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A curated field guide
Mathematics and the Earth sciences meet in many scientific communities. This page is a curated starting point for finding the conferences, seminars, societies, and year-round communities where those connections are actively explored.
Whether you approach Earth science from mathematics or discover mathematical tools through geoscience, these resources can help you follow current research, find collaborators, explore new directions, and join the broader scientific conversation.
Last reviewed: August 2026
A gateway into the field
More than a list of events
Finding a field also means finding its community. Conferences are where new ideas are exchanged, seminars let you follow current research, and scientific organizations keep conversations active throughout the year.
For students and early-career scientists, these venues offer a way to explore before specializing, meet researchers across disciplinary boundaries, discover emerging questions, and gradually move from following a community to participating in it.
How can I use this page?
Students & Early-Career Scientists
Follow research, attend meetings and short courses, meet peers and mentors, discover career paths, and find appropriate opportunities to share your work.
Educators & Science Communicators
Find communities, meetings, and outreach programs connecting contemporary mathematics and Earth science with students and broader audiences.
Meet in person and online
Conferences
Applied-mathematics meetings often include dynamics, modeling, machine learning, uncertainty quantification, inverse problems, optimization, and scientific computing with direct relevance to Earth-system science. Geoscience meetings, in turn, present observational, dynamical, and predictive questions that need new mathematical ideas and computational methods.
Exploring meetings from both communities can therefore be especially valuable, even when a conference is not explicitly labeled mathematics or geoscience.
Mathematics-Driven Interdisciplinary Conferences
Meetings rooted in the mathematical sciences, where methods in dynamics, computation, modeling, learning, and uncertainty meet problems across the natural and Earth sciences.
01SIAM DS
SIAM Conference on Applications of Dynamical Systems
Theory, computation, and applications of nonlinear dynamics, from pattern formation and chaos to data-driven systems.
Official site02SIAM UQ
SIAM Conference on Uncertainty Quantification
Mathematical, statistical, and computational approaches to uncertainty in models, inference, and prediction.
Official site03SIAM CSE
SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering
Large-scale scientific computing, numerical methods, machine learning, inverse problems, and simulation across the sciences.
Official site04SIAM MPE
SIAM Conference on Mathematics of Planet Earth
Mathematical, statistical, and computational perspectives on climate, sustainability, resilience, biodiversity, and planetary systems.
Official site05SIAM GS
SIAM Conference on Mathematical & Computational Issues in the Geosciences
A meeting place for geoscientists, applied mathematicians, numerical analysts, and computational researchers.
Official site06AMS
American Mathematical Society (AMS) Annual Meeting
The American Mathematical Society's largest annual gathering, spanning research areas and cross-disciplinary mathematical work.
Official site07AMS
American Mathematical Society (AMS) Sectional Meetings
Regional research meetings across the mathematical sciences, offering accessible venues for specialized and emerging interdisciplinary conversations.
Official siteGeoscience-Driven Interdisciplinary Conferences
Meetings rooted in atmosphere, ocean, climate, and Earth science, where scientific questions connect directly with modeling, prediction, data assimilation, machine learning, and uncertainty analysis.
01AGU
AGU Annual Meeting
A major international gathering across Earth and space science, with extensive programs in atmosphere, ocean, climate, hydrology, and nonlinear geophysics.
Official site02EGU
EGU General Assembly
Europe's broad geoscience meeting, spanning disciplinary research, interdisciplinary sessions, short courses, and early-career activities.
Official site03JpGU
Japan Geoscience Union Meeting
An international meeting connecting the full range of Earth and planetary sciences, often with hybrid participation and cross-disciplinary sessions.
Official site04AMS CCVC
American Meteorological Society (AMS) Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Research on climate dynamics, predictability, observations, modeling, extremes, attribution, and climate change across timescales.
Official site05OSM
Ocean Sciences Meeting
The flagship ocean-science meeting jointly convened by AGU, ASLO, and The Oceanography Society, from physical circulation to biogeochemistry and ecosystems.
Official siteBroad Interdisciplinary Institutes & Workshops
Focused programs and workshops that create longer, smaller-scale conversations across applied mathematics, statistics, physics, computation, and geoscience.
01BIRS
Banff International Research Station
Small, focused workshops in the mathematical sciences, including programs on climate, fluids, uncertainty, dynamics, and data.
Official site02
Dynamics Days
An international family of conferences on nonlinear dynamics, chaos, complex systems, and their applications across science.
Official site03University of Maryland
Brin Mathematics Research Center
Long programs, workshops, conferences, and summer schools that bring together mathematical researchers around focused themes.
Official site04IMSI · Chicago
Institute for Mathematical and Statistical Innovation
Long programs, workshops, webinars, and collaborative activities addressing scientific and societal problems through mathematics and statistics.
