Biodiversity

The Latest Data on Mountaintop Mining in Central Appalachia

December 8, 2020/in Biodiversity, Climate, Coal, Mining, Mountaintop Mining /by Christian Thomas

SkyTruth data shows that area of actively mined land in the region continues to decline. But is it recovering?

As 2020 comes to a close, SkyTruth is releasing our annual update to our Central Appalachian Surface Mining dataset, providing detailed information about the extent of mining operations from 1985 through 2019. The new data shows that trends we identified last year continue: namely, new areas have been cleared for mining, yet the total amount of land in the region being mined is declining.

Supporting SkyTruth

November 19, 2020/in Bilge Dumping, Biodiversity, Climate, Coal, General, Mining, Mountaintop Mining, Protected Area Monitoring /by John Amos

SkyTruth developed new techniques to monitor and protect the planet throughout 2020. Help us accomplish even more in 2021.

At SkyTruth we say that seeing is believing, and — even more importantly — if you can see it, you can change it. To help us continue illuminating the reality of environmental impacts on the ground in 2021, please consider making a year-end donation to SkyTruth.

Conservation Vision at Work

October 28, 2020/in Alerts, Bilge Dumping, Biodiversity, Climate, Coal, Conservation Vision, Freshwater, Harmful Algal Blooms, Hydraulic Fracturing, Mountaintop Mining, Oceans, Offshore, Protected Area Monitoring /by John Amos

SkyTruth is automating image analysis for conservation.

If you’d like to hear more about Conservation Vision please join me and a few of our experts at SkyTruth tomorrow (Thursday, October 29, 5-6pm Eastern) for an online presentation and Q&A we call Cutting Edge Conservation with SkyTruth. Click here to register in advance for this event – space is limited!

SkyTruth’s Project Inambari Wins at Artisanal Mining Challenge for Rainforest Conservation

October 8, 2020/in Biodiversity, Conservation Vision, Mining, Protected Area Monitoring, Wildlife Conservation /by Bjorn Bergman

SkyTruth and partners at Wake Forest University and the Center for Amazonian Scientific Innovation win funding for a public map platform to track mining in the Amazon.

On September 30, SkyTruth, along with its partners at Wake Forest University and the Center for Amazonian Scientific Innovation, were selected as a winner at the Artisanal Mining Grand Challenge for our proposal to develop a public map that tracks mining in the Amazon using satellite radar imagery. We call this effort Project Inambari after one of the rivers in the region that has been particularly devastated by illegal and unregulated gold mining.

Matthew Ibarra’s Final Project Was His Favorite

September 16, 2020/in Bilge Dumping, Biodiversity, Climate, FrackFinder, Hydraulic Fracturing, Internship /by Matthew Ibarra

As a SkyTruth Intern, Matthew Ibarra learned new skills and helped protect Native lands.

As I finish up my internship at SkyTruth, I can honestly say that the experience has been everything I imagined it would be and more. My time here was a perfect amalgamation of what I love: namely, an organization that applies technology and gathers and analyzes data to protect the environment.

Archive for category: Biodiversity

SkyTruth data shows that area of actively mined land in the region continues to decline. But is it recovering?

SkyTruth developed new techniques to monitor and protect the planet throughout 2020. Help us accomplish even more in 2021.

SkyTruth is automating image analysis for conservation.

SkyTruth and partners at Wake Forest University and the Center for Amazonian Scientific Innovation win funding for a public map platform to track mining in the Amazon.

As a SkyTruth Intern, Matthew Ibarra learned new skills and helped protect Native lands.