Using Big Data for Environmental Synthesis

Sapna Sharma

Department of Biology sharma11@yorku.ca

Why I got started with Big Data?

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How I got started with big data?

n = 50,000

Sharma et al. 2007. Global Change Biology.

Bass habitat currently in the south

Bass habitat predicted everywhere

Sharma et al. 2007. Global Change Biology.

Global collaborations as a tool for environmental synthesis

Sharma et al. 2015. Nature Scientific Data.

Global Lake Temperature Collaboration

Sapna Sharma Catherine O’Reilly Derek Gray Jordan Read John Lenters Stephanie Hampton Simon Hook 75+ contributors

laketemperature.org  

Global Lake Temperature Collaboration

Collected water temperatures for the past 25 years for over 350 lakes

Sharma et al. Nature Scientific Data 2015

Sharma et al. 2015. Nature Scientific Data. O’Reilly, Sharma et al. Geophysical Research Letters. 2015.

90% of lakes are warming Faster warming rates for ice-covered lakes

 

Interdisciplinary Collaborations for Big Data Environmental Synthesis

•  Limnologists working in Canada, US, Finland, Japan, Antarctica

•  Climate scientists •  Japanese

translators •  Japanese linguists •  Shinto priests •  Journalists

Sharma et al. Nature Scientific Reports 2016

Networking is key for collaborations •  Register at: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/

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Elevator Speech  

•  30 seconds •  Your name •  Where are you

working? •  E.g., What your

research is about?, past experiences, future goals

Let’s practice!

•  Elevator Speech •  Questions you

can ask professionals

Thank you! ssharma11@yorku.ca