Open Environmental Data: Benefits, Gaps and Limitations
The global average openness score for environmental data is 38 out of 100, according to the Open Data Inventory (ODIN) 2022/23, indicating significant room…
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Downloadable raw data files for analysis.
Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Environmental Sources: Current Data Landscape
As of 2024, the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS) provides access to over 400 million environmental data resources, spanning primary, secondary, and…
Why Environmental Datasets Sometimes Disagree: A Case Study of Global Temperature Records
In 2023, NASA GISTEMP reported a global surface temperature anomaly of 0.89°C above the 1981–2010 average, while the UK Met Office's HadCRUT5 dataset reported…