Earth scientists outline challenges to making the growing wealth of available data more accessible and to using data services for interdisciplinary research and applications.
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A New Global Map of Seafloor Fluid Expulsion Anomalies
The first open-source database of SEAfloor FLuid Expulsion Anomalies (SEAFLEASs) at a global scale reveals their distribution and physical parameters.
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Snowpack Data Sets Put to the Test
A new study compares the accuracy of three observation-based methods of calculating snow water equivalent, a key component in water management.
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Climate Data You Can Trust
Creating, curating, and developing the repository of climate data that underlies the U.S. National Climate Assessments requires the ongoing efforts of hundreds of experts.
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2020 Hindsight: A Website for All Paleo-CO2 Data
A new website will soon compile and display all ancient atmospheric CO2 data.
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A Geodata Fabric for the 21st Century
We have the potential to transform our understanding of Earth—if we can just figure out how to harness ever growing data streams.
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How Conflict Influenced Land Use in Colombia
Researchers use new maps and statistical techniques to infer how armed conflict influenced land cover in the understudied Caribbean region of the country.
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Improving Reproducibility in Earth Science Research
Earth scientists need software technology that better integrates legacy data with current and future processing capabilities so they can assess and reproduce their colleagues’ results.
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Exposing Los Angeles’s Shaky Geologic Underbelly
Current calculations might underestimate the susceptibility of Los Angeles to earthquake shaking, so researchers and volunteers are deploying seismic networks near the city to remedy a data shortage.
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Standardizing the Surge of Paleoclimate Data
Researchers unveil a community-wide effort to standardize terminology and reporting requirements across paleoclimate data.