Michael and Jake Zwart (USGS) are teaming up to co-convene a “Virtual Summit: Incorporating Data Science and Open Science in Aquatic Research”! The virtual summit will feature 18 presenters from the US and Canada, all presenting on how they incorporate Data Science and Open Science Techniques in their research. The summit will occur on 23-24 July 2020 13:00-16:00 EDT via zoom and is free to attend. Registration will remain open until 22 July, but zoom login information (link, password, etc.) will be emailed on 20 and 22 July. Plenty of space remains, and we hope to see you there!  

Recently, the team’s data paper came out in Scientific Data. The paper details how Michael, Steph Labou, and Matt created a global dataset of annual lake surface area with co-located basin temperature, precipitation, and human population for over 1.42 million lakes from 1995 through 2015. The team also had the opportunity to write-up a blog post for Scientific Data, where they gave a “Behind the Paper” perspective in how the project went from a casual conversation during a lab meeting to an full-fledged data product and data manuscript. The data, all scripts, and metadata are freely accessible on the Environmental Data Initiative, where the dataset is now EDI’s “New Featured Dataset” of the month! Congrats team!

This week Eos published our short overview of the AGU Chapman Conference we hosted in October 2019 on Winter Limnology in a Changing World. Attendees came out of the conference with a better understanding of where we are in the science, and the feasibility of future projects that can help sustain research momentum. At least one manuscript is already forthcoming, several more are in progress, and a special issue is underway in JGR Biogeosciences.