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USGS Celebrates the Year of Open Science

By Year of Open Science

Throughout the Year of Open Science, USGS will be sharing open science success stories, tips and tools for robust open science practices, and discussions on the value of open, equitable, and secure scientific enterprises. 

Open Data for Open Science Workshop

Photograph of the 2023 CDI DataBlast

The Community for Data Integration (CDI) 2023 Workshop, with the theme ‘Open Data for Open Science,’ May 2-5th, 2023 was a great success! Thank you to everyone who participated. Stay tuned for highlights and outcomes from the workshop.

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Open Science Success Stories

A map of the contiguous U.S. using a snowflake hex pattern to show snow persistence over a 20-year period. Snow persistence is measured as the snow cover index, or the average fraction of time snow was on the ground from Jan 1 to. July 3 from 2001-2020. Snowier places are white with snow, emphasizing the Rocky Mountains and Sierra range in the western U.S., and Maine in the northeast. The majority of the southern half of the country is within a 0-10% snow cover index.

We have a lot to celebrate in USGS because we are leaders in open science. Read these open science success stories for inspiration for your own work!

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USGS Open Science Policies and Resources

As a global leader in Earth system science, the USGS understands the enormous value of making research products and processes available to all. The USGS supports open science with robust data and software release policies and tools, open communities of practice, and ongoing partnerships with underrepresented groups. The USGS will be engaging its scientists in activities to further improve accessibility, reproducibility, and transparency of our scientific work, through trainings, workshops, and cross-USGS communications.