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Chief editors: Kirsten Elger, Tobias Gerken, Sibylle K. Hassler, Conrad Jackisch, Graciela Raga, François G. Schmitt, Hanqin Tian, Baptiste Vandecrux & Yuyu Zhou

eISSN: ESSD 1866-3516, ESSDD 1866-3591

Earth System Science Data (ESSD) is an international, interdisciplinary journal for the publication of articles on original research data (sets), furthering the reuse of high-quality data of benefit to Earth system sciences. The editors encourage submissions on original data or data collections which are of sufficient quality and have potential to contribute to these aims. The journal maintains sections for regular-length articles, brief communications (e.g. on additions to data sets) and commentaries, as well as review articles and special issues.

This short commentary draws on ESSD author, reviewer and editor experiences over its first 10 years of operation to define guidelines, requirements and benefits of the ESSD processes.

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30 Jun 2026 The Norwegian University of Science and Technology partners with Copernicus Publications to support open-access publishing

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30 Jun 2026 The Norwegian University of Science and Technology partners with Copernicus Publications to support open-access publishing

Copernicus Publications has signed a new institutional agreement with Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). Please read more.

15 Jun 2026 The NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research partners with Copernicus Publications to support open-access publishing

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15 Jun 2026 The NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research partners with Copernicus Publications to support open-access publishing

Copernicus Publications is delighted to announce a new institutional agreement with NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). Please read more.

11 Jun 2026 Indicators of Global Climate Change 2025: annual update of key indicators of the state of the climate system and human influence

ESSD announces the publication of an update to IPCC's most recent assessment. Please read more.

11 Jun 2026 Indicators of Global Climate Change 2025: annual update of key indicators of the state of the climate system and human influence

ESSD announces the publication of an update to IPCC's most recent assessment. Please read more.

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03 Jul 2026

NZ-BeachTopo30: a national-scale and full-coverage 30 m beach topography dataset for New Zealand reconstructed by fusing ICESat-2 and Sentinel-2

Yuhao Wang, Hao Xu, Nan Xu, Edward Park, Xuejiao Hou, Jiayi Fang, Zhen Zhang, Yongjing Mao, Huichao Xin, Chunpeng Chen, Yinxia Cao, Yifu Ou, Xinyue Gu, Wenyu Li, Xiaojuan Liu, Conghong Huang, and Qingquan Li

Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 18, 4563–4591, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-18-4563-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-18-4563-2026, 2026

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11 Jun 2026

Indicators of Global Climate Change 2025: annual update of key indicators of the state of the climate system and human influence

Piers M. Forster, Tristram Walsh, Chris Smith, William F. Lamb, Robin Lamboll, Christophe Cassou, Mathias Hauser, Zeke Hausfather, June-Yi Lee, Matthew D. Palmer, Karina von Schuckmann, Aimée B. A. Slangen, Sophie Szopa, Blair Trewin, Jeongeun Yun, Nathan P. Gillett, Stuart Jenkins, H. Damon Matthews, Krishnan Raghavan, Aurélien Ribes, Joeri Rogelj, Debbie Rosen, Xuebin Zhang, Myles Allen, Robbie M. Andrew, Chris Atkinson, Richard A. Betts, Antonio Bombelli, Samantha N. Burgess, Lijing Cheng, Helen E. Claxton, Pierre Friedlingstein, Thomas L. Frölicher, Catia M. Domingues, Thomas Gasser, Catherine H. Gregory, Rachel M. Hoesly, Daniel Huppmann, Masayoshi Ishii, Christopher Kadow, Alexia Karwat, John Kennedy, Rachel E. Killick, Mahesh V. M. Kovilakam, Paul B. Krummel, Xin Lan, Jean-François Lamarque, Aurélien Liné, Belén Martín-Míguez, Didier P. Monselesan, Colin Morice, Jens Mühle, Pino Mussak, Glen P. Peters, Anna Pirani, Julia Pongratz, Matthew Rigby, Robert Rohde, Abhishek Savita, Sonia I. Seneviratne, Steven J. Smith, Ghassan Taha, Caterina Tassone, Peter Thorne, Christopher Wells, Luke M. Western, Guido R. van der Werf, Susan E. Wijffels, Marco Zecchetto, Junting Zhong, Xiao-Ye Zhang, Valérie Masson-Delmotte, and Panmao Zhai

Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 18, 3889–3933, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-18-3889-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-18-3889-2026, 2026

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22 May 2026

Machine-learning-based estimates of global natural vegetated wetland methane emissions (2000–2025)

