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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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Cerulean: tracking pollution at sea

LAUNCH CERULEAN ABOUT CERULEAN

Cerulean: tracking pollution at sea

LAUNCH CERULEAN ABOUT CERULEAN

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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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.

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SkyTruth Alerts 2023: New Incident Types and Enhanced Features

November 13, 2023

As the world continues to grapple with environmental challenges, tools like SkyTruth Alerts have become invaluable for those who are passionate about tracking and responding to environmental incidents.

In 2023, SkyTruth introduced changes that expand the platform’s capabilities and provide additional monitoring opportunities. In this blog post, we’ll explore three new incident types added to SkyTruth Alerts – California Hazardous Materials Spills, Texas Oil and Gas Drilling Permits, and U.K. Oil and Gas Spills at Sea.

SkyTruth Supports Associated Press Reporting on FPSOs

October 31, 2023

SkyTruth is working to create the world’s first publicly accessible dataset of FSOs and FPSOs, to shed light on their behavior and monitor them for pollution events.

Over the last 19 months, SkyTruth has been working with investigative reporters from the Associated Press on a story that highlights the risks posed by aging vessels which are linked to offshore oil production.

SkyTruth Intern Michelle Evangelista reports on “Mexico’s Niagara,” turned into an industrial hellscape

September 6, 2023

Juanacatlán Falls, long a natural resource for residents, Mexicans, and tourists, now a dumping ground for industrial waste and a source of pain for many

The Santiago River, referred to in the regional language of Nahuatl as “Río Chignahuapan,” translated as “the power of the nine rivers,” was the backbone of a thriving indigenous community near Guadalajara, Mexico.

Impacts & Outcomes

Taylor Energy Oil Spill: This Is How Change Happens

December 11, 2018/by John Amos

SkyTruth data supports Maryland’s ban on fracking

March 9, 2018/by Ry Covington

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

June 27, 2016/by Kimbra Cutlip

Impact Story: SkyTruth Measures Advance of Mountaintop Destruction in Appalachia

June 27, 2016/by Kimbra Cutlip

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If you can see it,you can change it.

Tracking human activity from space

Cerulean: tracking pollution at sea

Cerulean: tracking pollution at sea

Tracking human activity from space

Leveling the playing field

Giving away high-end analysis for free

Using tech for good

The latest from our blog

As the world continues to grapple with environmental challenges, tools like SkyTruth Alerts have become invaluable for those who are passionate about tracking and responding to environmental incidents.

SkyTruth is working to create the world’s first publicly accessible dataset of FSOs and FPSOs, to shed light on their behavior and monitor them for pollution events.

Juanacatlán Falls, long a natural resource for residents, Mexicans, and tourists, now a dumping ground for industrial waste and a source of pain for many

Impacts & Outcomes

Taylor Energy Oil Spill: This Is How Change Happens

SkyTruth data supports Maryland’s ban on fracking

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

Impact Story: SkyTruth Measures Advance of Mountaintop Destruction in Appalachia

Join us on our journey to protect the environment

If you can see it,
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Tracking human
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Tracking human
activity from space