The role of digital technologies in responding to the grand challenges of the natural environment: the Windermere Accord

Blair, Gordon S.; Bassett, Richard; Bastin, Lucy; Beevers, Lindsay; Borrajo, Maribel Isabel; Brown, Mike ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2996-0633; Dance, Sarah L.; Dionescu, Ada; Edwards, Liz; Ferrario, Maria Angela; Fraser, Rob; Fraser, Harriet; Gardner, Simon; Henrys, Peter ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4758-1482; Hey, Tony; Homann, Stuart; Huijbers, Chantal; Hutchison, James; Jonathan, Phil; Lamb, Rob; Laurie, Sophie; Leeson, Amber; Leslie, David; McMillan, Malcolm; Nundloll, Vatsala; Oyebamiji, Oluwole; Phillipson, Jordan; Pope, Vicky; Prudden, Rachel; Reis, Stefan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2428-8320; Salama, Maria; Samreen, Faiza; Sejdinovic, Dino; Simm, Will; Street, Roger; Thornton, Lauren; Towe, Ross; Hey, Joshua Vande; Vieno, Massimo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7741-9377; Waller, Joanne; Watkins, John ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3518-8918. 2021 The role of digital technologies in responding to the grand challenges of the natural environment: the Windermere Accord. Patterns, 2 (1), 100156. 8, pp. 10.1016/j.patter.2020.100156

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.patter.2020.100156

Abstract/Summary

Digital technology is having a major impact on many areas of society, and there is equal opportunity for impact on science. This is particularly true in the environmental sciences as we seek to understand the complexities of the natural environment under climate change. This perspective presents the outcomes of a summit in this area, a unique cross-disciplinary gathering bringing together environmental scientists, data scientists, computer scientists, social scientists, and representatives of the creative arts. The key output of this workshop is an agreed vision in the form of a framework and associated roadmap, captured in the Windermere Accord. This accord envisions a new kind of environmental science underpinned by unprecedented amounts of data, with technological advances leading to breakthroughs in taming uncertainty and complexity, and also supporting openness, transparency, and reproducibility in science. The perspective also includes a call to build an international community working in this important area.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	10.1016/j.patter.2020.100156
UKCEH and CEH Sections/Science Areas:	Atmospheric Chemistry and Effects (Science Area 2017-) Pollution (Science Area 2017-) Soils and Land Use (Science Area 2017-)
ISSN:	2666-3899
Additional Information. Not used in RCUK Gateway to Research.:	Open Access paper - full text available via Official URL link.
Additional Keywords:	digital technologies, digital environment, data science, environmental science
NORA Subject Terms:	Electronics, Engineering and Technology Data and Information
Date made live:	28 Jan 2021 15:59 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/529540

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

10.1016/j.patter.2020.100156

UKCEH and CEH Sections/Science Areas:

Atmospheric Chemistry and Effects (Science Area 2017-)
Pollution (Science Area 2017-)
Soils and Land Use (Science Area 2017-)

ISSN:

2666-3899

Additional Information. Not used in RCUK Gateway to Research.:

Open Access paper - full text available via Official URL link.

Additional Keywords:

digital technologies, digital environment, data science, environmental science