S4E04 Down to Earth: Pirate or Proprietary? The Solution in Open Source
Open science and open data easily go hand-in-hand, but one area of open science that’s often forgotten is open source. What is open source and how does it allow us to actually use open data? In this e...
27 Mar 202327min
S4E03 Down to Earth: Navigating Data Sovereignty in Open Science
Every day 2.5 quintillion bytes of data is being created. This is an unfathomable number, but the reality is, we are constantly generating data with every app we use on or phone, every purchase we mak...
13 Mar 202333min
S4E02 Down to Earth: Dealing with Data: Infrastructures and Standards
Data is EVERYWHERE. In fact, there’s so much of it, we now have the term “Big Data” to describe the increased volume and velocity at which we’re accruing data. With such a large quantity and assortmen...
27 Feb 202331min
S4E01 Down to Earth: What is Open Science?
Climate change. Poverty. Inequality. Violence. These days, we are facing an unprecedented number of global challenges that require collaboration across countries to resolve. That’s why some scientists...
13 Feb 202331min
Down to Earth: Season 4 ”Open Science” Trailer
Open science! It's a thing! Welcome back to “Down to Earth”, a 30-minute podcast about innovative geoscience and the incredible people behind it. For season 4, we’re collaborating with NASA and the IE...
8 Feb 202340s
S3E08 Down to Earth: Culturally-relevant climate change solutions through innovation
As we continue to face unprecedented climate challenges that disrupt our ways of living, organizations like Space4Innovation and GEO Indigenous Alliance are turning to citizen science to design innova...
4 Des 202224min
S3E07 Down to Earth: Growing the next generation of climate scientists
While scientists are building new remote sensing networks in Costa Rica, others are merging networks to build capacity across Africa. Through her work as the Co-Founder of African Women in GIS, Geospa...
20 Nov 202226min
S3E06 Down to Earth: Modelling a carbon neutral future through collaboration
With fires raging, permafrost thawing, urbanization increasing air pollution, and more, staying positive about the future of our planet can be challenging. But as the scientists in our previous episod...
6 Nov 202231min
