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June 29, 2026 By Aubrie Engen, University of Alaska Student and SDSC Communications Intern Across the hillsides of Norway, a slow but significant transformation is underway: permafrost is thawing. In northern regions, where soils repeatedly freeze and thaw, these changes can reshape entire landscapes. Norway’s permafrost-covered terrain offers researchers a unique opportunity to better understand how climate-driven changes may affect frozen ground systems around the world. Jo

June 25, 2026 By Bella Chin, The Cambridge School Student and SDSC Communications Intern Over the years, a combination of overgrazing and intensifying rains has made flooding a critical issue in Kyrgyzstan’s capital city, Bishkek. As a result, University of Arizona researcher Sam Anderson, in collaboration with local partners at Osh State University in Kyrgyzstan, has investigated the link between livestock grazing and its impact on the environment. In his project entitled,

June 23, 2026 By Joanne Liu, Torrey Pines High School Student and SDSC Communications Intern When dusk descends, human-built environments light up. Cities, roads and residential areas emit artificial light throughout the night, raising important questions about how light pollution affects nearby ecosystems. In freshwater environments, these effects are still not fully understood, particularly in small lakes where biological and geochemical processes can change over daily and

June 22, 2026 By Remy Licari, Canyon Crest Academy Student and SDSC Communications Intern Deep blue stretching as far as the eye can see, silver flickers glinting in the darkness, and stark white patches rolling by: the marine Arctic is a mysterious place, becoming increasingly fragile. However, for ecological forecasters, this mystery is mitigated by the use of light transmission models, including the work of University of Maryland climate scientist Alek Petty. In all Arctic

In May, 2022, the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) of the White House released new guidance, “Desirable Characteristics of...

Choosing an appropriate license for your data can be complicated as there are many factors to consider; however, here is a relatively simple

You have undoubtedly heard about the “FAIR Data Principles” (FAIR) as you’re seeking funding, connecting with colleagues...

Transitioning from in-person to exclusively virtual events has been a challenge for most people during the current pandemic.

The EarthCube Office seeks your help to identify priorities for creating new resources to support implementation of the FAIR data principles

International Geoscientists Unite to Create Open-Source GIS Tool Coined QGreenland

A novel element of the EarthCube 2020 Annual Conference was a call for notebooks, which led to twelve peer-reviewed Jupyter notebooks...

Because 70 percent of Earth is comprised of oceans, their changes have a great impact on our entire planet.

Virginia Tech Doctoral Student Teams with International Researchers to Learn More about Ol Doinyo Lengai

Multiple Programs Team to Address Distance Learning Needs Amid Pandemic

Add an NSF Award badge to your README page

In any group effort, following accepted norms and practices helps bring cohesion to the outcomes.

Like many organizations at this time, the European Geosciences Union (EGU) has needed to quickly convert their planned annual event from...

EarthCube projects take on the work of building community for different reasons: as a way to crowdsource development of best practices,...

Dear Members of the EarthCube Community, This October will be the EarthCube Science Support Office’s final month of operation at the...

While EarthCube strives to help others organize their own data, it has generated quite a bit of data of its own, especially in the form...

EarthCube was established as a way to help working scientists streamline the process for sharing their data.

Representatives from the three largest NSF-funded coral reef data repositories came together in one room.

Talk to any researcher and most will tell you they spend too much time ‘wrangling’ their data.

The EarthCube-funded SeaView project is approaching an exciting milestone in a few short months

Mimi Tzeng from the EarthCube Engagement Team presented three EarthCube members with the EarthCube Community Service Award...

At the 2018 All Hands Meeting, Simon Goring will address a question that so many of us ask ourselves, “what is success”?

As a field, science has been growing, developing, and evolving – much like a living organism.

CHORDS, Cloud-Hosted Real-time Data Services for the Geosciences, is an Earthcube Building Block project first funded in 2014 to provide...