SWOT captured 65-ft waves during Storm Eddie, the tallest ever measured from orbit. These waves traveled 15,000 miles, carrying the storm’s power across entire oceans. #SWOT #EarthObservation #RemoteSensing #ClimateScience www.space.com/space-explor...

The World Bank just released updated high-resolution official boundaries (Admin 0–2) across GeoJSON, Shapefile & GeoPackage. Includes NDLSA areas, ocean masks, and full data dictionary + attribute tables. #GIS #RemoteSensing #Geospatial datacatalog.worldbank.org/search/datas...

Burnscar Detection Pipeline: NASA FIRMS + Sentinel-2 + Google Earth Engine + SQLMesh + DuckDB = open-source system to spot suspicious burn scars & potential arson events. #OSINT #RemoteSensing #FIRMS Library: github.com/Centre-for-I... Writeup: bigdatarepublic.nl/articles/det...

So I just implemented a major update to the news clustering algorithm on newsmap.org. If anyone is interested, I am also currently supporting a number of new languages.

Wildfire modeling just got faster. PROPAGATOR uses stochastic cellular automata + rate-of-spread physics to simulate fire behavior in minutes — helping emergency teams make real-time decisions. #GIS #EmergencyManagement #RemoteSensing www.mdpi.com/2571-6255/3/...

My cat's litter box is connected to the Internet. Surely this is a sign of the end of days.

This looks interesting — Lonboard 0.13 just dropped and now supports H3, S2, Geohash, and even A5 layers. Lots of new ways to explore geospatial grids in Python. #GIS #GeoPython #Lonboard - github.com/developments...

SAR satellites don’t need daylight — they image Earth day, night, rain, or clouds. Different radar bands (P, L, S, C, X, Ku, K, Ka) reveal everything from subsurface rivers to cars in a parking lot. Wild tech. #SAR #RemoteSensing #EarthObservation #Radar #Geospatial - www.youtube.com/watch?v=TT6c...

Analysis finds China's CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months due to increased solar & wind power. Sector emissions remained flat despite rising electricity demand. #ClimateChange #News

Tired of hunting down shapefiles? The new wkls Python library gives you instant access to 625K global administrative boundaries with clean, chainable syntax — no downloading, no parsing. Just wkls.us.nyc.cityofnewyork.wkt() #GIS #Python #GeoSpatial #Wherobots - github.com/wherobots/wk...

With a $600 satellite dish and open-source software, UCSD & UMD researchers intercepted cleartext IP traffic from 50% of GEO satellite links — voice calls, grid data, in-flight WiFi, retail systems, even military assets. - satcom.sysnet.ucsd.edu/docs/dontloo...

If you’ve ever wondered where endless scam calls come from… SIM farms. USSS just shut a few down. That’s good news. But no, they weren’t going to knock out every phone in New York. - www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBZj...

My advisors and I finally submitted our next paper! #PhDChat

Orbio Earth just open-sourced their full methane detection pipeline—models, tools, synthetic-plume engine & validation notebooks—for Sentinel-2, Landsat 8/9, and EMIT. #Methane #ClimateTech #OpenSource - orbio-earth.github.io/Project-Euca...

How do we track water flowing through rivers from space? This major review says: 1–3 day revisit. Resolution down to 30–100 m widths. Must include width, slope, & velocity. Flood forecasting + water management depend on it. #EarthObservation #RemoteSensing #WaterResources doi.org/10.1029/2024...

The Trump administration is pushing NASA to kill two critical climate satellites. The Orbiting Carbon Observatories track CO₂ globally — data vital to scientists, farmers, and even oil companies. Cost? Just $15M/year. #ClimateScience #EarthObservation futurism.com/white-house-...

"At the current rate of horrible fiery deaths, FuelArc projects the Cybertruck will have 14.52 fatalities per 100,000 units — far eclipsing the Pinto's 0.85. " - futurism.com/the-byte/cyb...

Want to overlay a heatmap on a real map using Python? This guide walks through visualizing EF3–EF5 tornado trends across the U.S. with NOAA data, grid-based bins, and Matplotlib. Bonus: how to include tornado endpoints too! #geospatial #Python towardsdatascience.com/how-to-overl...

Just launched: SMAP salinity data V5.0 + V5.3 with ice/ocean flags — available now via NASA’s SNWG Earthdata Portal. Track salinity near the sea ice edge like never before. #SeaSurfaceSalinity #NASAData www.earthdata.nasa.gov/news/sea-sur...

A record-breaking heatwave is sweeping across southern Europe and North Africa. Copernicus Sentinel-3 reveals land surface temps far above normal – and the Mediterranean Sea isn't spared either. #ClimateCrisis #EarthObservation www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...

NASA’s PACE satellite just dropped a year of stunning hyperspectral data—mapping chlorophyll, carotenoids & anthocyanins globally, every 1–2 days. It's the first time we’re seeing land plants in full spectral color from space. #RemoteSensing #EarthObservation - svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5548/

It appears that MethaneSAT is gone. Launched in March 2024 to track powerful methane leaks, the Bezos-backed satellite veered off course over Norway and lost power. #MethaneLeaks #ClimateChange #MethaneSAT www.reuters.com/business/ene...

Microsoft just launched Planetary Computer Pro (Public Preview) — a cloud-native geospatial platform built for AI, ML, and massive-scale analysis. 50PB+ of data, now enterprise-ready via Azure. #Geospatial #AI techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/iotblog...

A great read on automating your ML workflow in just 10 lines of Python. With LazyPredict + pycaret, you can test over 20 models instantly and compare their performance. #MachineLearning #Python #AutoML towardsdatascience.com/how-i-automa...

