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Check out our new working groups! Visit for all the details: esiil.org/news-events/an…

ESIIL is thrilled to announce the selection of ESIIL’s third cohort of working groups! Visit for all the details: esiil.org/news-events/an…

ESIIL Postdoc, Kai Kopecky, was recently highlighted in bioGraphic Magazine about his work that asks whether skeletons of dead coral help or hinder coral reef recovery. Check out “The Curse of Dead Corals” to learn more: biographic.com/the-curse-of-d…

Congratulations to ESIIL Affiliate and CU Geography Professor, Dr. Katherine Siegel, for being named one of 11 women to watch in science! Read more about her highlight in The Story Exchange here: thestoryexchange.org/women-in-scien…

How does combining trade, nutrient, and network analyses help inform strategies to increase nutrient retention, strengthen food security, and support resilience for Pacific Island countries? Find out here: doi.org/10.1111/faf.70…

Please join us in congratulating ESIIL team members who have been awarded fellowships with University of Colorado Boulder’s Sustainability Research Initiative fellowship. Read the full announcement here: colorado.edu/researchinnova…

Read the California Biodiversity Network (CBN) working group's report to find out: cnps.org/artemisia-jour…

Applications close this week! Apply by January 31st to join the 2026 ESIIL Innovation Summit, AI for Sustainability: Translating Environmental Data into Decisions. Visit our website to learn more & apply: esiil.org/news-events/20… cu-esiil.github.io/Innovation-Sum…

Join us this summer at the 2026 ESIIL Innovation Summit, AI for Sustainability: Translating Environmental Data into Decisions. Dive into cutting-edge AI approaches for environmental data science. Apply by January 31st: esiil.org/news-events/20… cu-esiil.github.io/Innovation-Sum…

Join us for our 2026 ESIIL Innovation Summit: AI for Sustainability! Visit our website to learn more and apply before Jan 31st: cu-esiil.github.io/Innovation-Sum…

Earth Lab & @CU_ESIIL team members are presenting their work at #AGU2025 this week! Visit our website to learn more about their talks and posters: earthlab.colorado.edu/agu25 agu.org/annual-meeting

Applications are now open for our 2026 ESIIL Innovation Summit: AI for Sustainability! Visit our website to learn more and apply before Jan 31st: cu-esiil.github.io/Innovation-Sum…

📢CALL FOR PAPERS! Solution-Based #DataScience for #Environmental #Biology Challenges A special collection with @CU_ESIIL to advance data-intensive approaches to better understand today's environmental challenges 🗓️1 March-31 May 2026 ℹ️bit.ly/4q0b68m #TippingPoints

Last week we hosted a 10-year anniversary celebration! We celebrated by sharing our history, led some community-building activities, & held a recycled poster session. Thank you for joining us in celebrating a decade of environmental data science & education!

Interested in joining a working group but don’t have a team yet or are you looking for collaborators? Join our Working Group networking event next week on Nov.6th! Visit our website to learn more & register: esiil.org/working-groups

The Fungal Dispersal Working group is meeting at ESIIL this week! Read more about their work and our other working group projects here: esiil.org/working-groups

Congratulations to Alicia Swimmer for successfully completing our ESIIL Data Short Course! Alicia is a Research Development Consultant at Zuya Tawa (part of the Sicangu Climate Center), contributing to Indigenous-led environmental data science initiatives.

Congratulations to Ana Maria Marangunic for successfully completing our ESIIL Data Short Course! Ana Maria is a PhD candidate in Geomatics Engineering at the Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain, specializing in remote sensing analysis of rock glacier surface displacements