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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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Assessing and Navigating Biosecurity Concerns and Benefits of Artificial Intelligence Use in the Life Sciences

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Governance and Coordination Systems for Resilient Earth Observations – Issue Paper

Assessing and Navigating Biosecurity Concerns and Benefits of Artificial Intelligence Use in the Life Sciences

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

An Integrated System of U.S. Household Income, Wealth, and Consumption Data and Statistics to Inform Policy and Research

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

The Implications of Using Multiple Data Sources for Major Survey Programs

Biotechnology Capabilities for National Security Needs

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

Return of Individual-Specific Research Results Generated in Research Laboratories

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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

Standing Committee on Geospatial Data Acquisition Technologies

Mapping Science Committee

Roundtable on Data Science Postsecondary Education

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

Sharing Clinical Trial Data: An Action Collaborative

Action Collaborative on Neuroscience Data in the Cloud

Forum on Cyber Resilience

Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine