01 Dec 2025
GlobalBuildingAtlas: an open global and complete dataset of building polygons, heights and LoD1 3D models
Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 17, 6647–6668, 2025 | 96,326 views
11 Jun 2026
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Indicators of Global Climate Change 2025: annual update of key indicators of the state of the climate system and human influence
Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 18, 3889–3933, 2026 | 27,384 views
06 Feb 2026
OpenLandMap-soildb: global soil information at 30 m spatial resolution for 2000–2022+ based on spatiotemporal Machine Learning and harmonized legacy soil samples and observations
Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 18, 989–1036, 2026 | 20,641 views
18 Nov 2025
Bright: a globally distributed multimodal building damage assessment dataset with very-high-resolution for all-weather disaster response
Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 17, 6217–6253, 2025 | 15,598 views
21 Oct 2025
Annual global grided livestock mapping from 1961 to 2021
Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 17, 5543–5556, 2025 | 14,145 views
15 Dec 2025
An observational record of global gridded near-surface air temperature change over land and ocean from 1781
Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 17, 7079–7100, 2025 | 12,405 views
10 Dec 2025
Dynamics of China's forest carbon storage: the first 30 m annual aboveground biomass mapping from 1985 to 2023
Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 17, 6993–7018, 2025 | 12,326 views
19 Feb 2026
GFC2020: a global map of forest land use for year 2020 to support the EU Deforestation Regulation
Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 18, 1331–1365, 2026 | 8,972 views
09 Dec 2025
Mexico's High Resolution Climate Database (MexHiResClimDB): a new daily high-resolution gridded climate dataset for Mexico covering 1951–2020
Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 17, 6911–6941, 2025 | 8,910 views
19 Feb 2026
Optical complexity of North Sea, Baltic Sea, and adjacent coastal and inland waters derived from Sentinel-3 OLCI satellite data
Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 18, 1307–1329, 2026 | 8,713 views
11 Jun 2026
CY-Bench: a comprehensive benchmark dataset for sub-national crop yield forecasting
Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 18, 3997–4018, 2026 | 7,947 views
27 Nov 2025
Global emissions and abundances of chemically and radiatively important trace gases from the AGAGE network
Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 17, 6557–6582, 2025 | 7,683 views
24 Feb 2026
Synthesis of data products for ocean carbonate chemistry
Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 18, 1405–1462, 2026 | 7,643 views
28 Nov 2025
Dheed: an ERA5 based global database of compound dry and hot extreme events from 1950 to 2023
Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 17, 6621–6645, 2025 | 7,621 views
25 Nov 2025
A comparative analysis of EDGAR and UNFCCC GHG emissions inventories: insights on trends, methodology and data discrepancies
Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 17, 6461–6486, 2025 | 7,549 views
05 Feb 2026
High spatiotemporal resolution traffic CO2 emission maps derived from Floating Car Data (FCD) for 20 European cities (2023)
Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 18, 927–944, 2026 | 7,480 views
09 Jan 2026
The Global Spectra-Trait Initiative: A database of paired leaf spectroscopy and functional traits associated with leaf photosynthetic capacity
Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 18, 245–265, 2026 | 7,432 views
04 Dec 2025
Dataset of oil slicks, look-alikes and remarkable SAR signatures obtained from Sentinel-1 data in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea
Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 17, 6807–6837, 2025 | 7,385 views
02 Mar 2026
Global high-resolution forest disturbance type dataset
Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 18, 1601–1617, 2026 | 7,178 views
27 Feb 2026
A 30 m spatial resolution dataset of ecosystem services in China for 2000, 2010, and 2020
Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 18, 1519–1540, 2026 | 7,171 views
03 Dec 2025
CropLayer: a 2 m resolution cropland map of China for 2020 from Mapbox and Google satellite imagery
Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 17, 6703–6729, 2025 | 7,032 views
28 Oct 2025
A high-quality daily nighttime light (HDNTL) dataset for global 600+ cities (2012–2024)
Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 17, 5675–5691, 2025 | 6,986 views
02 Feb 2026
A 1 km soil organic carbon density dataset with depth of 20 and 100 cm from 1985 to 2020 in China
Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 18, 759–777, 2026 | 6,868 views
10 Feb 2026
1 km annual forest cover and plant functional type dataset for China from 1981 to 2023
Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 18, 1103–1129, 2026 | 6,814 views
