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I’m giving a free webinar on Friday on Language Models in Geoscience. Covering different ways one can apply LLMs to geoscience content, including some of the benefits and some of the risks.I include examples from academia, mining, oil & gas, hydrogeology, geohazards and carbon capture.It’s a relatively non-technical 25min session based on previous RGU university... Continue Reading →
EarthScape: A Multimodal Dataset for Surficial Geologic Mapping and Earth Surface Analysis. Advancements in deep learning and the proliferation of remote sensing imagery present an opportunity to expand surficial geologic mapping, overcoming the limitations of tedious and biased traditional workflows.Interesting paper from Massey and Imran (2025) with supporting Open source code and data in GitHub.... Continue Reading →
Open-access European geological data from the European Geological Data Infrastructure (EGDI) Map viewer and Data search. A collaborative initiative aimed at facilitating the sharing, integration, and accessibility of geological information across Europe. It serves as a comprehensive platform that brings together geological data from various sources, including national geological surveys, research institutions, and other geological... Continue Reading →
More global open-access geoscience data. Seabed 2030: Global bathymetry with BathyGlobe and download open-access gridded data."The Nippon Foundation and GEBCO formed Seabed 2030 as an ambitious call to action for humanity to mobilise and accelerate efforts to produce a definitive map of our ocean by 2030 and make it available to all.Understanding our ocean is... Continue Reading →
Rich global open-access Geoscience Data from the OpenGeoHub. OpenLandMap provides access to global environmental layers focused on the land surface.OpenLandMap are Open Land Data services providing access to spatial layers covering global land mass (at spatial resolutions of 1-km, 250-m, 100-m, 30-m or finer) hosted by the OpenGeoHub foundation, GILAB and collaborators.It aims at becoming an OpenStreetMap-type... Continue Reading →
Large Language Models: Due to the risks, NASA decides against fine tuning a generative earth science LLM.“Based on our initial assessment, the costs and risks associated with developing an exclusive NASA Science Mission Directorate (SMD) decoder (generative) model currently outweigh the benefits.”In a paper published yesterday in the American Geophysical Union (AGU) - Perspectives of... Continue Reading →
On the morning of the 4th March I attended a roundtable in London on advancing data sharing in the subsurface. This included experts from industry, academia and government departments such as DSIT, DESNZ and the Environment Agency. The roundtable focused on strategic interests in shared subsurface geotechnical and geological data to make better decisions (reduce... Continue Reading →
ESA Φ-lab have created an AI-powered digital assistant that allows users to access and explore complex Earth Observation data through a natural language interface.“In the long term, the aim is to integrate this tool into digital twins of Earth, supporting decision-making in areas such as climate monitoring, disaster management and urban planning.A digital twin of... Continue Reading →
More incredible free open-access global geological datasets! OneGeology is an international initiative of over 100 of the world's geological surveys, UNESCO and other international and regional geoscience organisations. Its enables access, usability and availability of trusted geoscience data, for the benefit of society championing open and trusted FAIR practices. Online access to a dynamic digital geological... Continue Reading →
More rich open-source global geological data. GEOROC has over 39 Million data values, the largest geochemical database worldwide, a comprehensive collection of published analyses of igneous and metamorphic rocks and minerals. It was first established back in 1999.The GEOROC Database (Geochemistry of Rocks of the Oceans and Continents) contains major and trace element concentrations, radiogenic... Continue Reading →
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