If you can see it,
you can change it.

SkyTruth is a conservation technology nonprofit using satellite
imagery and data to inspire people to protect the environment.

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Leveling the playing field

Exposing environmental wrongdoing by making the invisible visible to safeguard people and wild places.

Giving away high-end analysis for free

Maps, data, images, and more available to everyone with an internet connection.

Using tech for good

Satellite images, cloud computing, data science, and artificial intelligence to protect the planet.

Tracking human
activity from space

Before satellite technology, destructive environmental actions often remained hidden from view. We use the latest technology to make stunning satellite imagery and other robust remote sensing data accessible to anyone for free, to hold polluters and others accountable for harmful activities that would otherwise remain hidden from view.

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Grasberg Open Pit Copper Mine in Irian Jaya.
Map data: Google, Maxar Technologies.

SkyTruth provides a great service to all groups looking to understand landscape-scale effects in locations around the world. Their innovative techniques to visualize environmental changes over time are truly groundbreaking.

Ann Maest, Ph.D.Chief Scientist, E-Tech International

Grasberg Open Pit Copper Mine in Irian Jaya.
Map data: Google, Maxar Technologies.

Tracking human
activity from space

Before satellite technology, destructive environmental actions often remained hidden from view. We use the latest technology to make stunning satellite imagery and other robust remote sensing data accessible to anyone for free, to hold polluters and others accountable for harmful activities that would otherwise remain hidden from view.

Learn More

“SkyTruth provides a great service to all groups looking to understand landscape-scale effects in locations around the world. Their innovative techniques to visualize environmental changes over time are truly groundbreaking.”
Ann Maest, PhD Chief Scientist, E-Tech International

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Impact story:
SkyTruth Measures Advance of Mountaintop Destruction in Appalachia

Our data on mountaintop mining in Appalachia allowed researchers at Duke University to demonstrate water pollution downstream from mining sites. This evidence helped the Environmental Protection Agency revoke a mine permit for the first time in its history.

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Impact story:
Global Fishing Watch

With our partners at Google and Oceana, we launched Global Fishing Watch to stop illegal fishing at sea by using machine learning to map and monitor the world’s commercial fleet.

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Impact story:
Taylor Energy Oil Spill

We tracked a 14-year long oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico which forced the Coast Guard to finally take action to stop the leak.

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Impact story:
SkyTruth data supports Maryland’s ban on fracking

Our data allowed researchers at Johns Hopkins University to determine the health impacts of fracking, leading to a ban in the state of Maryland.

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Impact story:
BP Spill — Using Science to Hold BP and Federal Regulators Accountable

We were the first to show that the BP oil spill was an order of magnitude larger than BP and the Coast Guard claimed.

The latest from our blog

Intern Cameron Reaves is pursuing his passions while learning new skills at SkyTruth

February 24, 2021

Cameron believes the democratization of data can improve people’s lives and help protect the planet. At SkyTruth, he’s advancing projects to do just that.

When Cameron discovered the SkyTruth remote internship on a “tech for good” job board, he realized that Skytruth was a perfect fit.

How Cerulean Detects Polluters at Sea

January 27, 2021

Our tech partner AWS has released a new video that explains how SkyTruth’s Cerulean is changing the game in tracking illegal oil pollution at sea.

With this brief video AWS is helping us share our work with the world and seek out those who can advance our goals — either by helping us develop the technology or by holding polluters accountable. Check it out and let us know what you think.

Natural gas and oil extraction with hydraulic fracturing – from exploration to completion

January 21, 2021

By understanding the many stages of oil and gas drilling, skytruthers can detect new activity on their own using imagery on SkyTruth Alerts.

SkyTruth is working to automate the detection of drilling sites around the world using machine learning. In the meantime, intern Dylan Thomson explains what skytruthers who care about drilling in their communities should look for when using satellite imagery on SkyTruth Alerts.

SkyTruth’s work has been made possible in part by our valued tech, impact, and funding partners like these:

Other partners have also provided support over the years.

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If you can see it, you can change it.

Leveling the playing field

Giving away high-end analysis for free

Using tech for good

Tracking human activity from space

Tracking human activity from space

mtm

Impact story: SkyTruth Measures Advance of Mountaintop Destruction in Appalachia

gfw

Impact story: Global Fishing Watch

taylor

Impact story: Taylor Energy Oil Spill

mdban

Impact story: SkyTruth data supports Maryland’s ban on fracking

bp

Impact story: BP Spill — Using Science to Hold BP and Federal Regulators Accountable

The latest from our blog

Cameron believes the democratization of data can improve people’s lives and help protect the planet. At SkyTruth, he’s advancing projects to do just that.

Our tech partner AWS has released a new video that explains how SkyTruth’s Cerulean is changing the game in tracking illegal oil pollution at sea.

By understanding the many stages of oil and gas drilling, skytruthers can detect new activity on their own using imagery on SkyTruth Alerts.

SkyTruth’s work has been made possible in part by our valued tech, impact, and funding partners like these:

Join us on our journey to protect the environment

If you can see it,
you can change it.

Tracking human
activity from space

Tracking human
activity from space

Impact story:
SkyTruth Measures Advance of Mountaintop Destruction in Appalachia

Impact story:
Global Fishing Watch

Impact story:
Taylor Energy Oil Spill

Impact story:
SkyTruth data supports Maryland’s ban on fracking

Impact story:
BP Spill — Using Science to Hold BP and Federal Regulators Accountable