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Accurate data collection is the foundation of credible research. The National Academies provide guidance on methods that ensure data quality, transparency, and consistency across studies.

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Paleoenvironmental Data 101: Using Earth’s Past to Prepare for the Future

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While data collected by modern instruments can provide information on decades of Earth’s extreme events, paleoenvironmental data found in natural archives such as ice cores and tree rings can extend that record by hundreds, thousands, or millions of years into the past. Drawing on a new National Academies report, this interactive webpage offers an introduction to different paleoenvironmental archives and how they are being used to develop a deeper understanding of disasters in the past and plan for a more resilient future.

May 4, 2026

Rock core samples at the Geological Survey of Northern Ireland.

Used on the cover of: A Synthesis Center for Paleoenvironmental Records of Extreme Events

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Governance and Coordination Systems for Resilient Earth Observations – Issue Paper

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Biotechnology Capabilities for National Security Needs--Leveraging Advances in Transdisciplinary Biotechnology

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Governance and Coordination Systems for Resilient Earth Observations – Issue Paper

Biotechnology Capabilities for National Security Needs--Leveraging Advances in Transdisciplinary Biotechnology

Data, Metrics, and Analytic Methods for Assessing Equity Impacts of Surface Transportation Investments: Phase 2 Study to Support State and Local Decision Making

Blueprint for a National Prevention Infrastructure for Behavioral Health Disorders

Community Wastewater-based Infectious Disease Surveillance

Data, Metrics, and Analytic Methods for Assessing Equity Impacts of Surface Transportation Funding Programs

Maintaining Operational Effectiveness for U.S. Naval Forces in Highly Degraded Environments: Ensuring Trusted, Resilient Data in the Face of Data Warfare (Phase 2)

Improving Consumer Data for Food and Nutrition Policy Research for the Economic Research Service, USDA

New Tools for the Analysis of Massive Data

Evolution of the National Oceanographic Research Fleet

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Standing Committee for Earth Observations, Data, and Information Systems

Resilient and Enduring Data Infrastructure for Biomedical and Life Sciences Research and Innovation

Roundtable on Data Science Postsecondary Education

Advancing Data Sharing to Strengthen One Health Effectiveness: A Webinar Series

Mapping Science Committee

Standing Committee on Geospatial Data Acquisition Technologies

Action Collaborative on Neuroscience Data in the Cloud

Sharing Clinical Trial Data: An Action Collaborative

Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine

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