Impactful Datasets in Earth, Space, and Environmental Sciences: Highlighting the Data That Transform Research
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: The American Geophysical Union (AGU) announces the new living collection “Impactful Datasets in Earth, Space, and Environmental Sciences” which recognizes the creation and curation of datasets enabling research, analysis, and decision making beyond what is captured by traditional academic impact metrics. The collection highlights datasets through the dimensions of People, Planet, and Prosperity, and includes a curated set of nominated datasets and accompanying special collection of data papers. Developed with the Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP) community, the nomination and review process initially invites contributors from across research, operations, and public service, to nominate datasets important to their work, and then submit a data paper that expands upon the nomination text for inclusion in the special collection. This commentary highlights the rationale for the living collection, and the process of nomination. The collection serves as a living reference that strengthens data culture, supports reproducible geoscience, and provides enduring access to critical information for science and society.
Source: AGU Advances
DOI: 10.1029/2026av002623
Authors: Joseph Gum, Graziella Caprarelli, Alberto Montanari, Brian Sedora, Shelley Stall, Mathew Biddle, Rachael Blake, Matt Jones, Elizabeth Joyner, Binita KC, Doug Newman, Doug Schuster, Andrea K. Thomer, Bruce Wilson, Lesley Wyborn, Ilse Aben, James Acker, Ebrahim Ahmadisharaf, Weston Anderson, Yosuke Aoki, Christina Arras, Ross Bagwell, Ashley Ballard, Lindsay Barbieri, Sylvain Barbot, Emily Becker, David Berghmans, Justine Blanford, Gil Bohrer, Tobias Braun, Ian Brosnan, Patrick Broxton, Brendan Byrne, Danica Linda Cantarero, Peiyu Cao, Sarah Carter, Rob Casey, Kerry Cawse‐Nicholson, Daniel Cayan, K. Dana Chadwick, Kunal Chakraborty, Ernest Cisneros, Alexandru T. Codilean, James Crawford, Noel Cressie, David Crisp, Alfredo A. Cruz, Elisabetta D'Anastasio, Robert E. Daniell, Fabien Darrouzet, Saswati Das, Kyle Frankel Davis, Ankur R. Desai, Alex de Sherbinin, Catia M. Domingues, Wenhao Dong, Kelsey Druken, Nelia W. Dunbar, Bethany Ehlmann, James S. Eldrett, Shane Elipot, Jing Fang, Nicolas Fernandez, Florence Fetterer, Alison Fritz, Jing Gao, Xueyuan Gao, Sarah Gille, Sven Gilliams, Peter H. Gleick, Christopher R. Hakkenberg, Jonathan B. Hanson, Henry C. Henson, Tracey Holloway, Candice Hopkins, Mark James Hopwood, Faisal Hossain, George J. Huffman, Nicole Jacobs, Daniel Jaffe, Dylan Jones, Apurva P. Joshi, Julie Kalansky, Leander Kallas, Nikita Kaushal, Endalkachew Kebede, Trevor F. Keenan, Gretchen Keppel‐Aleks, Tae Kim, Fraser King, Marthe Klöcking, Wouter Knoben, Mark Koenig, Greg Kopp, Gerbrand Koren, Nicholas Kruskamp, Zachary Labe, Anthony Lanati, Matthias Lankhorst, Joshua Laughner, Oana Leahu‐Aluas, Christine Lee, Laure Lefevre, Kerstin Lehnert, Einat Lev, Yuan Li, Zhong Liu, Avni Malhotra, Scott Marshall, Landon Marston, Ariadna Martin, Nick Marzolf, Paola Mazzoglio, Art Miller, Sanchit Minocha, Arpita Mondal, Jean‐Paul Montagner, Laurent Montesi, Nils Moosdorf, James T. Morris, Md Golam Mostafa, Katelyn Mountjoy, Thiago V. M. do Nascimento, Kiwamu Nishida, Angus Nixon, Ceri Nunn, Martha Cary Eppes, Nasrin Mostafavi Pak, Gerard Gallardo i Peres, Dean Pesnell, Antonio Martínez Picar, Claire Porter, Prithviraj Pramanik, Sara C. Pryor, Marcelo Uriburu Quirno, Federico Rabuffi, Balaji Rajagopalan, Yuhan Rao, A. J. Reiss, Axel D. Renno, Siddharth Rout, Manabendra Saharia, Ricardo Sánchez‐Murillo, Tatsuhiko Sato, Erin Satterthwaite, Anna Savage, Ted A. Scambos, Jacob Schaperow, Nirdesh Kumar Sharma, Christine A. Shields, Debjani Sihi, Elizabeth A. Silber, Terry Sohl, Sarath Suresh, James H. Swift, Zoltan Szantoi, Joao Teixeira, Glen Thackray, Anne Tillery, Mike Timmons, Marie Katrine Traun, Martin Vallée, Sara M. Vallejo‐Bernal, José Manuel Vaquero, Voltaire A. Velazco, Isabel Wargowsky, Dominique Weis, Nina Welti, Thomas Westerhold, John W. Williams, Ann Windnagel, Ryan J. Woosley, Debra Wunch, Jingfeng Xiao, Ben Zaitchik, Enze Zhang, Xiaoyi Zhao, Li Zhen, Lin Zhiheng, Steven C. Bergman, Daniel Minisini
