National Center for Ecological Analysis & Synthesis
UC Santa Barbara's National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS). Posting about environmental #SynthesisScience, #DataScience & #OpenScience
- Check out the Arctic Data Center's February newsletter for dataset and collaborator highlights, upcoming events, latest datasets, and more!
- ⏰ 2 weeks left! Apply to the Gulf Ecosystem Initiative by Feb 20, 2026 🌊. 🔗 www.nceas.ucsb.edu/gulfeco #DeadlineReminder #GulfEcosystemInitiative #GulfScience #ClimateChange
- 🦋 Have questions about applying to the Morpho Initiative? Join our info webinar Feb 18 (10 AM PT). ucsb.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN… #ResearchFunding #SynthesisScience
- 🦋 Applications are LIVE for the Morpho Initiative 2026 RFP! Funding collaborative working groups advancing applied environmental science for real-world solutions. 📅 Deadline: April 15, 2026 (5 PM PT / 7 PM CDT) 🔗 nceas.ucsb.edu/morpho
- Join NCEAS Executive Director Ben Halpern at the launch of AI in Action: Conversations with UCSB Researchers, a new UCSB Library speaker series exploring innovative and responsible uses of AI in research. library.ucsb.edu/events-exhibitions/…
- ☀️ Check out our January newsletter for info on the new NCEAS network map, the AI for fisheries management project, & many more stories of synthesis science in action! 💌 Newsletter: mailchi.mp/nceas/nceas-... 📩 Subscribe: ucsb.us12.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=... #Gulf #AI #ScienceInAction
- 📅 Apply for the Gulf Ecosystem Initiative by Feb 20, 2026 → www.nceas.ucsb.edu/gulfeco Join our virtual office hours to connect directly with our team: calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0/appoin…
- Kick off 2026 with impact: apply to the Gulf Ecosystem Initiative RFP 🌊. 📅 Deadline: Feb 20, 2026 🔗 Apply: www.nceas.ucsb.edu/gulfeco
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- Connections help stabilise reef health, reducing the risk of collapse 🪸 New research shows that improving conditions on both land and sea may be the best way of protecting these crucial ecosystems. Led by @arielgreiner.bsky.social with @wcs.org and @utoronto.ca 👇 bit.ly/4rMyg2Z
- Latest updates from the NSF Arctic Data Center! ❄️
- 🤖 How can we use AI to help us monitor the world’s species? 🌎 📖 Discover how NCEAS is helping pave the way for responsible & impactful AI use in the ecological community, the latest from AiP www.nceas.ucsb.edu/news/closing...
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- ❄️ Dive into our December newsletter for exciting updates on the 2025 OHI scores, this month's AI feature, and much more! ☃️ Read More: mailchi.mp/nceas/nceas-newslet… 📩 Subscribe: ucsb.us12.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=d749440…
- Closing out 2025 with gratitude for collaboration, innovation, and data science shaping the Gulf’s future 🌊 Apply AI, synthesis, and teamwork for solutions that last. 📅 Apply due Feb 20, 2026 → nceas.ucsb.edu/gulfeco
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- Check out the latest issue of UC Santa Barbara Magazine, featuring NCEAS Director: Ben Halpern! 👍
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- Check out this opportunity!
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- Only a few hours to go until Early Bird registration closes!
- 🚨 One month away from the end of the early-bird! Register now: globalsoilbiodiversity2026.org/registration/
- Such an exciting discovery! 🐙
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- Today, the 2025 #ArcticReportCard was released, marking 20 years of tracking rapid Arctic warming and change. Find the full 2025 Arctic Report Card, with images, facts and stats at: arctic.noaa.gov/report-card/... #AGU25 noaa.gov via NOAA Research
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- Amazing work at #ucsb in #marinescience
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- Amazing science!!
- Take a journey through time down a new NSF COLDEX ice core borehole just completed by the team in #Antarctica! If you’re at #AGU25 stop by the COLDEX booth in the Exhibit Hall to talk to COLDEX team members from across the 15-institution center funded by NSF! @agu.org Follow us on IG @ coldex_stc
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- The Gulf Ecosystem Initiative isn’t just for scientists 🌊 We need resource managers, practitioners, and individuals who know the Gulf’s challenges firsthand. Work together → analyze data → inform solutions. ⏰ 2 months left! 📅 Apply by Feb 20 : www.nceas.ucsb.edu/gulfeco
- 🦋 We are excited to share UCSB Magazine's feature spotlighting Benjamin Halpern, Director of NCEAS! Learn more about his contributions to global ocean science: 📖 magazine.ucsb.edu/fall-winter-2025/be… 🎥 youtube.com/watch?v=iJ9P0biAmXo
- 2025 Ocean Health Index is live! Data insights: • Tourism recovery • Conflict → major declines in management capacity • and more! 50+ datasets, 10 goals, one comparable global framework. 🔗 oceanhealthindex.org/news/2025-sc... #OHI2025 #OceanData #SciComm
- AI for the Planet — The Cyber2A Project Cyber2A is helping researchers + educators develop AI and ML skills to advance arctic science and beyond! Read more about their most recent workshop 👇 www.nceas.ucsb.edu/news/empower...
