The nature data newsletter

Geospatial embeddings

A promising new tool, with some trade-offs

Mar 26 • Sonny Burniston

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October 2025

Towards mutualism: reconciling differences between field and EO data

Partner Post: Chris Anderson at Planet Labs PBC

Oct 21, 2025

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September 2025

New York Climate Week

A chance to meet the Cecil team, plus IBAT and NHM collaborations

Sep 18, 2025 • Alex Logan

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August 2025

Operating in spite of uncertainty

A framework for nature data evaluation

Aug 5, 2025 • Tom Walker

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June 2025

Metadata

An essential component of a mature nature data industry

Jun 24, 2025 • Tom Walker

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May 2025

The rise of the nature data economy

Part 1: Foundations of data exchange

May 28, 2025 • Alex Logan

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February 2025

Scientific concept two: Land Use and Land Cover (LULC)

This newsletter defines LULC, explores its applications in nature data analysis workflows, and sets out what to expect from common LULC datasets.

Feb 20, 2025 • Alex Logan

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December 2024

What you need to know about nature data licensing

Passing on our learnings to support better nature data sharing

Dec 10, 2024 • Alex Logan

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October 2024

The case for nature data sharing

Introducing the Nature Data Sharing Initiative (NDSI)

Oct 28, 2024 • Alex Logan

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September 2024

Making nature data accessible

Introducing Cecil's approach to solving nature data's accessibility problem.

Sep 16, 2024 • Alex Logan

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August 2024

Nature data documentation: 3 key challenges

Introducing principles for nature data documentation.

Aug 27, 2024 • Tom Walker

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July 2024

Exploring spatial indexes

Challenges in scaling nature data analysis and how spatial indexes might help.

Jul 16, 2024 • Rory Oxenham

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