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Research draft

Earth science

vr.tr.earth-science · INF.KNW

Let an agent handle Earth sciences by branch, methods, data and hazards, and treat Indigenous and traditional environmental knowledge with respect and attribution.

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Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify

Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent handle Earth sciences by branch, methods, data and hazards, and treat Indigenous and traditional environmental knowledge with respect and attribution.

The group of sciences that study the Earth, its solid body, water, atmosphere and life systems, including geology, oceanography, meteorology, climatology, soil science and Earth system science; traditional ecological knowledge also contributes understanding.

What it is for: Understanding the planet, resources, hazards and climate.

It can be find the relevant branch; use open Earth observation data; understand natural hazards; work respectfully with traditional knowledge holders.

Distinguishing features

Studies Earth systems

Field, lab and remote sensing

Interdisciplinary

Informs hazard and climate policy

What it looks like

Fieldwork, satellites, instruments, maps and models.

How it is recognised

Branches such as geology, oceanography, meteorology

Earth observation data

Indigenous environmental knowledges as distinct knowledge systems

Related models

is a kind of - category

natural science

includes - branch

geology

uses - data

Earth observation satellites

is complemented by - knowledge system

traditional ecological knowledge

In practice

Families and kinds

geology and geophysics

oceanography

atmospheric sciences

hydrology and soil science

Earth system science

Standards and regulation

WMO and IOC data standards

Open data policies such as Copernicus

Protocols for Indigenous data sovereignty (CARE principles)

Failure modes and hazards

Underestimating hazards

Extracting traditional knowledge without consent

Overstating model certainty

Also called

traditional ecological knowledgeEarth system sciencesoil metabolomicsPacific Peoples environmental knowledgesAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander environmental knowledges and managementMāori environmental knowledgesmountain sciencebiogeosciencesMāori earth sciencesMarine geosciencephysical geography and environmental geoscienceforest sciencesdesert sciencegeodesyoceanographic systemspatial scienceenvironmental scienceEarth remote sensinggeophysiologyoceanologyatmospheric sciencesorographysoil sciencetraverseenvironmental engineering and scienceGeodesy and Geomatics Engineeringapplied geodesymarine geodesyhigher geodesycountry surveyingsatellite geodesyspace geodesyCultuurhistoriepollution and contaminationecological applicationsgreen industriessustainable economyhygrologyLand capability and soil productivitypedology and pedometrics

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Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Also registered as vr.tr.earth-science

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Branch Which science.

Branches differ.

Field

Subdiscipline.

Field

Branch.

  1. Which Earth science branch is meant? definition
  2. What does it study? definition

Methods

Field and remote.

Methods

Methods.

  1. Which methods and instruments are used? definition
  2. What are their limits? boundary
Data Observations.

Data should be sourced.

Sources

Open data.

Sources

Data sources.

  1. Which data sources support the claim? provenance
  2. Are they openly available? provenance

Models

Uncertainty.

Models

Model uncertainty.

  1. How uncertain are the model results? measurement
  2. How were they validated? provenance
Hazards Risk.

Earth science protects people.

Natural hazards

Earthquakes, floods.

Natural

Natural hazards.

  1. Which hazards affect this place, according to official maps? provenance
  2. Are warnings in force? provenance

Climate

Change.

Climate

Climate.

  1. What do climate assessments say for this region? provenance
  2. How confident are they? boundary
Knowledge Traditional knowledge.

Knowledge systems deserve respect.

Traditional

Indigenous knowledge.

Traditional

Traditional knowledge.

  1. How does traditional ecological knowledge inform understanding here? provenance
  2. Is it attributed to its holders? boundary

Consent

Data sovereignty.

Consent

Data sovereignty.

  1. Was consent obtained to use community knowledge? boundary
  2. Which protocols apply? provenance

What the second pass must settle

  • Should branches be separate entries?
  • How should traditional knowledge be credited?
  • How should open data be linked?
Draft as JSON