Machine Learning (ML) and Deep Learning (DL) are enabling scientific breakthroughs of unprecedented scale. Ever-increasing volume and variety of geoscientific data positions a wide range of the geosciences to utilize scalable ML and DL methods to complement and, in some instances, to replace traditional approaches. Interest in the application of ML and DL to geosciences is growing rapidly, as evidenced by substantial increases in the numbers of sessions and attendees at AGU’s ML and DL technical sessions, the 2018 AGU ML workshop, the 2019 AGU ML tutorial and an increase in ML/DL publications.