[Session abstract] The panel will discuss the character of scientific discourse in the digital era by considering these questions. • How has the character of scientific discourse developed in the digital era? o In what ways have digital technologies influenced traditional scientific discourse? o How will this influence evolve in the 21st century in basic and applied research? • What is the reality of, and potential for, inter-, cross- and trans-disciplinary discourse in the sciences in the digital era? • Define the issues and potential resolutions in the relationship between scientific discourse and policy, governance, management, adaptation, and mitigation regimes? • In what manner is scientific discourse socially constructed? • How should research data, on which scientific analyses are based, be reviewed, valued, and shared?