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Training Computers to See What We See

September 30, 2019/in Biodiversity, Climate, Mining, Natural Gas, Oil & Gas /by Jona Raphael

To analyze satellite data for environmental impacts, computers need to be trained to recognize objects.

The vast quantities of satellite image data available these days provide tremendous opportunities for identifying environmental impacts from space. But for mere humans, there’s simply too much — there are only so many hours in the day. So at SkyTruth, we’re teaching computers to analyze many of these images for us, a process called machine learning.

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See It, Change It

Visualizing the Expansion of Fracking in Pennsylvania: Part 3

May 22, 2019/in Biodiversity, Climate, FrackFinder, Freshwater, Hydraulic Fracturing, Mining, Natural Gas, Oil & Gas, Timelapse /by Brendan Jarrell

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CONSERVATION VISION

February 14, 2019/in Alerts, Biodiversity, Climate, Conservation Vision, Freshwater, Hydraulic Fracturing, Mining, Overfishing and Illegal fishing /by John Amos

Using Artificial Intelligence to Save the Planet.

A letter from our founder, John Amos

The trends aren’t encouraging: Industrialization, urban development, deforestation, overfishing, mining and pollution are accelerating the rate of global warming and damaging ecosystems around the world. The pace of environmental destruction has never been as great as it is today. Despite this grim assessment, I believe there’s reason to be hopeful for a brighter future.

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Using machine learning to map the footprint of fracking in central Appalachia

February 13, 2019/in Biodiversity, Climate, FrackFinder, Freshwater, Hydraulic Fracturing, Mining, Mountaintop Mining, Natural Gas, Oil & Gas, Watchdog /by Ry Covington

Fossil fuel production has left a lasting imprint on the landscapes and communities of central and northern Appalachia. Mountaintop mining operations, pipeline right-of-ways, oil and gas well pads, and hydraulic fracturing wastewater retention ponds dot the landscapes of West Virginia and Pennsylvania. And although advocacy groups have made progress pressuring regulated industries and state agencies […]

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Monitoring the tailings dam failure of the Córrego do Feijão mine

February 5, 2019/in Biodiversity, Hardrock, Incidents, Internship, Mining, Watchdog /by Lucy Meyer

On Friday, January 25th, the tailings dam to the Córrego do Feijão mine burst near Brumadinho, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil (the moment of failure was captured on video). Operated by Brazilian mining company Vale S.A., this incident recalls the collapse of Vale’s Samarco Mine in 2015 which unleashed 62 million cubic meters of toxic […]

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To analyze satellite data for environmental impacts, computers need to be trained to recognize objects.

Using Artificial Intelligence to Save the Planet.