Way back last autumn I had a nagging thought: once oil impacted areas of the Gulf were re-opened to fishing in the wake of the BP / Deepwater Horizon spill, would shrimp trawlers repeatedly churn up oil that had settled on the seafloor? Google Earth panoramic image showing sediment plumes raised by bottom-trawl fishing for […]
Back in January, SkyTruth attended the National Conference on Science, Policy and the Environment held in Washington, DC. The theme of the conference this year was Our Changing Oceans, and you can see our presentation here. While we were there, we participated in one of the breakout sessions entitled Ecosystem-Based Marine Spatial Planning in U.S. […]
If you’re in the Washington, DC area on Tuesday, Feb. 15 why not stop by the campus of American University to hear John Amos give an illustrated talk about using satellite images to protect our environment? John will be speaking at 7:00 p.m. at the Wechsler Theater on the 3rd floor of the Mary Graydon […]
As 2010 draws to a close, we breath a sigh of relief. The BP / Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico tested our ability to collect, analyze, and publish images and information day in and day out for almost four months, and attracted major media attention. Following up to ensure that the important […]
That’s right – we’re moving. So please excuse our silence lately as we change from our original office space of the past decade (!) to new offices in the funky old Entler Hotel, located in the pulsating heart of downtown Shepherdstown, WV. Even bigger news – we’ve hired an office administrator, Teri Biebel. Teri lives […]
