With the intense concentration of polluters and frequent hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico, the watchdog group Healthy Gulf relies on Alerts to flag dangerous incidents.
Naomi Yoder works as a geospatial analyst for the environmental group Healthy Gulf identifying pollution events, tracking trends and pushing for reform to reduce pollution. “SkyTruth Alerts is so useful. I can’t say it enough.”
Vegetation trends in SkyTruth Alerts make it easy for river restoration advocates to track progress and prioritize projects.
Welcome to the third post in our four-part series on tracking vegetation trends along the Colorado River. In this post, I’ll walk through how to access and use the project’s outputs in SkyTruth Alerts for those interested in diving in and working with the data on a map.
https://skytruth.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/img1-1.png423640Ry Covingtonhttps://skytruth.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/SkyTruth-Header-Logo-C.pngRy Covington2021-11-04 15:49:182023-03-15 13:35:14Tracking vegetation trends along the Colorado River: Part 3
SkyTruth Alerts is our go-to tool for monitoring and investigating incidents like the Huntington Beach Oil Spill.
We’re often asked how we do our work here at SkyTruth, particularly when a major environmental event makes the news. Over the past few weeks the SkyTruth team has used tools available in SkyTruth Alerts along with vessel tracking data to investigate the Huntington Beach oil spill. In this blog post, we share how we investigated this spill, so that you can use the same techniques to monitor the places you care about.
SkyTruth intern Hyasmine Briones discovered a real threat from a mining impoundment in Arizona, supporting concerns raised by the environmental group Earthworks.
My first project as an intern at SkyTruth involved a potential mining threat flagged by a partner organization, Earthworks, whose mission is to protect communities and the environment from the adverse impacts of mineral and energy development.
SkyTruth’s machine learning engineer, Jona Raphael, grew up in Shepherdstown, West Virginia; SkyTruth’s home base. But it was his travels around the world that convinced him to knock on our door.
“I’ve always had an interest in sustainability,” Jona says. At SkyTruth, that interest translates into developing Cerulean, a machine learning model that automatically processes thousands of satellite images a day to detect oil pollution in the ocean,
https://skytruth.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Jona-lends-a-hand-20191202_114855_CROP.jpg423640Amy Mathewshttps://skytruth.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/SkyTruth-Header-Logo-C.pngAmy Mathews2021-09-16 20:31:122023-03-15 13:51:09Jona Raphael: Small town, big perspective
An easy-to-use method helps watershed managers see hotspots of vegetation loss and recovery.
In Ry Covington’s first post on SkyTruth’s Colorado River watershed work, he shared a quick look at our 35-year dataset of spectral indices for the Colorado River. This time, he shares SkyTruth’s methods and shows how watershed managers can detect hotspots of vegetation loss and regrowth.
https://skytruth.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/featured.png423640Ry Covingtonhttps://skytruth.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/SkyTruth-Header-Logo-C.pngRy Covington2021-08-05 14:30:042023-03-15 14:13:44Tracking vegetation trends along the Colorado River: Part 2
SkyTruth Alerts helps Healthy Gulf track pollution
/in Alerts, Gulf of Mexico, Impact stories, Oceans, Offshore, Offshore Drilling, Oil & Gas, Oil Spill /by Amy MathewsWith the intense concentration of polluters and frequent hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico, the watchdog group Healthy Gulf relies on Alerts to flag dangerous incidents.
Naomi Yoder works as a geospatial analyst for the environmental group Healthy Gulf identifying pollution events, tracking trends and pushing for reform to reduce pollution. “SkyTruth Alerts is so useful. I can’t say it enough.”
Tracking vegetation trends along the Colorado River: Part 3
/in Alerts, Alerts How-to, Biodiversity, Freshwater, Protected Area Monitoring, Public Lands /by Ry CovingtonVegetation trends in SkyTruth Alerts make it easy for river restoration advocates to track progress and prioritize projects.
Welcome to the third post in our four-part series on tracking vegetation trends along the Colorado River. In this post, I’ll walk through how to access and use the project’s outputs in SkyTruth Alerts for those interested in diving in and working with the data on a map.
The Huntington Beach oil spill: How SkyTruth investigates environmental incidents
/in Alerts, Oil Spill /by Johnna ArmstrongSkyTruth Alerts is our go-to tool for monitoring and investigating incidents like the Huntington Beach Oil Spill.
We’re often asked how we do our work here at SkyTruth, particularly when a major environmental event makes the news. Over the past few weeks the SkyTruth team has used tools available in SkyTruth Alerts along with vessel tracking data to investigate the Huntington Beach oil spill. In this blog post, we share how we investigated this spill, so that you can use the same techniques to monitor the places you care about.
Mine tailings could threaten Phoenix’s water supply
/in Freshwater, Internship, Mining /by Hyasmine BrionesSkyTruth intern Hyasmine Briones discovered a real threat from a mining impoundment in Arizona, supporting concerns raised by the environmental group Earthworks.
My first project as an intern at SkyTruth involved a potential mining threat flagged by a partner organization, Earthworks, whose mission is to protect communities and the environment from the adverse impacts of mineral and energy development.
Jona Raphael: Small town, big perspective
/in Bilge Dumping, Biodiversity, Climate, Oceans, Oil & Gas, Oil Spill, Team /by Amy MathewsSkyTruth’s machine learning engineer, Jona Raphael, grew up in Shepherdstown, West Virginia; SkyTruth’s home base. But it was his travels around the world that convinced him to knock on our door.
“I’ve always had an interest in sustainability,” Jona says. At SkyTruth, that interest translates into developing Cerulean, a machine learning model that automatically processes thousands of satellite images a day to detect oil pollution in the ocean,
Tracking vegetation trends along the Colorado River: Part 2
/in Biodiversity, Climate, Freshwater, Public Lands, Wildlife Conservation /by Ry CovingtonAn easy-to-use method helps watershed managers see hotspots of vegetation loss and recovery.
In Ry Covington’s first post on SkyTruth’s Colorado River watershed work, he shared a quick look at our 35-year dataset of spectral indices for the Colorado River. This time, he shares SkyTruth’s methods and shows how watershed managers can detect hotspots of vegetation loss and regrowth.