05 Jan 2026
GEMS-GER: a machine learning benchmark dataset of long-term groundwater levels in Germany with meteorological forcings and site-specific environmental features
Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 18, 77–95, 2026 | 6,722 views
05 Mar 2026
Elevation change of the Greenland Ice Sheet and its peripheral glaciers: 1992–2023
Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 18, 1729–1745, 2026 | 6,693 views
19 Dec 2025
Peat-DBase v.1: a compiled database of global peat depth measurements
Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 17, 7313–7330, 2025 | 6,545 views
03 Mar 2026
Global mapping of lake-terminating glaciers
Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 18, 1665–1681, 2026 | 6,386 views
17 Nov 2025
A global reference data set for land cover mapping at 10 m resolution
Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 17, 6149–6155, 2025 | 6,339 views
09 Apr 2026
Differences in anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions estimates explained
Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 18, 2549–2572, 2026 | 6,232 views
21 Nov 2025
The Greenland Ice-Marginal Lake Inventory Series from 2016 to 2023
Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 17, 6331–6351, 2025 | 6,149 views
03 Aug 2026
POPE: an annual global half degree emission inventory for PFAS 1950–2020
Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 18, 5713–5737, 2026 | 6,092 views
26 Nov 2025
Tracking vegetation phenology across diverse biomes using Version 3.0 of the PhenoCam Dataset
Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 17, 6531–6556, 2025 | 6,018 views
21 Nov 2025
A 30 m resolution dataset of soil and water conservation terraces across China for 2000, 2010, and 2020
Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 17, 6315–6330, 2025 | 6,002 views
10 Feb 2026
Fusing ERA5-Land and SMAP L4 for an improved global soil moisture product (1950–2025)
Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 18, 1061–1088, 2026 | 5,867 views
03 Nov 2025
CAMELS-NZ: hydrometeorological time series and landscape attributes for New Zealand
Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 17, 5745–5760, 2025 | 5,761 views
03 Sep 2026
ABCFlux v2: Arctic–boreal CO2 and CH4 monthly flux observations and ancillary information across terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems
Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 18, 6357–6409, 2026 | 5,739 views
19 Dec 2025
A long-term dataset of debris-flow and hydrometeorological observations from 1961 to 2024 in Jiangjia Ravine, China
Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 17, 7331–7358, 2025 | 5,738 views
06 Jan 2026
A six-year circum-Antarctic icebergs dataset (2018–2023)
Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 18, 147–166, 2026 | 5,677 views
11 Nov 2025
A dataset for multidisciplinary applications: thirteen years of ocean observations in Sermilik Fjord, Southeast Greenland
Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 17, 6025–6048, 2025 | 5,630 views
17 Dec 2025
A 1 km daily high-accuracy meteorological dataset of air temperature, atmospheric pressure, relative humidity, and sunshine duration across China (1961–2021)
Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 17, 7251–7270, 2025 | 5,562 views
31 Mar 2026
Toward better conservation: a spatial analysis of species occurrence data from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility
Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 18, 2371–2395, 2026 | 5,561 views
16 Dec 2025
Two centuries of oceanographic data in the Indonesian Seas and surroundings: historical patterns of data availability, gaps, and future challenges
Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 17, 7203–7226, 2025 | 5,522 views
12 Jan 2026
The first road surface type dataset for 50 African countries and regions
Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 18, 267–285, 2026 | 5,509 views
10 Nov 2025
A global GNSS climate data record from 5085 stations spanning up to 22 years
Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 17, 5951–5982, 2025 | 5,398 views
16 Feb 2026
ForestScan: a unique multiscale dataset of tropical forest structure across 3 continents including terrestrial, UAV and airborne LiDAR and in-situ forest census data
Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 18, 1243–1274, 2026 | 5,387 views
09 Apr 2026
Soil information and soil property maps for the Kurdistan region, Dohuk governorate (Iraq)
Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 18, 2507–2548, 2026 | 5,363 views
07 Jan 2026
An inter-comparison of inverse models for estimating European CH4 emissions
Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 18, 167–198, 2026 | 5,363 views
07 Nov 2025
The HTAP_v3.2 emission mosaic: merging regional and global monthly emissions (2000–2020) to support air quality modelling and policies
Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 17, 5915–5950, 2025 | 5,296 views