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e-Science

Results and findings

The research community, driven by the UK's research councils, has developed new collaborative tools that are breaking down the barriers between institutions. These tools are contributing to new and better science on a global scale.

The e-Science programme funded eight projects between 2000 and 2006, which resulted in major collaborations between environmental scientists and computer scientists to enhance environmental research. The programme's achievements are detailed below.

Projects

• Do-it-yourself climate prediction
• Understanding minerals
• Exploring the world visually
• Linking models of Earth systems
• Global access to our data
• Global coastal ocean modelling
• Sites for all species
• From weather to climate prediction

Training

An integral part of this programme was training scientists to use new technologies. More about training

Knowledge exchange

Various initiatives made it easier for scientists to share skills, information, new techniques and tools, with each other and with industry and society. More about knowledge exchange

What next?

Much of the work described is still underway and the research community must build on the successes of the project and ensure that the new ways of working are integrated in to NERC's future activities. More about what next?

Glossary

To help you understand some of the terminology. View the glossary

Outputs from the e-Science programme:

1. e-Science: Harnessing the power of the internet for environmental research - NERC produced this publication to summarise the e-Science programme and the outcomes of the programme.

2. Following the end of programme event the Royal Society published a special issue of its journal Philosophical Transactions A that focuses on a highly successful discussion meeting featuring the NERC e-Science programme, which is available online as an open source journal .

3. RCUK conducted an international review of the e-Science programme in 2009 and this produced a report of the e-Science international review and a subsequent RCUK e-Science action plan.