Transforming Data into Impact
At the Environmental Data Institute, we empower researchers, organizations, and policymakers to achieve their critical environmental data goals. These case studies highlight how this community-built data repository and our expert services help our community transform complex data challenges into impactful outcomes.
US Long Term Ecological Research Network
The LTER Network (LTER), a vast network of ecological research sites, needed a centralized, reliable system for sharing, integrating, and preserving diverse long-term datasets across multiple sites and decades. Their primary hurdles were ensuring FAIR data for synthesis, knowledge generation, and long-term legacy. Continue Reading.
California Department of Water Resources
The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) had a goal to make their environmental data findable, accessible, and reusable, in order to promote collaborative research, transparency, and effective natural resource management. They needed a robust, reliable infrastructure to support their critical work. Continue Reading.
City of Seattle Public Utilities
The City of Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) managed diverse environmental data with an overarching need for long-term storage and access through evolving business and technological changes, particularly for its 50-year regulatory habitat conservation plan. They faced business problems where data stewards ... Continue Reading.
H2Ohio - Ohio's Strategy for Clean Water
The H2Ohio Program, focused on improving water quality and assessing conservation efforts, required a robust framework for openly publishing accessible environmental data to numerous stakeholders and collaborators. This accessibility was foundational for effective analysis and decision-making throughout the project. Continue Reading.
Forecasting Lake and Reservoir Ecosystems
The Forecasting Lake and Reservoir Ecosystems (FLARE) project needed a central, reliable hub for openly publishing critical, high-resolution sensor data and predictive models to diverse stakeholders, from scientists to resource managers, to inform water quality management and optimize reservoir operations. Continue Reading.
US National Science Foundation
The National Science Foundation Division of Environmental Biology (NSF-DEB) needed a trusted, high-standard data repository, curation service center, and clearinghouse to secure national data assets and address the problem of valuable environmental data being locked away in disparate, unstable storage silos. Continue Reading.
See Your Impact with EDI
These examples illustrate just a fraction of the transformative work enabled by the Environmental Data Institute. By providing secure, trusted data solutions and expert support, we help organizations, researchers, and communities worldwide overcome data challenges, achieve critical environmental goals, and contribute to a more informed and sustainable future. How can EDI help you make your next breakthrough?