A. Agapiou is invited as a member of the International Editorial Board for the Big Earth Data (IJDE) journal. Big Earth Data aims to provide an efficient and high-quality platform for promoting ‘big data’ sharing, processing and analyses, thereby revolutionising the cognition of the Earth’s systems. The journal primarily features the fundamentals of ‘big Earth data’ handling, as well as the channels and technologies used for ‘big Earth data’ collection, management, analysis and visualisation. To showcase the benefits of data-driven research, submissions on the applications of ‘big Earth data’ in exploring the Earth’s history and its future evolution are highly encouraged. Find more here: https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/tbed20