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Earthmover @earthmover.io · 15d

The Colorado based @earthmover.io team will be there with you while the rest of the team takes on @climateweeknyc.bsky.social: Be on the lookout for Lindsey Nield on the hiking trails and a lightning talk from @deepakcherian.bsky.social

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Earthmover @earthmover.io · 15d

Meet @rabernat.bsky.social, @jhamman.bsky.social and more of the Earthmover team at our #ClimateWeekNYC events. PSA: the hands-on tech workshop Wednesday and panel on Thursday still have capacity, but are filling up fast.

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Earthmover @earthmover.io · 16d

A fortuitous start to @climateweeknyc.bsky.social: our $7.2M seed round makes the news! techcrunch.com/2025/09/22/e...

Earthmover wants to become the Snowflake of weather and geospatial data | TechCrunch

Earthmover found new customers when it started building tools for companies to analyze the output of weather models. The startup has now raised a $7.2 million seed round.

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Earthmover @earthmover.io · 16d

#ClimateWeekNYC is here- and there's a hands-on technical workshop with @rabernat.bsky.social at the Geospatial Risk event on Wednesday afternoon at St. John's (Manhattan): "Open Data in Applied Risk Analysis." Here's the link to register: www.eventbrite.com/e/tech-works...

Tech Workshop: Open Data in Applied Risk Analysis

NYC Climate Week events by Geospatial Risk!

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Earthmover @earthmover.io · 21d

#ClimateWeekNYC is almost upon us, as is the "What is the future of AI Weather Forecasting?" panel with @rabernat.bsky.social, @juliangsf.bsky.social, @mikepritchard.bsky.social, Google, Sorcerer and NVIDIA on Tuesday, September 23. Come join us! luma.com/svimvi2y?tk=...

What is the Future of AI Weather Forecasting? Climate Week NYC · Luma

A panel of AI Weather experts from Brightband, Earthmover, Google, NVIDIA, and Sorcerer will discuss the future of AI weather forecasting, and answer questions…

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Earthmover @earthmover.io · 29d

Climate Week NYC is coming fast, and there's a slew of events that CEO @rabernat.bsky.social willl be at: register now for events @brightbangtan.bsky.social and www.geospatialrisk.com are organizing. See m.earthmover.io/events for the list, including a hands-on workshop and the relaunch of GeoNYC!

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Earthmover @earthmover.io · Sep 3

When Winter Storm Uri hit Texas in February 2021, freezing temperatures, still wind, and cloud cover converged into one of the most severe power crises in U.S. history. It was a stark reminder to energy markets that weather can move billions.

Frequent forecasters/ modelers: please join.

From Weather Extremes to Trading Signals

See how modern data workflows let meteorologists deliver market-moving insights to traders with speed and precision.

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Earthmover @earthmover.io · Aug 25

Zarr is great for big multidimensional data—but not for collaboration. Our latest post by Lindsey Nield shows how Icechunk adds Git-like transactions + version control, so teams can safely share and scale Zarr workflows.
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Multi-Player Mode: Why Teams That Use Zarr Need Icechunk - Earthmover

Icechunk brings Git-like version control to Zarr. Ensure atomic updates, consistent reads, and scalable collaboration for shared datasets.

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Earthmover @earthmover.io · Aug 22

Thousands of radar scans, unified as one dataset. In his latest post, Alfonso Ladino-Rincon introduces Radar DataTree: a model that makes radar data analysis-ready, scalable, and versioned for cloud workflows.

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Radar DataTree: Transforming thousands of scans into a single cohesive model - Earthmover

From structure to scale, radar needs a model that organizes complete collections as time-aware, cloud-native datasets. In our second post, we looked at how new standards and open-source tools are tran...

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Earthmover @earthmover.io · Aug 6

August updates: How to access 50 years of ERA5 data with Earthmover, the Icechunk 1.0 release, and an invitation to our August webinar: How To Turn Weather Radar Archives into Usable Science with Xarray DataTree and Zarr

August Newsletter

🌏 50 Years of ERA5 Access in Earthmover: The Arraylake / Icechunk edition is an analysis-ready dataset that retains only the single-level surface fields—18 hourly variables such as 2 m temperature, 10...

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Earthmover @earthmover.io · Jul 30

📡 From Raw Scans to Structured Science — Radar Data Gets a Standard

In our latest blog post, Alfonso Ladino-Rincon explores the progress made with FM-301/CfRadial 2.1, the World Meteorological Org’s official global data standard for weather radar and lidar.

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From Files to Datasets: FM-301 and the Future of Radar Interoperability - Earthmover

At Earthmover, we’re interested in weather radar data for two reasons: We’re obsessed with data like this–which doesn’t fit into either traditional relational databases or into the standard “geospatia...

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Dr. Wendy Bohon @drwendyrocks.bsky.social · Jul 30

Are you a maritime professional who witnessed the recent tsunami in California (7/29/25)? If so, please consider filling out this survey. Thanks!

