🐄 🐮 As part of our collaboration with @climatetrace.org to improve greenhouse gas emissions tracking, we used Earth Index, our AI satellite imagery tool, to chart all of the world's large beef feedlots and dairies. www.earthgenome.org/blog/cows-go...

🗞️ ✨ Is perpetual acceleration possible? Desirable? Super accessible AI for the Earth is for sure making action faster. We’re seeing it in the focus and delivery of our engineering on Earth Index. More in our Feb bulletin: 👉 bit.ly/3OXqK6p

Earlier this week, we shared a quick devlog on building small tools at our small org with coding agents, helping us to work better at Earth Genome with highly customized tools that would otherwise simply not exist. www.earthgenome.org/blog/devlog-...

🚀 New features are live in Earth Index! Earlier this week, we rolled out updates that make it easier to start searches, collaborate, and share insights. ✨ What’s new: bit.ly/4afzfSH 🔗 Sign up for Earth Index here: lnkd.in/eGHhpGNAhttp...

🤝 Last week, our fully remote team came together in 🏛️ D.C. for a 3-day in-person retreat. Many thanks to @developmentseed.org team for hosting us at their beautiful office. We also met many new & old friends at Wed's happy hour hosted by #geoDC. Feeling re-energized and excited for what’s ahead!✨

A close to the year. A year that fully shows the need for nimble responses to “shifting ground” and a changing planet. Proud of the collaborations and the delivery, using the power of science, data, AI and design. Thank you to everyone who has been a part of an impactful 2025. bit.ly/4pl6GYo

📋 We're excited to share a look behind the scenes at how we built the Storm Events Database Explorer. Here's more on our approach to the discovery, design iterations, and development of taking a cumbersome batch of data and transforming it into clear visual exploration. bit.ly/3YANM4B

Yesterday’s Demo Day was one for the books! 🎉 We're excited to share the video of our presentation: lnkd.in/eUtfppDD Our deepest appreciation to the entire Google.org team for this incredible opportunity and their immense support!

🎦 Demo Day is here! We’re excited to be pitching at Google.org Accelerator: Generative AI Demo Day. Join us live ➡️ : www.youtube.com/live/3w5c2_0...

One of the Plotline’s projects was illustrating AgMIP – Agricultural Model Intercomparison & Improvement Project research on the future of food in Africa. The research behind the app was just published in @natureportfolio.nature.com. 👏 Congrats to the research team! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Did you notice the new look at ClimateTRACE.org? As we’ve added new tools to the platform, coalition members at @earthgenome.org have worked hard to integrate massive amounts of data while presenting it in a visually compelling, clear way.

The Earth Genome team is gearing up to pitch at Google.org Accelerator: Generative AI Demo Day tomorrow! Alongside 19 inspiring global social impact organizations, we’re excited to share how we’re using generative AI to scale our impact. ➡️ Join us virtually: lnkd.in/e3CA4QzB.

🔎 Following major releases at COP30 in Belem, we’re sharing three stories on how we built them. We love getting into the design and technology details of the thousand discoveries and choices made along the way to realizing a vision. More in our Nov bulletin: mailchi.mp/a3db06884deb...

Some good news from the weekend - the Mongabay series "Death Flights" was recognized with the @gijn.org at the Global Investigative Journalism Network conference in Kuala Lumpur. We're pleased to have contributed to this important work.

💡How do we approach large data sets, capturing its scope while also making clear its granularity and the stories it can tell❓ That's exactly what we sought to do with global greenhouse gas emissions data in collaboration with our long-standing partner, @climatetrace.org 🔗 bit.ly/3LPuchY

🌍 We’re proud to support the launch of the @climatetrace.org Emissions Reduction Roadmap just in time for COP30. This tool helps policymakers, companies, & communities identify practical pathways to reduce emissions & track real impact. climatetrace.org/reduce/count...

🌿#COP30 begins in the Amazon next week. We will be showcasing updates to Amazon Mining Watch with our partners #AmazonConservation @pulitzercenter.org 👉 Here's a preview: amazonconservation.org/cop30/

Our AI powered tool, Earth Index, provides powerful insights into environmental crimes. Here's the latest investigative piece exposing illegal gold mining in southwest Ghana. Kudos to the team at @forbidden-stories.bsky.social

🚀 🌪️ Launched Storm Events Database today w/ #thecommons & #internetofwatercoalition. We're unlocking 1.9 million US severe weather events from 1950 to the present! 🔗https://ourcommoncode.org/digital-service-case-studies/sed Explore the platform: stormevents.internetofwater.app

🎊 We’re delighted to welcome Noelia to our team as the new Head of Tech Partnerships! Noelia brings extensive experience connecting technology, climate, and biodiversity solutions. Welcome aboard!

Ben and Mikel joined the convergence on NYC for Climate Week. With the systems we’ve relied on slipping through our fingers, it’s time to get incredibly creative and build something new. ↪️ More in our September bulletin: t.co/ntYoLImbFn

🪐 We believe that foundational planetary data should be open and accessible to all. Thanks to @source.coop Cooperative, we’re able to share our datasets with the broader open data community. docs.source.coop/case-studies...

Our AI powered tool, Earth Index, is already being used to understand how different land uses predict dengue risks in rural Costa Rica. 🔗http://bit.ly/4n5nulu

👏 Congratulations to partners @mongabaylatam.bsky.social and @pulitzercenter.org ! Our data investigative series is a finalist for the Online News Association "Excellence in AI Innovation, Medium Newsroom" award. 🔗 news.mongabay.com/2024/12/high...

