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National Center for Ecological Analysis & Synthesis
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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
🔔 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
📣 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
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
🎯 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
🚨 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
September 26, 2025 at 9:58 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
📰 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
September 13, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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
September 11, 2025 at 10:47 PM
⏳ 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...
September 8, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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
September 3, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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!
September 2, 2025 at 7:49 PM