Need Better Software? Here’s How to Build a Case Your Boss Will Support A new software tool can be a game-changer for your workflow—but getting the green light from your boss to use it? That’s the real challenge. Maybe you’ve tested out Grapher or Surfer [...]
How to Convince Decision-Makers in Environmental Science to Spend More Money on Analysis If you own a geoscience firm, chances are you didn’t get into this line of work just for the paycheck. You’re probably here because you care about the work—you enjoy solving difficult [...]
From Volcano Trails to Cloud Forests: A Costa Rica Adventure Through Sheena’s Eyes Sometimes, the best trips start with a simple recommendation. That was the case for Golden Software Product Manager Sheena Skinner, who traveled to Costa Rica with her partner after hearing glowing reviews [...]
Modeling Rivers, Estuaries, and Lagoons: How SisBaHiA is Transforming Water Resource Management When it comes to understanding natural water bodies, the Sistema Base de Hidrodinâmica Ambiental (SisBaHiA), which translates to Base System for Environmental Hydrodynamics, stands out as a powerful tool. First conceptualized and developed [...]
Let Automation Do the Heavy Lifting: Say Goodbye to Manual Mapping Steps In today’s fast-paced world, efficiency matters, and that’s especially true when it comes to creating maps. Stakeholders often need your visuals within a tight timeframe to make informed decisions. And while tools like [...]
Turning Terrain into Test Plates: How CUT Boards and Surfer Are Raising the Bar in NDT Operator Performance Non-destructive testing (NDT) is all about using advanced equipment to test whether structures are safe, sound, and built to last, all without leaving a trace. At its [...]
Dino Fest 2025: Helping Kids Love STEM Through Fun, Educational Activities There’s nothing quite like a festival that sparks curiosity while making learning feel like play—and Dino Fest 2025 is doing exactly that. This free, family-friendly event will take place at the Thornton Arts and [...]
Stale Data? Here’s the Fastest Way to Refresh Your Grapher Plots Updating your plots with new or revised data shouldn’t be a time-consuming scavenger hunt. Yet for many people, tracking down the original data files used in a graph or object can feel exactly like [...]
PFAS in the U.S. (Part 4): Analyzing and Visualizing PFAS at California Airports Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have become one of the most pressing environmental and public health challenges of our time. These resilient synthetic compounds—often called “forever chemicals”—can persist in the environment for [...]
PFAS in the U.S. (Part 3): Analyzing and Visualizing PFAS in California Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, better known as PFAS, continue to make headlines. These synthetic chemicals are incredibly durable—so much so that they’ve earned the nickname “forever chemicals.” Once released into the environment, they [...]