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What are FxOs, and why should you care? 💡 Learn more about these offshore oil and gas vessels that pose a unique threat to marine and coastal environments in our latest blog post on our work with our partner Global Fishing Watch to expand the global dataset of FxOs: #oilandgas #fossilfuels #offshore #cleantransition #climate #geospatial #gis #satelliteimagery #mapping Christian Thomas

One of our excellent interns, Bimini Horstmann, annotated the Planet imagery that we posted yesterday showing the apparent oil slick off Peru. The visible slick is about 8km long. Its elongated yet continuous appearance suggests the leak was ongoing for some time (hours?) before it was stopped.

An oil spill off the coast of Peru is visible in Planet satellite imagery taken on December 21. According to media reports, an oil tanker identified as Polyaigos was loading crude oil on December 20 from an offshore terminal associated with the Talara refinery operated by Petroperu, and oil was spilled during this operation. Wind was blowing steadily from the south. On Saturday, oil began impacting beaches near Lobitos, 20km to the north. The slick appears as a long, light-colored streak on the Planet imagery. Lobitos is at the top of the image, where the slick curves in toward the shore. The Talara refinery is visible at the bottom of the image, with a large oil tanker anchored just offshore at the loading terminal. Two smaller patches of slick are visible just north of the tanker. News coverage: https://lnkd.in/eqCXkz7N

“The Coral Triangle sits in the middle of one of the worst global hot spots of chronic oil pollution...We hope that by raising the visibility of chronic oil pollution from global shipping that we see happening just about everywhere that we look in the ocean, and the double threat that’s also posed by the expansion of offshore oil and gas production that people who are concerned about protecting habitat and considering biodiversity are going to now start looking at that as another threat that they need to consider in advocating for 30 by 30 globally,” John Amos, CEO SkyTruth Check out this piece in Inside Climate News covering the findings of our latest report on oil and gas activity in the 'Amazon of the ocean': #oilandgas #30x30 #coraltriangle #oceanhealth #climatenews #biodiversity #cop16

At SkyTruth, we’re fortunate to work with incredibly talented interns who bring outstanding technical skills to our team. Alana Lutz has been working with extensive aerial LiDAR data to create detailed, wall-to-wall canopy height maps across the Central Appalachian coal mining region—a region SkyTruth has been monitoring for over a decade, and where we were founded over 20 years ago. This research plays an important role in monitoring vegetation recovery efforts, as our focus in Appalachia shifts from tracking the expansion of mountaintop removal mining to assessing restoration and recovery. Check out Alana’s blog post to learn how she's using LiDAR to map and monitor this transition: https://lnkd.in/gWfv2CA9. And stay tuned for more as we find new ways to leverage LiDAR and LiDAR time series data to monitor mineland recovery.

At SkyTruth, we’re fortunate to work with incredibly talented interns who bring outstanding technical skills to our team. Alana Lutz has been working with extensive aerial LiDAR data to create detailed, wall-to-wall canopy height maps across the Central Appalachian coal mining region—a region SkyTruth has been monitoring for over a decade, and where we were founded over 20 years ago. This research plays an important role in monitoring vegetation recovery efforts, as our focus in Appalachia shifts from tracking the expansion of mountaintop removal mining to assessing restoration and recovery. Check out Alana’s blog post to learn how she's using LiDAR to map and monitor this transition: https://lnkd.in/gWfv2CA9. And stay tuned for more as we find new ways to leverage LiDAR and LiDAR time series data to monitor mineland recovery.

#Sentinel1 C is in orbit 🚀 Vega-C headed towards the stars with Copernicus Earth observer at 18:20 local time ✨ We're excited to have another radar imaging satellite in orbit to boost our ability to detect oil pollution - and the polluters - throughout the ocean with Cerulean. (📸 via the European Space Agency - ESA)

Results of a new experiment show the camera flying on the NASA GOES-16, GOES-18 and the newly launched GOES-19 satellites, is able to pinpoint leaks or venting of methane—a potent greenhouse gas—as often as every seven seconds. This is great news for those looking for additional tools to detect #MethaneEmissions 🛰️ #EarthObservation #RemoteSensing #ClimateTech #TechNews https://lnkd.in/e5FDDvHy

Very proud of the SkyTruth team's contributions, particularly Kelly Franklin and the Cerulean team, to this report shining a light on the risks posed by fossil fuel expansion to the Coral Triangle, one of the ocean's true wonders

Our friends at FracTracker Alliance and Halt the Harm for their 10th annual Community Sentinel Awards Ceremony 🏆 Established in 2015, this award honors individuals who are dedicated to protecting their communities from the harms of fossil fuels. Join online or in-person to learn more about the incredible work of these environmental champions: 🏆 Andrea W Pierce, Idle No More Michigan, Michigan Environmental Justice Coalition, and Michigan Anishinaabek Caucus, Michigan 🏆 NaTisha C Washington, Washington's Green Solutions, Just By Nature, and Breathe Project, Pennsylvania 🏆 Roishetta Ozane, The Vessel Project of Louisiana and Gulf Fossil Finance Hub, Louisiana 🏆 Patricia J Popple, Frac Sand Sentinel, Wisconsin 🏆 Quinn Eide, Fossil Free California, California These individuals are leaders in their communities, working tirelessly for a more sustainable, healthier future. RSVP to tomorrow's ceremony (online and in-person spots available): Fractracker.org/sentinels