by Planet Labs PBC on Nov 15, 2024

A groundbreaking and alarming report found that Earth’s land carbon sink absorbed almost no carbon last year. Consider that for a moment: the ecosystems that have buffered our excess emissions for decades may not continue to do so indefinitely. While a slowdown has long been anticipated as climate change disrupts ecosystem function, […]

by Planet Labs PBC on Oct 10, 2024

Tanager-1 is made possible by the Carbon Mapper Coalition, a philanthropically-funded effort to develop and deploy satellites designed to detect and track methane and CO2 super-emitters at a level of granularity needed to support direct mitigation action. Tanager-1 combines Planet’s cutting-edge agile aerospace and smallsat bus technology with the state-of-the-art imaging spectrometer design […]

by Christopher Anderson on Aug 12, 2024

By Christopher Anderson, Amy Rosenthal, and Flávia de Souza Mendes. Today, Amazon Conservation released the first in a series of three Mapping the Andean Amazon Project (MAAP) reports on forest carbon across the Amazon that leverages our Forest Carbon Diligence product. The reports reveal patterns of aboveground carbon dynamics, including where and […]

by Planet Labs PBC on Dec 4, 2024

Written by Maya Nolles, Yoann Malbeteau & Jasper Dijkstra Heatwaves are becoming more frequent and intense worldwide, with cities bearing the brunt of extreme temperatures. Urban areas, densely packed with heat-retaining concrete and limited green space, are highly vulnerable to these heatwaves through the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect. Tracking where and […]

by Mariah Hauck on Nov 21, 2024

Planet joined The Mapscaping Podcast to discuss our mission, what our data enables organizations to do, and how AI can be leveraged to do it better.

by Molly Hamm on Nov 14, 2024

Learn about real-world applications of Planetary Variables in resource management, environmental assessment, and disaster prevention.

by Lina Torres on Nov 12, 2024

Note: This piece can also be read in Spanish and Portuguese. In Search of Sustainable Land Management Illegal deforestation, unsustainable land use, and climate change pose significant threats to Colombia’s rich and diverse landscapes and the communities who depend on them. Gustavo Marulanda Morales, Director of the Agustín Codazzi Geographic Institute (IGAC), […]