Earth Lab

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/...

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Apply to be an ESIIL Postdoc by Sept. 15th! Visit our website to learn more & apply: esiil.org/careers
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We are currently accepting Postdoc applications!
Visit our website to learn more and apply by Sept. 15th, 2025 for full consideration: esiil.org/careers
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We are currently accepting applications for our 3rd cohort of Working Groups! Visit our website to learn more: esiil.org/working-groups

ESIIL is now accepting applications for working groups. These groups play a pivotal role by pooling knowledge and expertise from various disciplines to tackle environmental issues with a data-driven perspective. Visit our website to learn more:
esiil.org/working-groups

See Earth Lab & ESIIL team members at ESA25! Learn more about our team members sessions here: esiil.org/news-events/...
@cu-esiil.bsky.social

Applications close today! Apply now to join our team as a Professional Assistant! esiil.org/careers

We are currently accepting applications for a Professional Assistant! Visit our website to learn more and apply by Aug 4th for full consideration.
esiil.org/careers
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Join the ESIIL team as a Professional Assistant! Visit our website to learn more & apply by August 4th! esiil.org/careers
jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...

Sign up now for our free ESIIL Data Short Course to learn fundamental tools in EDS. Learn more and register by July 14th esiil.org/data-short-c...

Join our team as a Machine Learning/AI Postdoc! Visit our website to learn more & apply by July 15th! esiil.org/careers jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...

Sign up for our short course when you register for ESA2025! Learn about Cloud-Based EDS Workflows with our education team! events.rdmobile.com/Sessions/Det...

Registration is now open for the 2025 ESIIL Data Short Course! Learn fundamental tools for open Environmental Data Science (EDS) education and research! Visit our website to learn more and register: esiil.org/data-short-c...
@cires.colorado.edu

We are currently accepting applications for a Machine Learning/AI Postdoc! Visit our website to learn more & apply! esiil.org/careers
jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...
@cires.colorado.edu @colorado.edu

ESIIL is hosting a short course at the 2025 ESA annual meeting! Sign up now to learn about Cloud-Based EDS Workflows on the ESIIL Learning Portal with our education team: events.rdmobile.com/Sessions/Det... @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social

Check out our newest blog from Analytics Hub Director, Cibele Amaral, where she discusses the BioExtremes Python Tool! Read the full blog here: earthlab.colorado.edu/blog/bioextr...

Watch some of our past Environmental Data Science (EDS) seminars along with other trainings and resources on our YouTube Channel lnkd.in/gizYTyZy

Last week, Earth Lab team members celebrated Earth Lab's 10th anniversary and presented some of their research in a poster session for CIRES Rendezvous! @cu-esiil.bsky.social @cires.colorado.edu

Happy Earth Day from Earth Lab & ESIIL! Our teams love working on various earth-related topics and using environmental data! @earthlabcu.bsky.social

The North Central Climate Adaptation Science Center
is hosting a webinar May 8th on Exploring the carbon effects of forest transformation and exotic annual grassland restoration. Featuring @cu-esiil.bsky.social Deputy Director, Dr. Chelsea Nagy.
Learn more here: nccasc.colorado.edu/news/next-we...

The Boulder County Nature Association is hosting a local symposium on March 15th on Restorative Relationships: Sustainable Responses to Ecological Challenges. Learn more and register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/restorativ...

Your friendly neighborhood data scientist, Dr. Ty Tuff talks DeepSeek R1 in our latest EDS Seminar! Explore how reinforcement learning is shaping the next generation of LLMs by visiting our website: earthlab.colorado.edu/blog/tuff-ta...

Applications are closing soon! Apply now to join us this summer for our 3rd annual ESIIL Innovation Summit! Visit our website to learn more: cu-esiil.github.io/Innovation-S...
Apply on our website or using the link below: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

1 week left to apply! Join us this summer for our 2025 ESIIL Innovation Summit! Visit our event website to learn more and apply today!
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2025 January ESIP Meeting: Data Democracy: Empowering Everyone with... View more about this event at 2025 January ESIP Meeting

Nate Quarderer & Elsa Culler are speaking at the 2025 January ESIP Meeting this morning. They'll discuss Data Democracy: Empowering Everyone with Our Data, Tools, and Services sched.co/1snZU
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It's not really the typical time for nasty California fires. What changed that? Here's what experts say is turning Southern California's speedy wildfires into a deadly urban conflagration that is defying the calendar.

CIRES Fellow Jennifer Balch, @cu-esiil.bsky.social
& @earthlabcu.bsky.social , spoke with
@apnews.com and Scientific American about the LA Fires. Read what she had to say: apnews.com/article/fire... and www.scientificamerican.com/article/pali...

Key takeaways● Researchers used NASA satellite data to analyze the growth rates of over 60,000 fires in the contiguous U.S. from 2001-2020● Results show fast... Understanding Dominant Forces in LA's Palisades, Eaton & Other Fast Fires Through Earth Science Data

Watch: Understanding fast fires — like those happening in L.A. — through Earth science data. The recorded webinar features CIRES Fellow Jennifer Balch.

Opinion | Fires are moving much faster now. Here’s how to prepare. It’s not just Los Angeles. Our research shows a massive increase in the speed of fires.

Fires are moving faster now, according to CIRES Fellow Jennifer Balch and @earthlabcu.bsky.social in new research released in 2024.

This weekend, Balch penned an oped for @washingtonpost.com about what you can do to prepare.

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www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

LA fires: Why fast wildfires and those started by human activities are more destructive and harder to contain The causes of the wind-driven fires that burned thousands of homes in the Los Angeles area are under investigation, but there were no lightning strikes reported at the time.

CIRES' Virginia Iglesias, interim director of @earthlabcu.bsky.social, discusses why some fires — like those happening in L.A. — are more destructive and harder to contain ⬇️

The Dichotomy of a Deadly Paradise—How Urban Sprawl and Climate Change Fuel LA’s  Fires - Inside Climate News Anthony Honore was accustomed to seeing brush fires far up in the San Gabriel Mountains above Pasadena during yearly dry seasons. But last Tuesday night’s blaze was different.  Fueled by Santa Ana win...

ESIIL Director Dr. Jennifer Balch was quoted in a new article, The Dichotomy of a Deadly Paradise—How Urban Sprawl and Climate Change Fuel LA’s Fires. Read the full article here:
insideclimatenews.org/news/1101202...