Official site05IPAM · UCLA
Institute for Pure & Applied Mathematics
Long programs and focused workshops connecting mathematics with emerging questions in science, engineering, data, and society.
Official siteJoin from anywhere
Online Seminars
Online seminars are a low-barrier way to follow current research throughout the year, especially when you are exploring a new field or cannot regularly travel. They also help you identify researchers, research groups, and emerging topics worth following.
01ISDA Online
International Seminar on Data Assimilation
A large international online seminar bringing together researchers across data assimilation, inverse problems, filtering, numerical methods, and Earth-system applications.
Official site02MCRN
Mathematics and Climate Research Network
An online research community with seminars, focus groups, mentoring, and research activities around mathematical questions in climate and sustainability.
Official site03
One World Mathematics of Climate
A recurring international online seminar connecting mathematics, theoretical physics, statistics, and climate science across time zones.
Official site04LEAP · Columbia University
Lectures in Climate Data Science
Hybrid and online lectures at the intersection of climate science, data science, machine learning, and Earth-system modeling, with an archive of past series.
Official site05SIAM MPE
MPE Community Meetings
Community talks and discussions connecting mathematical research with climate, sustainability, resilience, and other planetary challenges.
Official siteStay connected
Scientific Communities & Professional Societies
Professional societies provide more than conferences. Their activity groups, sections, newsletters, webinars, student programs, workshops, and announcements can help you stay connected to a field throughout the year.
01SIAG/MPE
SIAM Activity Group on Mathematics of Planet Earth
A multidisciplinary mathematical community studying Earth's climate system, sustainability, resilience, biodiversity, and human impacts on the planet.
Official site02SIAG/GS
SIAM Activity Group on Geosciences
A forum linking geoscientific modelers with applied mathematicians, numerical analysts, algorithm developers, and computational scientists.
Official site03AGU
American Geophysical Union
A global Earth and space science community organized through sections spanning atmospheric, ocean, hydrologic, cryospheric, and nonlinear geophysics.
Official site04EGU
European Geosciences Union
A broad international geoscience community organized through scientific divisions and active year-round programs for researchers and early-career scientists.
Official site05WMO
World Meteorological Organization
The United Nations system's authoritative voice on weather, climate, and water, coordinating operational and research communities worldwide.
Official site06WCRP
World Climate Research Programme
An international program coordinating climate research on predictability, variability, change, observations, modeling, and Earth-system processes.
Official site07CLIVAR
Climate and Ocean: Variability, Predictability and Change
A WCRP core project focused on ocean–atmosphere interactions and the dynamics, variability, predictability, and change of the climate system.
Official site08AMS
American Meteorological Society (AMS) Annual Meeting
The American Meteorological Society's annual meeting brings together atmospheric, oceanic, climate, weather, and related Earth-system research communities.
Official siteEducation & participation
04Scientific communities can start early
You do not need to wait until graduate school to become part of a scientific community. Students can learn how a field works by listening to talks, visiting poster sessions, joining short courses, and meeting researchers, even before they have work to present.
Professional societies increasingly create pathways for younger students, educators, and scientists to meet across traditional boundaries. For educators, these communities can provide classroom connections, professional development, and ways to connect students with active research.
Science grows not only by producing new results, but also by creating pathways for more people to participate in the conversation.
AGU
Earth and space science education
Bright STaRS ↗ invites middle- and high-school students to present Earth and space science research at the AGU Annual Meeting and explore scientific careers.
The AGU Education Section ↗ connects educators, students, education researchers, and the wider Earth and space science community.
SIAM
Pathways into applied mathematics
The M3 Challenge ↗ gives eligible high-school students a team-based opportunity to use mathematics and data on a real-world problem.
SIAM STeMM ↗ supports secondary teachers bringing real-world mathematical modeling into classrooms and extracurricular programs. SIAM also offers broader educator resources ↗.
EGU
Geoscience learning for educators
The Geosciences Information For Teachers (GIFT) workshop ↗, held alongside the EGU General Assembly, combines current research presentations with hands-on activities for teachers and educators from around the world.
JpGU
Students presenting geoscience
The JpGU meeting includes dedicated poster sessions for high-school students ↗, including an international session in English, as well as public and education-focused programs that connect younger students with Earth and planetary science.
A process, not a threshold
Ways to participate
Follow
Subscribe to seminar announcements, newsletters, activity groups, and community updates.
Attend
Join a conference, webinar, workshop, short course, or seminar, even while learning the field.
Present
When ready, look for contributed talks, posters, student programs, and appropriate opportunities.
Connect
Meet peers, mentors, collaborators, and researchers across disciplinary boundaries.
Contribute
Organize, volunteer, mentor, teach, communicate science, or help build new connections.