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We are a home for #EarthScienceData professionals.

We partner with 170+ organizations, support 30+ Collaboration Areas, and host two deep-dive meetings. Learn more: esipfed.org
📚 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.
Great Data Products
The language we use to talk about data is keeping us from realizing its full potential.
radiant.earth
November 14, 2025 at 4:15 PM
If you missed the news from the July ESIP Meeting, we have a new set of FUNding Friday winners for the 2025 cycle! 🎉

This year’s winning projects span weather, ocean robotics, growing data access, and more.

📖 Find out more about the projects and all those involved with our latest blog!
FUNding Friday: Where Creativity Meets Science - ESIP
The FUNding Friday competition is ESIP’s annual small grant competition, and it’s an important way we nurture fresh ideas and research within our community.
www.esipfed.org
November 13, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Physical samples are vital elements of study in many disciplines, including earth and environmental sciences, biological sciences, archaeology, and beyond.

Meet the ESIP Physical Sample Curation Cluster 👋

The group meets monthly and is led by Andrea Thomer & Natalie Raia (University of Arizona).
Physical Sample Curation - ESIP
esipfed.org
November 12, 2025 at 4:40 PM
📣 DEADLINE EXTENSION: January Meeting Session Proposals due Nov 20.

We are extending the deadline for submitting session proposals by one week. The proposal portal for the JAN26 ESIP Meeting will remain open until NEXT Thursday, 11/20.

➡️ Proposal submission portal: esipfed.org/jan26-sessions
November 11, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Can you help people with their data questions? Do you want to demonstrate a key tool or software that's important to you?

📣 Volunteer to be a Data or Software Expert for the upcoming Open Science & Data Help Desk at AGU2025!
Deadline to volunteer is November 24! Use this form ➡️ buff.ly/E7RoCWm
November 10, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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. 🧵
November 10, 2025 at 4:48 PM
📚 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
How a Declaration of Ancestral Wisdom Is Changing Law, Science and Our Understanding of the World - Inside Climate News
José Gualinga discusses his Kichwa People of Sarayaku’s visionary Living Forest Declaration and the importance of collaborating across cultures and areas of expertise.
insideclimatenews.org
November 7, 2025 at 4:05 PM
📣 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...
November 6, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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
November 5, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Reposted by ESIP - Earth Science Information Partners
“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...
Dismantling of US federal agencies will ‘destroy science’
From NASA to the National Institutes of Health, federal agencies conduct research that universities cannot. Agency scientists speak out about the irreplaceable facilities, institutional knowledge and ...
www.nature.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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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
November 4, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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.
Sustainable Data Management - ESIP
www.esipfed.org
November 4, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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. 🧵
November 3, 2025 at 6:53 PM
🚀 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
November 3, 2025 at 4:32 PM
📚 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...
October 31, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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
October 31, 2025 at 3:05 PM
📣 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.🌎
Call for Sessions JAN26
We have opened the session proposal portal for the 2026 January Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP) Meeting to be held online. The submission deadline is 11:59 pm PT on Thursday November 13.…
www.esipfed.org
October 30, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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! 🙏
October 29, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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-...
October 28, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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. 🧵
October 27, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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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...
Global Climate Data Collaboration: The Intentional Dream
YouTube video by Radiant Earth
www.youtube.com
October 24, 2025 at 4:23 PM
📚 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
Water Vapor Data Helps Meteorologists Predict Whether a Storm Will Strengthen or Weaken | NASA Earthdata
NASA’s AIRS instrument provides information about precipitable water vapor, a key variable in determining the potential strength of hurricanes and tropical cyclones.
www.earthdata.nasa.gov
October 24, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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
October 23, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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...
Martha Maiden Award - ESIP
The Martha Maiden Lifetime Achievement Award honors outstanding service to the Earth science information community.
www.esipfed.org
October 22, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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
October 21, 2025 at 3:51 PM