Galaxy Europe for Earth System subdomain

As part of FAIR-EASE, the Galaxy Europe Earth System subdomain ([earth-system.usegalaxy.eu]) was created to serve the needs of environmental scientists working with marine, atmospheric, land, and biodiversity data.

It supports a wide range of scientific and operational needs, and strengthens links with European data infrastructures such as Copernicus, CMEMS and OBIS.

These tools help make environmental data more accessible and usable by:

• Connecting users to major data sources through simple, reproducible workflows ;

• Offering both batch processing and interactive exploration, all inside the Galaxy platform ;

• Supporting training, education and open science thanks to public code, Docker images and documentation ;

• Enabling long-term reusability and compatibility with EOSC and other European initiatives.

Tools integrated¶

These tools show how FAIR-EASE helps bridge the gap between data providers and users, making complex data more usable for science, policy, and operational services.

Tools for Oceanographic Data

Tools for Interactive Visualisation and Data Handling

Access to Global and Biodiversity Data

Workflows developed and shared¶

Several Galaxy workflows have been developed and shared as part of FAIR-EASE to support Earth system science. These include workflows to process and analyse Argo float data, extract biogeochemical variables like phosphate from large NetCDF datasets, and combine oceanographic data with tools like ODV and the Pangeo ecosystem. All workflows are openly available on WorkflowHub - [FAIR-EASE Galaxy Project on WorkflowHub] - and can be imported into Galaxy by clicking the “Run on Galaxy” button on the WorkflowHub pages. They are designed for environmental scientists working with oceanographic and Earth system data, and are compatible with the [Galaxy Europe For Earth System instance.]

In addition, these workflows were demonstrated during major scientific events such as EGU 2024, and training materials have been created to help new users. Tutorials are available through the Galaxy Training Network, showing how to run the workflows, understand the data, and use FAIR practices like RO-Crate to describe and share results.

Galaxy Training Network (GTN)¶

Several high-quality, FAIR-aligned tutorials and learning pathways have been developed and published on the Galaxy Training Network (GTN). These resources are tagged with the “earth-system” label and cover a wide range of topics including marine biodiversity, oceanographic data processing, land monitoring, and FAIR metadata practices. Designed for interdisciplinary Earth and environmental scientists, they support hands-on learning with real datasets and workflows, and encourage reuse, openness, and reproducibility. All materials are licensed under CC-BY 4.0.

Connecting IT resources¶

As part of FAIR-EASE, several actions were undertaken to integrate and leverage PULSAR as a distributed execution backend within Galaxy workflows. PULSAR endpoints were deployed on multiple infrastructures, including at the University of Clermont Auvergne (UCA) and the Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR) in Greece, enabling remote processing from Galaxy. A proof-of-concept with the EGI Federated Cloud was also carried out, demonstrating the ability to dynamically deploy PULSAR nodes using the EGI Infrastructure Manager. These deployments supported the execution of real-world workflows, validating the portability, scalability, and interoperability of distributed processing in an EAL platform.