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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 PlanetScope to Map Snowmelt In Alpine Ecosystems
Image above: PlanetScope image of snowcapped Upper Gunnison Mountains, Colorado taken December 4, 2021. © 2021, Planet Labs PBC. All Rights Reserved. Alpine regions are some of the most sensitive systems to climate change. In the mountainous ecosystems of the western United States, for example, even small changes in temperature cause significant […]
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Potential for PlanetScope Data to Aid Oil Response Monitoring
Image above: Site of the Taylor oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico taken April 25, 2018. © 2018, Planet Labs PBC. All Rights Reserved. Oil spills around the world have caused some of the worst environmental damage to marine environments, and these coastal ecosystems are hard to monitor due to their […]
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PlanetScope Data Lends Insights into the Ancient Cryosphere of Mars
Image above: PlanetScope image of glacial rock scouring on Devon Island, Canada, a research study site, taken August 28, 2022. © 2022, Planet Labs PBC. All Rights Reserved. So, how do scientists researching Mars get a sense of the climatic history of our next door neighbor? Well, they actually use a significant […]
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Planet Fusion and Sentinel-2 Detect Trade-offs Between Rice Crop Yields and Water Resources Using AI-enabled Models
Image above: PlanetScope image of rice fields in Griffith, New South Wales, Australia captured September 3, 2022. © 2022, Planet Labs PBC. All Rights Reserved. Our world is faced with increasing pressures to feed a growing global population, and we are simultaneously challenged with climate change impacts and water scarcity. Staple food […]
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Planet Images and Artificial Intelligence Used to Detect Coca Paste Production Sites, Supporting Surveillance Strategies Against Drug Trafficking
PlanetScope image above showing border between Colombia and Venezuela taken on January 31, 2022. © 2022, Planet Labs PBC. All Rights Reserved. Authorities across the Latin American region are working to strengthen intervention strategies against drug trafficking. However, there are significant challenges to tracking these illegal supply chains, including the monitoring of […]
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