off a Full Conference Pass or Exhibit Hall Pass. Use GISDAY100 before midnight tonight! Register Now: bit.ly/GISDAY100

Can you help people with their data questions? Do you want to demonstrate a key tool or software? 📣 Volunteer to be a Data or Software Expert for the upcoming Open Science & Data Help Desk at AGU2025! 🌱 Express your interest to volunteer by Monday, November 24. Use this form ➡️ buff.ly/E7RoCWm

Although major earthquakes of magnitude 7 or higher make news because they occur infrequently, smaller earthquakes are quite common. In an average year, we can expect around 15,000 magnitude 4 earthquakes around the world. Download "How Often Do Earthquakes Occur?" ➡️ https://loom.ly/JWcp7uI

📣 Announcing the Spark Speakers at AGU 2025! We're excited to bring you a fantastic lineup of talks and speakers for this year's Spark@AGU event. More information to come regarding schedule and RSVP. We'll see you at The Chicory, Dec 17 at 6:30PM for some rapid, creative, fun presentations. 🧵

What's new in #EarthScienceData? 🚀 Get the weekly Update to your inbox: esipfed.org/subscribe 👀 Go to our Community Calendar to find all ESIP Cluster Meetings ➡️ buff.ly/oLUzR4c 💫 More about Collaboration Areas: buff.ly/N7kOuOo Here are some upcoming events on the Community Calendar. 🧵

📚 What we're reading: "Great Data Products" by Jed Sundwall, Radiant Earth. In an abridged version of a recent keynote talk, Sundwall discusses what has been seen in recent decades for ideas and policies relating to data sharing, and challenges with striving for "open" science.