This is even worse - Brian Wilson just passed away. The Beach Boys are probably my all-time favorite band, and Brian Wilson was an absolute treasure. www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvNX...

So sad to hear of Sly Stone's passing. Absolutely loved him and the Family Stone. www.youtube.com/watch?v=WG_x...

ChatGPT just released Codex. You can connect to a GitHub repository, and it will explain the codebase to newcomers, suggest codebase improvements, and identify and fix critical bugs. Then do a pull/merge request! Kind of awesome. chatgpt.com/codex/ #vibecoding #chatgpt #codex

Satellite images show Mount Etna's major eruption on June 2nd, 2025, releasing a large plume of sulfur dioxide & ash. ESA's Sentinel-5P & Sentinel-2 missions captured the event. #MountEtna #News

NASA’s “Power of 10” for safety-critical code is awesome. No recursion. No dynamic memory after init. No function > 60 lines. Every return value is checked. Brutal but beautiful. Great video review. #CleanCode www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWKa...

Is America facing a literacy crisis? Not exactly. But 40% of 4th graders can't read at a basic level. And 28% of adults are functionally illiterate. The real problem? It's been bad for a long time—and it's getting worse. But Mississippi shows it's fixable. #reading www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvCT...

Trump admin. revoked Harvard's ability to enroll international students, impacting nearly 6,800 students. The action follows accusations of harboring anti-American agitators & CCP ties. Harvard disputes claims. #HigherEducation #News

Flannery O’Connor’s once-hidden artworks are on view at her Georgia farm, offering new insight into her creative process. #FlanneryOConnor #ArtExhibition www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/s...

Based on the article I came across yesterday, I put this together. It's an 'LLM-Assisted Project Development Template'. I am unsure if it works entirely, but I will test it out. Not sure if anyone else is playing with this type of development. github.com/Eric-Ness/my...

I really like this tutorial – defining .cursor/rules as your AI’s “operating manual” keeps context consistent and cuts down on misfires. #AICoding #PairProgramming - www.aitidbits.ai/p/sahar-ai-c...

Check out creative ways to export your maps from QGIS to Illustrator — then bring them to life with animations in Premiere! #QGIS #Illustrator #PremierePro #MapDesign - www.chiaraphillips.com/post/make-th...

NOAA retired its billion-dollar weather disaster database, ending public tracking of extreme weather costs since 1980. The database will be archived but not updated. #ClimateChange #News

ESA’s new Biomass Dataset v6 delivers the longest-ever satellite-based record of above‑ground forest carbon (2007–2022), mapping trunks & branches at 100 m–50 km resolution. A game‑changer for climate & carbon modelling! #ForestBiomass #ClimateAction www.esa.int/Applications...

Over 90 technician vacancies threaten Doppler radar & surface station upkeep, risking prolonged outages when storms hit. Since Trump’s second term began, @noaa.gov has lost 550+ employees—the same number lost in the previous 15 years combined. #Meteorology - edition.cnn.com/2025/05/02/w...

So I have been busy working on this as of late. It's been a lot of fun.

I like Mark Litwintschik's write-up/review of 'GeoDeep's AI Detection on Maxar's Satellite Imagery'. GeoDeep is a Python package that can detect objects in satellite imagery. In the walk, he detects cars, trees, buildings, roads, and planes. #AI #EO #remotesensing tech.marksblogg.com/geodeep-maxa...

A stark east-west split in 2024: Spain through northern Fennoscandia recorded record-wet conditions, while eastern Ukraine and parts of southwestern Russia endured their driest year since 1979. #WeatherExtremes climate.copernicus.eu/esotc/2024/p...

This is one of the better write-ups on @esaearth.esa.int #EarthCARE satellite data, which captures clouds, aerosols, and radiation. Early results show better forecasts and insights into storm dynamics, snowfall speeds, and global cloud behavior. #ESA #EO www.ecmwf.int/en/newslette...

This video on using LLMs discusses many important points, such as the fact that creativity isn't about the first idea, that inspiration is a discipline, and that AI should be treated as a teammate. #AI #LLM #Creativity www.youtube.com/watch?v=wv77...

From 0.06°C to 0.27°C per decade 🌡️ — Sea-surface warming has accelerated dramatically since the 1980s, says a new ESA-backed study. Greenhouse gases are driving the trend. #ClimateChange - www.esa.int/Applications...

Every once in a while, I like to revisit this video. About four years ago, I decided I wanted to read more books. It's like the pep talk you didn't know you needed. #Read #Books www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIW5...

Using satellite data from ESA’s Sentinel-1A & Sentinel-2B/C + NASA JPL’s ARIA, scientists mapped >3 m horizontal land shifts along Myanmar’s Sagaing Fault during the Mar 28, 2025 quakes. #RemoteSensing #Earthquake - earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/15415...

Ryan Holiday’s Naval Academy lecture was canceled after he refused to omit mention of 381 removed books—including Maya Angelou’s—from the Nimitz library, revealing how fear of reprisal stifles academic freedom. #AcademicFreedom - www.nytimes.com/2025/04/19/o...

@astrokimcartier.bsky.social reported that NOAA is set to decommission 14 earthquake, marine & coastal datasets by mid-May. Data’s not being merged—it’s disappearing. Scientists urge you to download now before it’s gone! #OpenData #Science eos.org/research-and...

This looks like a cool and quick tutorial on training a model for detecting solar panels using aerial imagery and GeoAI. Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Omk... Code: geoai.gishub.org/examples/tra...

Later this month, ESA will launch Biomass, a radar-equipped satellite that can see through rainforest canopies to weigh carbon stored in the world’s remotest forests. #RemoteSensing #Biomass #CarbonMapping www.theguardian.com/science/2025...