MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES LAUNCHES ESSDP (EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE DATA PORTAL)

WHY IN THE NEWS?

 The Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) launched Earth System Science Data Portal (ESSDP)

About:

• Dr Petteri Taalas, Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), gave a lecture during this event.
• A report on ‘WMO, Disasters, Climate and COP-26’ was discussed along with the issues relating to climate change.

ESSDP (Earth System Science Data Portal)

Dr Jitendra Singh, Union Minister of the Ministry of Earth Sciences launched the MoES-ESSDP (Earth System Science Data Portal). It is an integrated digital web portal of the MoES institutes. This web portal will make the data regarding the various themes of earth system science available for public usage. This is available at https://incois.gov.in/essdp and it has been developed by using the latest technological tools. This portal has been aligned with the initiative, Digital India, of the Government of India which aims to transform India into a digitally empowered economy and society. This portal will facilitate the retrieval and search of science data on earth systems such as ocean, atmosphere, geosciences, poles, and seismology for benefit of the society.