Institutions: University of Southern Queensland, Istituto di Radioastronomia di Bologna, National Institute for Astrophysics, University of Bologna, American Geophysical Union, NOAA Integrated Ocean Observing System, University of California, Santa Barbara, National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, Langley Research Center, Adnet Systems (United States), Goddard Space Flight Center, NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research, University of Arizona, Australian National University, Space Research Organisation Netherlands, Florida State University, Florida A&M University - Florida State University College of Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo, The University of Tokyo, GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, Henry M. Jackson Foundation, Office National de la Météorologie, University of Southern California, University of Miami, Royal Observatory of Belgium, University of Twente, The Ohio State University, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Leipzig University, Ames Research Center, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, National Snow and Ice Data Center, Cornell University, World Resources Institute, EarthScope Consortium, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Arizona State University, University of Wollongong, Earth Sciences New Zealand, Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, University of Delaware, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Columbia University, National Oceanography Centre, Tsinghua University, New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, Shell (United Kingdom), Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Florida, National Energy Technology Laboratory, Princeton University, Pacific Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, Aarhus University, United States Geological Survey, Southern University of Science and Technology, University of Washington, University of Toronto, University of Göttingen, American Museum of Natural History, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, University of Michigan, University of Alabama in Huntsville, University of Münster, University of Calgary, Utrecht University, RTI International, Climate Central, Department of Energy and Environment, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Appalachian State University, Virginia Tech, University of Central Florida, The Jones Center at Ichauway, Politecnico di Torino, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut de physique du globe de Paris, Université Paris Cité, Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, University of South Carolina, Military Institute of Science and Technology, McMaster University, University of Zurich, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Adelaide University, The University of Adelaide, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Imperial College London, University of Minnesota, National Institute of Technology Durgapur, National Space Activities Commission, North Carolina State University, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA Ocean Prediction Center, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Helmholtz Institute Freiberg for Resource Technology, University of British Columbia, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, The University of Texas at Arlington, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Sofar Ocean (United States), Sandia National Laboratories, Earth Resources Observation and Science Center, Stellenbosch University, European Space Agency, European Space Research Institute, Idaho State University, New Mexico Water Science Center, Universidad de Extremadura, Deutscher Wetterdienst, Woodwell Climate Research Center, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, University of Bremen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of New Hampshire, Johns Hopkins University, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Environment and Climate Change Canada, The Institute of Statistical Mathematics, Rice University
Language: English
Subfield: Information Systems
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $3,460
Funders: National Science Foundation, U.S. Department of Energy, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, California Energy Commission, Southern California Earthquake Center, European Space Agency, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, National Institutes of Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Gulf Research Program, Canadian Space Agency, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Office of Naval Research
OpenAlex ID: W7213893753