Are We at Risk of Losing the Current Generation of Climate Researchers to Data Science?
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2022-08
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Jain, Shipra
Mindlin, Julia
Koren, Gerbrand
Gulizia, Carla
Steadman, Claudia
Langendijk, Gaby S.
Osman, Marisol
Abid, Muhammad A.
Rao, Yuhan
Rabanal, Valentina
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Abstract
Climate model output has progressively increased in size over the past decades and is expected to continue to rise in the future. Consequently, the research time expended by Early Career Researchers (ECRs) on data-intensive activities is displacing the time spent in fostering novel scientific ideas and expanding the frontiers of climate sciences. Here, we highlight an urgent need for a better balance between data-intensive and foundational climate science activities, more open-ended research opportunities that reinforce the scientific freedom of the ECRs, and strong coordinated action to provide infrastructure and resources to the ECRs working in under-resourced environments.
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CMIP, climate model data, climate research, climate science, early career researchers, General Earth and Planetary Sciences, SDG 13 - Climate Action
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Jain, S, Mindlin, J, Koren, G, Gulizia, C, Steadman, C, Langendijk, G S, Osman, M, Abid, M A, Rao, Y & Rabanal, V 2022, 'Are We at Risk of Losing the Current Generation of Climate Researchers to Data Science?', AGU Advances, vol. 3, no. 4, e2022AV000676, pp. 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022AV000676