A large wildfire has scorched an area just 15 kilometers west-southwest of the Chernobyl nuclear power complex, a site infamous for a meltdown in 1986 that is considered the world’s deadliest and costliest nuclear power plant accident. This is uncomfortably close: anything within 30 kilometers of the power plant site lies within the so-called “Zone […]
SkyTruth has been doing a lot of work recently on the problem of tracking vessels way out in the ocean, and figuring out what they’re doing. A useful level of “maritime domain awareness” is key to effectively managing marine protected areas, enforcing fisheries laws to reduce the global scourge of illegal fishing, and mitigating pollution […]
Here at SkyTruth we are always trying to reduce our carbon footprint, which is why I have started riding my bicycle in to work. The problem is that my house is about 3 miles away from the office, and the road that gets me there has no shoulder, no shade, tight corners and too many […]
The Wallow wildfire in Arizona near the New Mexico border has grown to the 2nd-largest wildfire in the state’s history. Now there is concern that it could cause some power blackouts (ABC story and videos). Here’s what this thing looks like on a NASA MODIS satellite image taken yesterday at 1:25 pm local time. The […]
Over the course of the past few months, SkyTruth has been in the news quite a bit. Just yesterday, SkyTruth was mentioned in the Huffington Post. And on April 15th, SkyTruth was mentioned in this Washington Post article written just before the anniversary of the BP Deepwater/Horizon tragedy. Check out our inclusion in the New […]