
ABOUT DDE
The Deep-Time Digital Earth (DDE) Program is the first big science program initiated by the International Union of Geological Sciences(IUGS) that will provide new opportunities and direction for the development of Earth Sciences and transform Earth Science by harmonizing global, deep-time, digital Earth data and by sharing geoscience knowledge.
DDE is an IUGS big science initiative to promote a data-driven discovery research paradigm for Earth sciences. It will connect existing databases, transform analog data to facilitate their integration into digital databases, and guide database development along FAIR (findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable) principles to serve scientists, educators, policy professionals, and the public.