As the global population rises and food demand increases, ensuring access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food is more critical than ever. For growers, embracing the digital agriculture revolution is essential to building infrastructure and tools that enhance sustainability, both…...
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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…
CONTINUE READINGTanager-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…
CONTINUE READINGPlanet 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. The Mapscaping Podcast, hosted by Daniel O'Donohue, is a great resource for anyone interested…
CONTINUE READINGEarlier this year, Planet, ERM, Salesforce, and NatureMetrics launched the NatureTech Alliance at the World Economic Forum in Davos to help companies harness advanced data and technology to tackle their most urgent nature challenges. This week at COP16, this Alliance released a new report with insights from leading companies about their nature […]
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CONTINUE READINGToday, we’re thrilled to release Analysis-Ready PlanetScope (ARPS). ARPS harnesses a cutting-edge proprietary algorithm to create harmonized and spatially consistent near-daily stacks of images that enable time-series analysis and machine learning applications. ARPS normalizes data from PlanetScope’s daily 3m imagery by reducing inconsistencies between captures. It then harmonizes that data with temporally […]
CONTINUE READINGNote: This piece can also be read in Spanish and Portuguese. Climate change is intensifying natural disasters in Central and South America, from raging forest fires to devastating floods and landslides. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events in the region have […]
CONTINUE READINGGlobal food security is a persistent challenge in advancing the collective Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. According to The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2024 (SOFI) report, nearly 2.33 billion people are experiencing moderate or severe food insecurity. With rising global populations coupled with extreme weather events, land […]
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