The EarthChem Portal (ECP) is at risk of failing entirely, as the EarthChem project currently does not have the
financial resources to support the stable operation of the ECP.
ECP’s architecture and software ecosystem are outdated and no longer adequate for providing access to the large
and growing volumes of data in the federated databases. Queries to the ECP that generate large numbers of results
are likely to stall and crash the system. In collaboration with the DIGIS/GEOROC team in Germany, we are actively
trying to identify solutions to secure ECP’s architecture and cloud infrastructure in the future.
In the meantime, we would like to ask for your help:
•Please avoid large queries. If you have research questions that require queries with large numbers of results,
please get in touch with us at info@iedadata.org.
•Please let us know if and why the ECP is critical for your research. Fill out this BRIEF SURVEY (~2 min).
•If you have suggestions for potential funding sources or in-kind contributions, please let us know at
info@iedadata.org.
We appreciate your support and understanding!
The EarthChem Team
The EarthChem Portal at Risk!
PLEASE READ: Important Message to Users of the EarthChem Portal