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Megan Szojka is a community ecologist interested in how fundamental processes of species interactions, environmental change and dispersal, interact to affect species demography. Join us: esiil.org/news-events/...

For next week’s EDS seminar, we welcome Dr. Jeff Dukes from the Carnegie Institution for Science. Please join us while Dr. Dukes presents the joy and potential of synthesis science. Visit our event page for more info and the Zoom link: esiil.org/news-events/...

Join us for our next Environmental Data Science Seminar! esiil.org/news-events/...

Are you looking for collaborators to add to your ESIIL working group proposal or would you like to contribute to a working group but don’t yet have a team? Then this networking event is for you! Register here: forms.gle/sgUSkyJoE7xV...

Join us for our next EDS seminar! Visit our event page for more info: esiil.org/news-events/...

Join us for our last information session this Friday! Learn more and register here: esiil.org/working-groups

Join us to learn about ESIIL working groups, the application process, and get all of your questions answered! Register here: esiil.org/working-groups

You don't want to miss these! Check out the latest publications from the ESIIL Network. 📚 Click here for the links: esiil.org/news-events/...

Join us for this EDS Seminar as Dr. Nate Emery discusses the need and plan for developing open-access, community training modules that equip scientists to integrate AI effectively and responsibly into their research. Learn more: esiil.org/news-events/...

Final reminder to join our special issue in Environmental Data Science to advance data-intensive science, improve management, or inform policy related to today’s environmental challenges. Learn more: esiil.org/news-events/...

Congrats to our 2026 ESIIL Stars! We are excited to showcase the projects from our partnering institutions led by student interns. Follow this link to view their presentations: esiil.org/esiil-stars

Join evolutionary ecologist Kelsey Lyberger at our next EDS Seminar! Please visit our event page for more information and the Zoom link: esiil.org/news-events/...

Interested in applying for an ESIIL working group, but want to know more? Join our first info session on Wednesday, August 19th where ESIIL staff will provide more information and be available to answer questions. Register here: cuboulder.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Join our special issue in Environmental Data Science to advance data-intensive science, improve management, or inform policy related to today’s environmental challenges. 💡 Learn more: esiil.org/news-events/...

Please join us in welcoming our five new ESIIL postdocs: Dr. Brian Lee, Dr. Yu Peng, Dr. Karl Andraczek, Dr. Wyatt Million, and Dr. Sam Lapp. View their bios on our website here: esiil.org/about#team

AI can move beyond data centers 📣 In a commentary in @nature.com today, Schmidt DSE faculty and researchers argue that #OpenSourceAI models are part of a more sustainable future for scientific computing. Read the story: www.nature.com/articles/d41... @cires.colorado.edu @cu-esiil.bsky.social

Visit our website or join us for an information session to learn more about ESIIL working groups and to get your questions answered. Register Here: cuboulder.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Please join us as we celebrate our ESIIL Stars interns' incredible research projects this Friday! ⭐ More info and the Zoom link: esiil.org/news-events/...

Apply to join ESIIL's next cohort of working groups: esiil.org/working-groups

Check out our new collaboration resources! 🌐 esiil.org/news-events/...

Join us at ESA! 🗓️ Links to our sessions, talks, and social event: esiil.org/news-events/...

ESIIL's AI for Natural Methane Working Group is developing a harmonized global natural methane dataset and Knowledge-Guided Machine Learning framework to improve estimates of natural CH4 emissions across scales. Join us tomorrow to learn more: esiil.org/news-events/...

Join ESIIL's FreshH2O Zoops working group for their EDS Seminar on June 16th at 11 am MT! esiil.org/news-events/...

Join us to learn insights for ESIIL's Macrophenology working group: esiil.org/news-events/...

Join us to learn fundamental teaching tools for open environmental data science education and research including GitHub, Markdown, and Jupyter Notebooks, and ChatGPT. Learn more and register here: lnkd.in/g_UjcD_d

Explore ecosystem engineering as a community ecology concept with ESIIL's BioViewPoint working group on June 2nd! More info: esiil.org/news-events/...

Join our special issue in Environmental Data Science to advance data-intensive science, improve management, or inform policy related to today’s environmental challenges. The submission window is open now through September 4. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

ESIIL's Modeling Extreme Wildfires working group will discuss their work to improve representation of extreme wildfire events in forecasting tools. 🔥 More info here: esiil.org/news-events/...

Join us tomorrow! More info: esiil.org/news-events/...

The 2026 ESIIL Innovation Summit focused on AI for sustainability, bringing together teams across academic, federal, industry, and non-profit partners to leverage AI and analytical approaches to generate new discoveries and insights that will help us better steward our nation’s natural heritage.

We are excited to announce a new seminar series highlighting the first cohort of ESIIL working groups! Each working group will be sharing their work during the EDS Seminar Tuesdays at 11:00 AM MT. 🌱 Visit our News and Events link for more information: esiil.org/news-events/...

📆 Mark your calendars! ESIIL's first cohort of working groups will share the story and legacy of their working groups in this special Seminar Series. Join us Tuesdays from 11-11:50 am MT from May 19 to June 30. More info: esiil.org/news-events/...

Join our special issue in the Environmental Data Science journal. Submit by May 31: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

In March, ESIIL Working Group “Interdisciplinary Approaches to Modeling Extreme Wildfire Events” met in person on site in Boulder, Colorado. PI Melissa Lucash recaps their visit in a blog post, read here: www.melissalucash.com/news/2026/3/...

Join us for our upcoming EDS seminar with a presentation from Nattália Neves who will be presenting on the importance of leaf phenology in plant economic strategies in tropical dry ecosystems. 🌿Visit our website for more info: lnkd.in/gCZbip69

We are thrilled to announce the selection of ESIIL’s third cohort of working groups! These 10 dynamic teams will collaboratively address pressing environmental challenges and work towards innovative, data-driven solutions. Visit our website for more: esiil.org/news-events/...

Join us for our upcoming EDS Seminar! Ben Baiser and Daijiang Li will be presenting, “Global Urban Biological Invasion Compendium: Synthesizing Global Data to Understand Urban Biodiversity.” 🌿 Please click here for more information and the zoom link: esiil.org/news-events/...

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: www.biographic.com/the-curse-of...

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-sci...

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? Learn more by visiting the Environmental Defense Fund’s blog post at: blogs.edf.org/edfish/2026/...

Congrats to the first cohort of CU Boulder’s Sustainability Research Initiative fellows. Members of the ESIIL team will participate in an incubator that will work to address complex sustainability issues. Read the full announcement here: www.colorado.edu/researchinno...

A California Biodiversity Network (CBN) working group conducted a biodiversity assessment of California’s natural lands and freshwaters to evaluate the state’s progress toward its 30x30 initiative. 👀 Check out the report to learn more: www.cnps.org/artemisia-jo...

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/... cu-esiil.github.io/Innovation-S...

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, and collaborate on AI-ready datasets & tools Apply by January 31st: cu-esiil.github.io/Innovation-S...

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

📢 Solution-Based #DataScience for #Environmental #Biology Challenges Announcing a new Call for Papers with @cu-esiil.bsky.social to advance data-intensive approaches to better understand today's environmental challenges: ℹ️https://bit.ly/4q0b68m 📅 31 May 2026 #TippingPoints #Resilience #Adaptation

Apply to be an ESIIL Postdoc by Sept. 15th! Visit our website to learn more & apply: esiil.org/careers jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...

We are currently accepting Postdoc applications! Visit our website to learn more and apply by Sept. 15th, 2025 for full consideration: esiil.org/careers jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...