DATA ANALYSIS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
DATA ANALYSIS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE Introduction Data analysis plays a crucial role in environmental science as it helps researchers and scientists make sense of complex environmental data and derive meaningful insights. Environmental science involves studying the interactions between different components of the environment, such as air, water, soil, and living organisms, to understand how human activities and natural processes impact the environment. A Data Science of the Natural Environment? It is clear that, given the challenges outlined above, earth and environmental sciences should be fully embracing data science and should be at the forefront of this initiative. There are pockets of excellent data science work being carried out in the environmental community, and we reference several examples throughout the paper, but it will become clear that this work needs to be significantly extended. Similarly, data scientists should be reaching out to this community to of...