Mengze Li, Robert B. Jackson, Marielle Saunois, Philippe Ciais, Ben Poulter, Josep G. Canadell, Prabir K. Patra, Hanqin Tian, Zhen Zhang, Etienne Fluet-Chouinard, Zutao Ouyang, Ting Zhang, David J. Beerling, Dmitry A. Belikov, Philippe Bousquet, Danilo Custodio, Naveen Chandra, Xinyu Dou, Nicola Gedney, Peter O. Hopcroft, Alison M. Hoyt, Kazuhito Ichii, Akihito Ito, Atul K. Jain, Katherine Jensen, Fortunat Joos, Thomas Kleinen, Masayuki Kondo, Fa Li, Tingting Li, Xiangyu Liu, Shamil Maksyutov, Avni Malhotra, Adrien Martinez, Kyle McDonald, Joe R. Melton, Jurek Müller, Yosuke Niwa, Shufen Pan, Shushi Peng, Changhui Peng, Zhangcai Qin, Peter Raymond, William Riley, Arjo Segers, Rona L. Thompson, Aki Tsuruta, Yi Xi, Kunxiaojia Yuan, Wenxin Zhang, Bo Zheng, Qing Zhu, Qiuan Zhu, and Qianlai Zhuang

Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 18, 3507–3524, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-18-3507-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-18-3507-2026, 2026

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15 Jul 2026

A comprehensive analysis of three meteorological datasets for the East Siberian continuous permafrost zone: long-term changes in air temperature, snow depth and precipitation

Robert Sysoliatin, Zhi Wen, Qiang Gao, Kun Xiang, and Yana Tikhonravova

Earth Syst. Sci. Data Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2026-346,https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2026-346, 2026

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15 Jul 2026

Spatial and temporal variability of δ¹⁸O and δ²H in rivers and precipitation in Eastern Europe

Aurel Perșoiu, Renata Feher, Carmen-Andreea Bădăluță, Marius-Victor Bîrsan, Dana-Magdalena Micu, Oliver Kracht, Christos Pennos, Ferenc L. Forray, Sandu Boengiu, George Murătoreanu, Alexandru Onaca, Vlad-Alexandru Amihăesei, Mihaela Borcan, Emilia Pantea, Florin Zăinescu, and Oleg Bogdevici

Earth Syst. Sci. Data Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2026-212,https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2026-212, 2026

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15 Jul 2026

Hydrologic, biogeochemical, microbial, and macroinvertebrate responses to network expansion, contraction, and disconnection across headwater stream networks with distinct physiography in Alabama, USA

Stephen Plont, Delaney M. Peterson, Chelsea R. Smith, Charles T. Bond, Andrielle Larissa Kemajou Tchamba, Michelle A. Wolford, Kaci Zarek, Shannon L. Speir, C. Nathan Jones, Jonathan P. Benstead, Michelle H. Busch, Rebecca L. Hale, Connor L. Brown, Erin C. Seybold, Arial J. Shogren, Kevin A. Kuehn, Yaqi You, Colin R. Jackson, Amy J. Burgin, and Carla L. Atkinson

Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 18, 4885–4914, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-18-4885-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-18-4885-2026, 2026

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15 Jul 2026

CARIMED (CARbon, tracers, and ancillary data In the MEDiterranean Sea): a ship-based data synthesis product – overview and quality control procedures

Marta Álvarez, Maribel I. García-Ibáñez, Nico Lange, Alex Kozyr, Antón Velo, Toste Tanhua, Giuseppe Civitarese, Carolina Cantoni, Malek Belgacem, Katrin Schroeder, Rubén Acerbi, Laurent Coppola, Thibaut Wagener, Noelia M. Fajar, Susana Flecha, Michele Giani, Louisa Giannoudi, Elisa F. Guallart, Abed El Rahman Hassoun, Emma I. Huertas, Valeria Ibello, Mehdia A. Keraghel, Férial Louanchi, Anna Luchetta, Fiz F. Pérez, Carsten Schirnick, Ekaterini Souvermezoglou, Lidia Urbini, Montserrat Vidal, and Patrizia Ziveri

Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 18, 4915–4941, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-18-4915-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-18-4915-2026, 2026

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14 Jul 2026

Fit-for-purpose assessment of satellite aerosol and cloud datasets for constraining and monitor aerosol–cloud interactions

Marta Luffarelli, Nicolas Misk, Analy Baltodano, Thomas Popp, Stefan Kinne, Ulrike Stöffelmair, Michael Schulz, Jan Griesfeller, Ove W. Haugvalstad, Martin Stengel, Sarah Brüning, Gareth Thomas, Elisa Carboni, Daniel Robbins, and Michael Eisinger

Earth Syst. Sci. Data Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2026-327,https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2026-327, 2026

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