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From Drones to PlanetScope, Mapping Meddlesome Roses
Image above: PlanetScope image of invasive rose study site along the coastline of Vainupea, Estonia taken August 28, 2022. © 2022, Planet Labs PBC. All Rights Reserved. Many are captivated by what is arguably the world’s most romantic flower, the…...
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Monitoring How Baboons Impact Timber Commodities in South Africa
Image above: Commercial forests for timber commodity creation in Mpumalanga, South Africa taken January 12, 2023. © 2023, Planet Labs PBC. All Rights Reserved. In South Africa, commercial timber operations and native wildlife can sometimes come into conflict. Forests planted…
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Planet, Microsoft, And Researchers Build New AI-Focused Resource For Environmental Reporting
Authors: Seamus Lombardo and Amy Rosenthal As a Public Benefit Corporation, we think a lot about sustainability and the solutions our customers, partners, and the world need. These solutions require an up-to-date, close-up view of the Earth, as well as…
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Using Planet Imagery for Mapping Arctic Landscape Change from Permafrost Thaw
Permafrost is defined as ground that remains below freezing for multiple years in a row. This frozen ground is hard as concrete. However, rising temperatures from climate change are leading to thawing of this permafrost, impacting local ecosystems and infrastructure. Thaw also results in the release of significant amounts of methane into […]
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Monitoring Walruses from Space
Above Image: Point Lay, Alaska research site @ 2021, Planet Labs, Inc. Please note that walruses may not be present in this image, but can be seen in the referenced research paper. Walruses are coming ashore along the coasts of Alaska more frequently and in increasing numbers due to the decline in […]
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Estimating River Flow with PlanetScope Data
Past studies have explored the use of flowing ice debris to estimate stream velocity with Planet data. However, tropical rivers pose a distinct challenge, due to high cloud cover and turbidity. Adriano Junqueira, of São Paulo State University, led a team to deploy a novel approach in the Araguaia River watershed in […]
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High Resolution Land Surface Phenology with PlanetScope
Seasonal changes in vegetation in ecosystems are strongly tied to factors such as carbon and water cycle fluxes. Traditionally, monitoring these changes—called phenology—at high resolution has required the deployment of PhenoCams on the ground. A new study by Moon et al. (2021) compares the performance of PlanetScope data to Harmonized Landsat-8 and […]
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Tropical and Temperate Forest Phenology Revealed by Planet Imagery
A team of researchers led by Professor Jin Wu, at the University of Hong Kong, has been studying tropical and temperate forest phenology—the rhythms and periods of life. Aided by the high revisit rate of Dove satellites, Jing Wang and team detected dry season vegetation patterns in the Amazon: many tropical trees […]
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