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SkyTruth Welcomes New Communications Director Joel Goldberg
/in Team /by Mitchelle De LeonLeadership growth continues at a steady pace
In July, SkyTruth added the latest in a flurry of new team members: Communications Director Joel Goldberg. For more than a decade, Joel has worked on translating complex scientific information into engaging, public-facing content. His communications expertise crosses multiple domains, including outreach, events, writing and reporting, and multimedia production.
Persistence on the Path to Becoming a Master Coder
/in General /by Austin ClackIntern Austin Clack’s environmental monitoring projects reveal to him the enormous power traditional remote sensing techniques hold when paired with machine learning.
My name is Austin Clack. I am a SkyTruth intern and a UCLA Bruin, graduating this month. Since September of 2021, the exposure I’ve had to the wide range of SkyTruth programs and key issue areas has opened my eyes to the limitless potential remote sensing holds to provide invaluable insight into virtually any natural or anthropogenic phenomenon.
Oil Pollution from Commercial Shipping is a Big Problem, and Getting Bigger
/in General /by John AmosCerulean is the tool we’re building to stop it
Late last week a group of researchers led by Dr. Yanzhu Dong — including SkyTruth’s Science Advisor, Dr. Ian MacDonald — published a major new study in the prestigious journal Science with a disturbing conclusion: commercial shipping is a major source of chronic, day-to-day oil pollution in our ocean, and pollution from shipping is rapidly getting worse.
The Chaotic Memoir of Breanna, a SkyTruth Intern
/in General /by Breanna XiongNyob Zoo! (Hello!)
My name is Breanna Xiong! I like to describe myself as a somewhat typical first-generation American college graduate. I’m Hmong-American, born to war-refugee-rice-farming parents, and was raised in California’s Central Valley.
Written in Stone
/in Internship, Mining, Mountaintop Mining /by Jonathan KvilhaugIntern Jonathan Kvilhaug’s monitoring of mountaintop removal mining included discovering data gaps on the ground.
When I joined SkyTruth in January 2022, my spring internship coincided with my last semester of primarily virtual graduate school. During my program, I was interested in pursuing internship experiences that would supplement my study of Geography while also providing an opportunity to advance an organization’s mission. While I was already familiar with SkyTruth’s impressive portfolio of work, I later came to be most impressed by SkyTruth’s sense of community and support for one another.
SkyTruth Welcomes Jason Schatz as Chief Technology Officer
/in Team /by Mitchelle De LeonSkyTruth is pleased to announce that Jason Schatz is our new Chief Technology Officer (CTO). Jason previously led the Descartes Labs Sustainability Science team, which monitors the world’s forests using remote sensing data. He also spent six years as a community organizer in Dubuque, Iowa, where he led a successful campaign to commit the city […]