Science Projects

Earth Lab science projects combine satellite, survey, and field data collected at various spatial and temporal scales to answer critical Earth Science questions and predict change using cutting-edge computational approaches.

Earth Analytics Education

The Earth Analytics education initiative includes a professional graduate certificate, undergrad and grad courses in Earth Analytics, an internship program and online learning materials. Earth Lab provides a rich environment for student and professional development through innovative, interdisciplinary course and curriculum design.

Analytics Hub

The Analytics Hub is a dynamic team of computer scientists, statisticians, earth scientists, and aerospace engineers, that provides tools, training, and support for data processing, analysis, and visualization to the Earth Lab team and the broader scientific community. 

Our Mission

Earth Lab’s mission is to harness the data revolution through research, analytics, and education to accelerate understanding of global environmental change to help society better manage and adapt.

Earth Lab News

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How Bad is the Smoke? Current Fires and Air Quality Resources

Aug. 21, 2020

Read the full CIRES article here . Top 10 ways to get up-to-date information on fires and air quality Fires burning in the United States right now tally over 500,000 acres and are blanketing much of the Western U.S. in smoke. Millions of people are suffering with poor air quality,...

Join us for How (and Why) to Make a Research Compendium – An Earth Analytics Career Webinar on Thursday 3/19, 12-1pm MDT

Feb. 25, 2020

Earth Lab invites you to How (and Why) to Make a Research Compendium with Dr. Max Joseph – An Earth Analytics Career Webinar on Thursday March 19th, 2020, from 12-1pm MDT. How do you bundle up the analysis associated with a research project? How can you ensure that other people...

Earth Lab’s Education Initiative Receives $1.2 Million NSF Grant to Create Earth Data Science Corps

Nov. 21, 2019

Earth Lab is proud to announce that their Earth Analytics Education Initiative recently received NSF grant funding for the project, Earth Data Science Corps - Fulfilling Workforce Demand at the Intersection of Environmental Science and Data Science. The grant includes $1.2 million in funding over the course of three years...

NEON Science Summit

June 13, 2019

Are you jazzed about using NEON data in your research? Do you want to connect with other NEON data users? Help us build a community at the NEON Science Summit ! Earth Lab at the University of Colorado Boulder will be hosting a 3-day Summit to bring together NEON data...

Ellen Considine Wins Goldwater Scholarship

May 28, 2019

Earth Lab is proud to recognize intern Ellen Considine who was recently named a recipient of the Goldwater Scholarship. The Go ldwater Scholarship is one of the most prestigious undergraduate research awards in mathematics, engineering, and science that the United States offers. The Goldwater Educational Foundation was established by Congress...