📚 What we're reading: "How a Declaration of Ancestral Wisdom Is Changing Law, Science and Our Understanding of the World," by Katie Surma for Inside Climate News. Learn about the Living Forest Declaration in the Amazon and the importance of collaborating across cultures & areas of expertise. #TEK

📣 Reminder: ESIP Awards Nominations due tomorrow, 11/7! 🏅 Collaboration of the Year Award: www.esipfed.org/awards/esip-... 🏆 Martha E. Maiden Award: www.esipfed.org/awards/marth...

Did you know we have a #Wildfire Cluster? 🔥 Don’t miss their call next Thurs, 11/13, when they host Kyle Dietz-Mann and Howard Butler from Hobu, Inc. to discuss tools for #forestry #lidar and data management. Register for the call ➡️ www.esipfed.org/event/wildfi... #remotesensing #silvimetric

“The cuts to EPA staffing are ‘the biggest blow that agency has ever had’, says Christopher Sellers at Stony Brook University in New York, who interviews EPA scientists for the Environmental Data & Governance Initiative.” Read the article: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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 DISCOVER buff.ly/woU01q4

Free and reliable access to high-precision, accurate data is critical to repository preservation and understanding our world. 👋 Meet the ESIP Sustainable Data Management Cluster! The group is led by Joseph Gum and Community Fellow Jaycee Choi, and meets the 1st Monday of each month.

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. 🧵

🚀 Registration is now open for the ESIP January Meeting, held online! This year’s theme will be “Bridging Divides: Data, Technology, and Community.” We continue to lean into our collaborative spirit, recognizing that together we can do much more. ➡️ Register: 2026januaryesipmeeting.sched.com

📚 What we're reading: "Accelerating Earth Science to Action" by Zhong Liu and Yixin Wen, in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 🔎 Find the essay: doi.org/10.1175/BAMS...

Thought we forgot about Halloween? 😱 The realm of Earth Science Data can be unexpected and strange. Here are a few remote sensing images that at first are a bit puzzling and—dare we say—spooky. 🧵 #spookyscience #Halloween

📣 Reminder: seeking January Meeting session proposals! ESIP Meetings bring people together for hands-on, interdisciplinary deep dives. In 2026 we will continue to support the #Earthdatascience community to build more open data ecosystems, harmonize resources, and strengthen human connections.🌎

Thank you to everyone who attended and contributed to our July Meeting. To those who took time to complete a post-Meeting survey - we heard you! 📝 Last week, we published a report based on on your feedback. Find it here ➡️ zenodo.org/records/1743... Thanks for your ongoing contributions! 🙏

We're currently seeking session proposals for the 2026 January Meeting! Our theme for 2026 is "Bridging Divides: Data, Technology, Community." 🌎 Have a session idea, but want to workshop it? Attend our Open Office Hour on October 30 - this Thurs! Register ➡️ www.esipfed.org/event/jan26-...

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, pulled from the ESIP Update. 🧵

Last week we brought together brilliant minds to talk #climatedata: production, governance, sharing, sustainable funding & AI 🙏🏽 @navigation.org & ARIA for supporting this 🎥 Watch George Dyson's keynote on how weather prediction shaped modern computing www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMHQ...

📚 What we're reading: "Water Vapor Data Helps Meteorologists Predict Whether a Storm Will Strengthen or Weaken" by Brandon Mitchell for Earthdata. NASA's Atmospheric Infrared Sounder can measure precipitable water vapor (PWV), a key factor in the strength of hurricanes and cyclones. 🌀 #earthdata

It's not too late to submit your talk idea for Spark@AGU! ✨ The popular science storytelling event (formerly Ignite) returns Dec 17 to the 2025 AGU Annual Meeting in New Orleans, LA. Submit your talk ➡️ www.esipfed.org/spark-agu-2025-form Deadline: Oct 27 Learn more: www.esipfed.org/spark-agu

Seeking nominations for the Martha E. Maiden Award! 🏅 This award honors individuals who have demonstrated leadership, dedication, and a collaborative spirit in advancing the field of Earth science information over their lifetime. 📣 Deadline 11/7. Learn more ➡️ www.esipfed.org/awards/marth...