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Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky 2025 - Tsunami Emergency Reconnaissance - Maritime

Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky July 2025 Tsunami Emergency Reconnaissance Maritime Questionnaire

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Earthmover @earthmover.io · Jul 10

Today at SciPy 2025 we released Icechunk 1.0, an open source package and specification that enables database-style transactions against petabyte-scale array datasets using only cloud object storage as infrastructure. Read about it on our blog earthmover.io/blog/icechun..., or visit earthmover.io

Icechunk 1.0: Production-Grade Cloud-Native Array Storage Is Here - Earthmover

A year ago, we made an important internal decision which set Earthmover on a new course—we decided to refactor and open source our core technology for storing array-based data in the cloud. This took ...

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Earthmover @earthmover.io · Jun 16

Watch Naomi's talk from CNG to learn more about how CTrees is using the Earthmover Platform

CNG @cloudnativegeo.org · Jun 14

Naomi Provost's #CNG2025 talk is now live! She shares CTrees_org's approach to transforming high-resolution global forest data from science models into interactive product platforms using cloud-native #geospatial tech
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[CNG 2025] Moving from Science to Product: Making Cloud-Native Geospatial Work for Us–Naomi Provost

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CNG @cloudnativegeo.org · Jun 5

New #CNG2025 talk alert!
Lindsey Nield & @deepakcherian.bsky.social from @earthmover.io present on Zarr, Icechunk & Xarray for cloud-native #geospatial data cube analysis.
Watch now: youtu.be/DSxmCWfobqQ

[CNG 2025] Zarr, Icechunk & Xarray for Cloud-Native Geospatial Data-cube Analysis – Nield & Cherian

YouTube video by Cloud-Native Geospatial Forum

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Earthmover @earthmover.io · May 20

Our latest fundamentals blog post provides an overview of @zarr.dev and its open-source ecosystem. Read more: earthmover.io/blog/what-is...

Fundamentals: What Is Zarr? A Cloud-Native Format for Tensor Data - Earthmover

What Zarr is, and how it enables fast, scalable access to multidimensional array data in the cloud.

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Earthmover @earthmover.io · May 19

While Flux gives access to many standard APIs to access your data, it is not always clear which methods are right for a given application. Matt will dive into building real-world web applications using different Flux APIs to create rich experiences and discuss best practices.

Earthmover @earthmover.io · May 19

Register bit.ly/4mCCRSW for our upcoming webinar to learn about the different APIs available with Flux and how they can be used to build interactive and informative web applications for weather data products.

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Earthmover @earthmover.io · May 14

𝐻𝑜𝑤 𝑑𝑜𝑒𝑠 𝐼𝑐𝑒𝑐ℎ𝑢𝑛𝑘 𝑎𝑣𝑜𝑖𝑑 𝑟𝑒𝑑𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑡𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑎 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠?

Icechunk stores only new or changed chunks for each version —no redundant copies or rewrites. You get instant time travel, branching, and efficient updates, all with negligible storage overhead.

More: bit.ly/3F1XFST

Icechunk: Efficient storage of versioned array data - Earthmover

We recently got an interesting question in Icechunk’s community Slack channel (thank you Iury Simoes-Sousa for motivating this post): I’m new to Icechunk. How is the storage managed for redundant info...

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Earthmover @earthmover.io · May 12

Our latest blog post dives into the chaos of the status quo - where every tweak means regenerating the 𝑤ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑒 𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑎𝑠𝑒𝑡 and collaboration and experimentation is often stifled by silos and secret knowledge. Check out the full post: earthmover.io/blog/tensoro...

TensorOps: Scientific Data Doesn't Have to Hurt - Earthmover

Curious how your team scores on the "Data Pain Survey"? Wondering why your teams are building Rube Goldberg machines just to put some data on a map? Or just want to see our plan to bring order to your...

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Earthmover @earthmover.io · May 12

Our small but mighty team has spent decades wrangling scientific data in academia and industry. Along the way, we’ve spotted the same anti-patterns cropping up everywhere: data swamps, code duplication, bespoke and fragile pipelines, and gatekeepers.

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Earthmover @earthmover.io · May 7

4/ The Earthmover team is proud to play a leading role in the Zarr project as this community grows.

Read about our takeaways from CNG here: earthmover.io/blog/zarr-ta...

Zarr takes Cloud-Native Geospatial by storm - Earthmover

Our takeaways from the Cloud-Native Geospatial conference on Zarr’s surging adoption and its impact on the future of Earth Observation data. Our team just returned from an action-packed week at the Cl...

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Earthmover @earthmover.io · May 7

3/ As we navigate a future increasingly reliant on massive volumes of EO data, Zarr is poised to become a cornerstone of the cloud-native geospatial ecosystem, unlocking new frontiers for scientific discovery and operational applications.

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Earthmover @earthmover.io · May 7

2/ @zarr.dev ’s use cases are broadening beyond level 3+ data to include level 1 and 2 EO applications. Major players like @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social (Sentinel 1/2/3), USGS (Landsat), GEE, and ESRI ArcGIS are all integrating Zarr, making PBs of EO data cloud-ready and analysis-friendly.

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Earthmover @earthmover.io · May 7

1/ Our team just got back from an inspiring week at the @cloudnativegeo.org conference in Snowbird, Utah, and one thing is clear: 𝐙𝐚𝐫𝐫 𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐠𝐞𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥.

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