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Dynamic World land cover data in SkyTruth Alerts

SkyTruth Showcases Novel Use for Dynamic World Dataset at Geo for Good

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A new, free collection of data—in tandem with Alerts—bolsters our ability to detect habitat change in near real-time

This Thursday (October 6) SkyTruth’s Chief Technology Officer Jason Schatz will speak at Google’s Geo for Good plenary session alongside conference organizers from Google and World Resources Institute (WRI). Jason will present technology developed at SkyTruth that focuses on the value of Google and WRI’s new Dynamic World (DW) dataset. DW is a near real-time, land use/land cover (LULC) dataset that we’ve incorporated into SkyTruth’s Alerts application.

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Monthly Methane Flaring Summary Data Now Available in Alerts

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New SkyTruth Alerts layer helps pollution trackers quantify flaring trends.

Those tracking methane flaring will want to try the newest layer in SkyTruth Alerts: a summary of monthly flaring activity that can be based on your current map view or selected Areas of Interest. Learn how in this post.

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Tracking vegetation trends along the Colorado River: Part 3

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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. 

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Help us monitor tropical forests worldwide

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SkyTruth Alerts Adds High-Resolution Planet Images to Our Monitoring Toolbox

The Norwegian Ministry of Climate and Environment is providing free access to Planet’s high-resolution commercial satellite imagery for monitoring the world’s tropical forests. Imagery is now available free to the public on several platforms, including our own SkyTruth Alerts.

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SkyTruth Alerts: When We Know, You Know

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Key Takeaways: SkyTruth is looking for new sources for the environmental alerts we send out. Since relaunching Alerts in December, 2018, we’ve expanded Oil & Gas permitting to include West Virginia, Colorado, Wyoming, New Mexico, Montana and Utah. We’ve also added pollution alerts for Florida, New Mexico and New York. We rely on our users […]

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