🗞️ Right now, intense work is underway. Assembling massive datasets, deriving insights, and creating tools in the most accessible and engaging ways. ➡️ More in our August bulletin: 🔗 bit.ly/4oZPjgC

👋 Please join us in welcoming Andrew Milligan to the team! 🎊 Andrew brings a unique combination of technical skill and narrative insight, honed through his work as both a software developer and journalist in major global newsrooms like POLITICO and The Associated Press. Welcome aboard!

💧California’s Merced River Watershed is turning flood risk into water resilience. Using tools like GRAT + strategies like Flood-MAR, a new study shows how smart planning can boost groundwater, reduce flood risk & support farms + ecosystems. @susconca.bsky.social 🔗http://bit.ly/41HPz9U

🇬🇧 💡 We're sharing our team's recap of the Google Gen-AI Accelerator kick-off in London. Here's how the week served to reframe and reset our expectations along with some thoughts on Generative AI and next steps. ➡️ 🔗 bit.ly/45ggpYX

In an era of climate change and geopolitical tensions, understanding our food system has never been more critical. The Global Food Twin helps decision makers assess how to strengthen the networks that keep us fed and healthy 🌱 🔗 foodtwin.theplotline.org

Many thanks to #TerraWatchSpace for sharing the stage with us at #EOSummit. Here's Brad's lightning talk here for those who may have missed it-drop us a note to learn more! www.linkedin.com/posts/earth-...

Honored to be one of just 20 organizations worldwide chosen to receive funding, technical training, and dedicated expertise from #google.org experts to build gen AI-powered solutions. #AcceleratedWithGoogle Announcement 🔗 goo.gle/3TeKDog

An excellent primer on & vision for Earth data vector embeddings. We were invited to contribute ideas and feedback, and appreciate the chance to collaborate on open knowledge.

See you next week at the EO Summit (June 10th & 11th) by #TerraWatchSpace in NYC! Brad will be sharing the latest on our work during the ⚡️Lightning Talks⚡️ session (4:20-5pm) on Day 1. Come say hello!

✍ Our team’s research article on the transformative potential of remote sensing foundation models in environmental monitoring was published today in the Frontiers journal. Read the full article here: www.frontiersin.org/journals/cli...

Los Vuelos de la Muerte / Death Flights @mongabaylatam.bsky.social uncovered a network of drug trafficking airstrips in 3 Amazonian regions of Peru & used @earthgenome.org's AI search tool to find deforestation patterns consistent with airstrips already identified. https://twp.ai/9PStoZ

Our AI tool #AmazonMiningWatch offers powerful insights into the latest environmental changes happening in the vast Amazon region. Our partners at @pulitzercenter.bsky.social share how journalists can use the platform in their investigations.👇 🔗https://bit.ly/3SdN629

The cumulative mining deforestation footprint in the Amazon was over 2 million hectares (est. 5 mill acres) - an increase of over 50% in the past six years. This is one of several findings in the latest MAAP report by Amazon Conservation using 2024 data from #AmazonMiningWatch

🌳 Our data reporting on Albania's disappearing forests was included in @ftm.eu weekly roundup of "the best hard-hitting investigative journalism from across Europe. "https://www.ftm.eu/newsletters/europe-uncovered-7

🌳 Our data reporting on Albania's disappearing forests was included in #followthemoney roundup of "the best hard-hitting investigative journalism from across Europe." 🔗 www.ftm.eu/newsletters/...

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🎯 Our April bulletin is here: After releasing worldwide coverage in Earth Index, hundreds of beta users are actively searching. This month we’re out in the world sharing what we’ve done and connecting directly. More here 🔗 bit.ly/4iJ8Ldf

🌏 We have shared global embeddings derived from satellite imagery on Source Cooperative. The preprocessed data allows researchers & developers to accelerate and focus on solutions that benefit Earth. 🔗 medium.com/earthrisemed...

Climate TRACE awarded #Webby for Sustainability & Environment! winners.webbyawards.com/2025/website...

Using Earth Index as an investigation tool, journalist Marta Abba highlights how illegal deforestation continues in Albania’s precious beech forests today. Loggers have refined methods to avoid detection and pushed into more remote areas despite a 2016 moratorium. Detailed report here⬇️

📹 We're pleased to share Dr. Ben Strong's recent talk at the AWS Imagine Conference introducing Earth Index, highlighting environmental impacts, and major goals for the platform. 🔗https://play.vidyard.com/4RPvAB21yttiwMtGqSNGPL?second=874

🔊Every vote counts! There's still time to vote & help us win a #Webbys in the Sustainability & Environment category! Voting is open till Thu (4/17th). vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting...

👏THANK YOU if you've already voted! There's still plenty of time to support our work & get us a #Webby People's Choice Award. 🗳️🗳️ RT + VOTE: vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting...

Building Earth Index as a searchable planet has always been ambitious & we've made sure to use the right tools to make this a reality. We're happy to use VectorChord's PostgreSQL extension to enable environmental action at this scale. ➡️ blog.vectorchord.ai/3-billion-ve...

Vote today and help us win a #Webby Award. Honored to be nominated in the Sustainability & Environment category. 🗳️Vote here: 👉 lnkd.in/gdDR4TGi 🌏 About Climate TRACE: climatetrace.org

😎 We are honored! Our work with the entire @climatetrace.org coalition is nominated for a #WebbyAwards in the Sustainability & Environment category. Show your support and vote before April 17 - every vote counts! 🗳️ vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting...