National Center for Ecological Analysis & Synthesis
banner
nceas-ucsb.bsky.social
National Center for Ecological Analysis & Synthesis
@nceas-ucsb.bsky.social
UC Santa Barbara's National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS). Posting about environmental #SynthesisScience, #DataScience & #OpenScience
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
November 20, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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
November 12, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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
November 8, 2025 at 2:00 PM
🌊 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
November 5, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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...
The Green Blanket on the Bluffs
Ice plant was meant to stabilize coastal bluffs, but instead destabilized ecosystems. A mix of native planting and machine learning is helping Santa Barbara reclaim its coastline.
bluedotliving.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:33 PM
🔔 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
November 3, 2025 at 2:00 PM
🍂 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=...
October 30, 2025 at 8:01 PM
🌊 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
October 29, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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
October 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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...
Collaborating for Change: Morpho 2025
www.nceas.ucsb.edu
October 22, 2025 at 8:13 PM
📣 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
October 22, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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...
When Wildfire Resilience Meets Artificial Intelligence
www.nceas.ucsb.edu
October 16, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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
October 15, 2025 at 5:02 PM
🍁 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.
October 14, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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...
How A Marine Heat Wave Is Helping Drive Warm Fall Weather
It might feel unseasonably hot where you are right now. That's thanks in part to a heat wave in the Pacific Ocean.
time.com
October 8, 2025 at 11:04 PM
🎯 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
October 7, 2025 at 1:29 PM
⏰ 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...
October 6, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Reposted by National Center for Ecological Analysis & Synthesis
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
October 3, 2025 at 10:14 PM
🚨 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
October 1, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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
October 1, 2025 at 4:59 PM
🚨 Last chance! The California Gardening Survey closes Oct 1.

Help researchers support pollinators + enter to win a $10 gift card. 🦋
🌱 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
September 30, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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-...
September 26, 2025 at 9:58 PM
🌱 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
September 19, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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...
September 18, 2025 at 5:05 PM
📣 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
September 16, 2025 at 10:44 PM