Cross disciplinary collaboration for societal benefit across Australian Research Infrastructure Networks

Abstract

Earth systems including the geosphere, biosphere, cryosphere, hydrosphere and atmosphere complexly interact to create a planet on which life and humanity has thrived. Throughout history we have studied and observed all these systems, but too often there has been too little strategic integration of activities supporting observing and monitoring, storage and access to data, computing and modelling, and predicting future states. This has reduced our ability to quickly advance our understanding of the interdependence of these complex systems, particularly as data has often been collected in isolation, or to address a very specific research problem. The challenges to achieving such an integr..