Hey Bluesky! 👋 Looking for more conversations? Explore our list of #EarthScienceData people in our community and our ESIP Partners. ➡️ Earth Science Data People: buff.ly/8icI707

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, pulled from the ESIP Update. 🧵

Do you have data-related questions? Want to see demos on key software? Want to learn more about FAIR and open data?💡 Ask the #DataHelpDesk during #GSAConnects (Oct 19-22, 2025) in the Exhibit Hall, booth 309, Monday through Wednesday! Learn more: www.esipfed.org/data-help-de...

📚 What we're reading: "Rethinking Crisis Data" by #DevelopmentSeed. Why is remote sensing data is not as well used as it could be in critical humanitarian and human rights sectors? Short answer: EO workflows have not changed as quickly as EO capabilities. 🔎 developmentseed.org/blog/2024-08...

Do you know a group that has made a relevant, collaborative contribution to the Earth Science Data community? Nominate them for the ESIP Collaboration of the Year award! 🌟 This award honors a collaboration that exemplifies ESIP spirit. Deadline: Nov 7. ➡️ Learn more and nominate:

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

Even with powerful tools from Esri, Trimble and Hexagon Geospatial, true geospatial intelligence can’t be automated entirely. Human context, legacy knowledge and validation remain essential. Read more >> bit.ly/4nRjDJd #GeoWeek #AI #Geospatial #HumanInTheLoop

💥 Share your science with a punchy, quick talk this year at AGU25.✨ Spark (formerly Ignite) is returning this December in New Orleans, LA. The aim is to inspire, share, and make connections. Learn more: www.esipfed.org/spark-agu 🚨 Submit your talk idea today! ➡️ www.esipfed.org/spark-agu-20...

Completely online and completely engaging. 💡 The ESIP January Meeting has something for everyone in the #EarthScienceData community. 🌱 We’re currently seeking session proposals! Have an idea but want to workshop it? Attend our Open Office Hour, 10/30! Register: www.esipfed.org/event/jan26-...

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, pulled from the ESIP Update. 🧵

Did you miss the ESIP July Meeting this year? Then join us in January for the next ESIP Meeting, held entirely online! 🌐 💫 The theme for 2026 is Bridging Divides: Data, Technology, and Community. The call for sessions is open! 🗨️ Submit your session proposal: esipfed.org/jan26-sessions

📚 What we're reading: "Audubon Society Launches New Conservation Tool During Migration Season" by Sunny Fleming for Esri Blog. Users can create maps to look at different bird species, ecosystems, land use, water, and more factors to explore places in Colombia that are key for bird conservation.

💡In a blog post from last year, 2024 ESIP Community Fellow Debasish Mishra shares insights on data management through his experiences as a grad student at Texas A&M and as a Fellow. He supported the Soil Ontology and Informatics Cluster. ➡️ www.esipfed.org/managing-the...

Data discovery is one of the first steps in the data life cycle. It's also the F for Findable in the FAIR Principles that has driven a lot of data management policy over the past decade. Meet the ESIP Discovery Cluster 👋 The group is led by Jonathan Blythe (Bureau of Ocean Energy Management).🧵

Heading to #GSAConnects 2025? Have questions about some data? 💡The Data Help Desk will be there! Stop by the Exhibit Hall to ask data questions and see demos on satellite data, Google Earth Engine, macrostat + deeptime, and more. Learn more about the DHD: www.esipfed.org/data-help-de...

Tropical Storm #Jerry forms over the tropical central Atlantic. Here is the Key Message.

🎉 We're thrilled to share that ESIP has received an award from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to support our work on making data repositories stronger. 🙌 Huge thank you to the Sloan Foundation! Data stability is key. 💡 Let's make it stronger together! ➡️ Learn more: www.esipfed.org/repository-r...