- 🔥 Join us Monday, Dec 8 for a free public talk with NCEAS researcher Cat Fong on the Wildfire Resilience Index, a new tool turning complex data into meaningful insight. 📍 Dargan’s, SB 🕡 6:30–8:00 PM No ticket needed—arrive early! More info: sbnature.org/calendar
- Tomorrow at 9 AM PT! ⏰ Join us for the DataONE Community Call spotlighting biodiversity and the onboarding of OBIS-SEAMAP and OBIS into the network. You won’t want to miss this one! 📅 Add it here: bit.ly/DataONECalendar
- 🚨We're hiring! Join the Gulf Ecosystem Initiative as a postdoc tackling big, interdisciplinary questions impacting the Gulf 🌊 Based at NCEAS in beautiful Santa Barbara, CA. Apply by Feb 20, 2026 ➡ nceas.ucsb.edu/gulfeco Expected salary: $69k-82k. UCSB is an EOE.
- 🦃 🥧 Check out the November newsletter for info on our new Call for Artists, an upcoming Science Pub, a feature on the Cyber2A project, & more stories of synthesis science in action! 🍂 Read the Newsletter: mailchi.mp/nceas/nceas-... 📩 Subscribe here: ucsb.us12.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...
- Grateful this season for the resilience of the Gulf and the science that drives solutions. 🌊💙 📅 Deadline Feb. 20, 2026, at 5 PM PT | 7 PM CDT → www.nceas.ucsb.edu/gulfeco
- REMINDER: Join the next DataONE Community Call on Wednesday, Dec. 3 at 9 AM PST! 🍃 They’ll dive into how connected repositories and shared metadata open up biodiversity data for easier discovery and long-term use. 🔗Add to your calendar: bit.ly/DataONECalendar
- Join DataONE for the final Community Call of 2025! 📣 They’ll explore how repositories are federated and linked through shared metadata practices to improve data visibility, interoperability, and long-term access. 📅 Date: Wednesday, Dec. 3 at 9 AM PST 🔗Add to your calendar: bit.ly/DataONECalendar
- Thank you to everyone who joined our GEI Webinar! We are excited for your proposals! 🎥 Recording: Sign up for our Office Hour: calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0/appoin… ! Applications due 2/20/26
- 🌊 Today’s the day! Join us for the Gulf Ecosystem Initiative informational webinar – get your questions answered and learn more about the program! See you there! TODAY 🕙 10 AM PT / 12 PM CT 🔗 Register: ucsb.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN…
- Thank you Bluedot Living for featuring NCEAS’ work with UCSB’s Cheadle Center + The Nature Conservancy to fight ice plant in Santa Barbara County! Learn how the NCEAS team is using machine learning + satellite imagery to map ice plant as part of AI for the Planet: bluedotliving.com/the-green-bl...
- 🔔 REMINDER 🔔 🌊 Have questions about the Gulf Ecosystem Initiative RFP 2026? Join us for a live informational webinar — we’ll cover how working groups work, FAQs, and tips for strong proposals. 🗓 Nov 5 | 10 AM PT / 12 PM CT 🔗 Register: ucsb.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN…
- 🍂 Cooler days, new discoveries. October brings fresh energy to the season as NCEAS continues advancing research and collaboration heading into the end of 2025. Check out our latest Newsletter! 🎃 Read: mailchi.mp/nceas/nceas-... 📩 Subscribe: ucsb.us12.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...
- 🌊 Have questions about the Gulf Ecosystem Initiative RFP 2026? Join us for a live informational webinar — we’ll cover what how working groups work, FAQs, and tips for strong proposals. 🗓 Nov 5 | 10 AM PT / 12 PM CT 🔗 Register: ucsb.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN…
- Applying for GEI’s 2026 Request for Proposals? We’re here to help! Check out our applicant support materials — guides, webinars, and weekly office hours to help strengthen your proposal. Learn more ➡️ nceas.ucsb.edu/gulfeco #gulfecosysteminitiative #nceas #sciencefordecisionmaking
- Welcome the '25 Morpho working groups! 🌿 Nature Health Index will develop a global framework for measuring ecosystem integrity. 🐟 GO FISH will identify data standards for inland fisheries. Learn how these projects demonstrate the power of synthesis science: www.nceas.ucsb.edu/news/collabo...
- 📣 Research Funding Opportunity! The Gulf Ecosystem Initiative (GEI)—a partnership between NCEAS and NOAA RESTORE—supports synthesis science for the Gulf of America 🌊 Funding available for 2 working groups + 1 postdoc Apply by Feb 20, 2026 → nceas.ucsb.edu/gulfeco
- We’re launching a new monthly feature spotlighting projects from our AI for the Planet program. Learn more about how artificial intelligence drives environmental science and sustainability solutions. Kickoff: The Wildfire Resilience Index🔥 Read the full article: www.nceas.ucsb.edu/news/when-wi...