🎉 We're thrilled to share that ESIP received an award from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to support our work making data repositories stronger. 🙌 Huge thank you to @sloanfoundation.bsky.social! Data stability is key. 💡Let's make it stronger together! ➡️ Learn more: www.esipfed.org/repository-r...

Apply to be a Community Fellow - closing Friday!🚨 This fellowship provides early career researchers a chance to work closely with professionals in an interdisciplinary, cross-sector group by supporting one of the ESIP Collaboration Areas and helping at Meetings. ➡️ www.esipfed.org/student-oppo...

What's new in #EarthScienceData? 👀 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, pulled from the ESIP Update. 🧵

📚 What we're reading: "Protocols for Non-Indigenous People Working with Indigenous Knowledge," Indigenous Knowledge Systems Lab. A new pdf posted by Tyson Yunkaporta on LinkedIn provides an important resource. Find the post➡️ buff.ly/D4CAcWd

Be a speaker at Spark@AGU! ✨ The popular science storytelling event, formerly known as Ignite, is returning December 17 to the 2025 AGU Annual Meeting in New Orleans, LA. Submit your talk idea ➡️ www.esipfed.org/spark-agu-20... Deadline: Oct 20 Learn more: www.esipfed.org/spark-agu #sparkagu

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📣 Call for ESIP January Meeting session proposals! 🎉 We have opened the session proposal portal for the JAN26 Meeting (held online). 📆 Submission deadline: Nov 13 ➡️ Find the Call for Sessions here: www.esipfed.org/jan26-sessions More about ESIP Meetings: www.esipfed.org/meetings/ #openscience

Seeking nominations for the Martha E. Maiden Award! 🏅 This award honors individuals who have demonstrated leadership, dedication, and a collaborative spirit in advancing the field of Earth science information over their lifetime. 📣 Deadline 11/7. Learn more ➡️ www.esipfed.org/awards/marth...

What's new in #EarthScienceData? Here are some upcoming events this week, pulled from the ESIP Update. 🧵 👀 See our Community Calendar to find all ESIP Cluster Meetings ➡️ esipfed.org/community-calendar/ 🚀 Get the weekly Update to your inbox: esipfed.org/subscribe

📚 What we're reading: "US Water, Power, and Emergency Systems Are Vulnerable; Advanced Maps Show Where," by Ryan Lanclos, Esri Blog. An ambitious national mapping initiative uses advanced GIS tech to visualize how critical U.S. infrastructure systems are interconnected. #GIS #mapping

The research landscape is shifting—with government funding cuts, changing priorities, and new approaches to decision-making. Join us on how researchers can adapt, what’s at stake globally, and where new opportunities may emerge. 🔬 Register today: https://bit.ly/4nn69F8

Do you know a group that has made a relevant, collaborative contribution to the Earth Science Data community? Nominate them for the ESIP Collaboration of the Year award! 🌟 📣 Deadline is November 7, 2025. Learn more about this award, and find the nomination form ➡️ buff.ly/0zziJ9R

Meet the Coalition for Publishing Data in the Earth and Space Sciences (COPDESS), an ESIP Cluster! 👋 COPDESS connects Earth and space science publishers and data facilities to help translate the aspirations of open, available, and useful data from policy into practice. Learn more ➡️ copdess.org

💡In a blog post from last year, 2024 ESIP Community Fellow Anthony Pignatelli shares his insights on #openscience through experiences as a graduate student at the University of South Carolina and as an ESIP Fellow. Curious about becoming an ESIP Community Fellow? ➡️ Learn more: buff.ly/VFqdjAQ

Spark a conversation this year at AGU25.✨ 📣 The call for Spark@AGU speakers is now open! The popular science storytelling event returns this December to the 2025 AGU Annual Meeting in New Orleans, LA. Learn more: www.esipfed.org/spark-agu Submit your talk ➡️ www.esipfed.org/spark-agu-20...