We continue to grapple with AI and the Earth. How does AI understand the patterns of the planet? What knowledge is it missing? Some signals in this month’s bulletin. 🔗 ➡️ bit.ly/4wu2ABr Sign up for our bulletin bit.ly/3RNolgv

Join us and @pulitzercenter.org on Wed 6/24 to see Earth Index Deep Search in action, learn from a journalist's published investigation, and explore the tool directly. Grab your seat now: bit.ly/3Qnjn9C

Global Plastic Watch is driving impact in peer-reviewed science. A new study used GPW's satellite-derived open dump site data across Indonesia to measure how China's 2018 plastic waste import ban affected air quality. Open data and open research is the way to go! 🔗 bit.ly/43oDtDm

A spatiotemporal, quasi-experimental causal inference approach to characterize the effects of global plastic waste export and burning on air quality using remotely sensed data

Abstract. Open burning of plastic waste may pose a significant threat to global health by degrading air quality, but quantitative research on this problem—

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Today we are releasing Earth Index Deep Search, a new powerful search mode for identifying environmental trends in satellite imagery across the entire globe. bit.ly/4elvLQn

Launching Earth Index Deep Search for comprehensive planetary data

You can now train lightweight classifier models directly on the web

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Indicator's @craigsilverman.bsky.social sat down with Ed Boyda for a step-by-step guide on getting started with Earth Index. bit.ly/4ttLh0X

Earth Index: A step-by-step guide to searching satellite imagery with AI

How to set up a project, label samples, and search for matching structures and landscape features across the planet.

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Earth Index is now open to everyone! 🌍🛰️🎉 No waitlist. Just head to app.earthindex.ai and start searching the Earth, right now. ↪️ Here's what we're launching today: bit.ly/4cSWRg4

🗺️ What a day! An epic 7+ hour #AfricaMiningWatch mapathon with 30+ mappers. The energy in the room was electric! Huge thank you to every participant and our partners @code4africa.bsky.social and @pulitzercenter.org . Stay tuned for more! ➡ lnkd.in/dEXfH4qp Image:Kuang Keng Kuek Ser

🇬🇧Join us next Tuesday at #SkollWorldForum2026. We'll be exploring #AI #data & effective environmental decision making alongside our friends at #fika More here: luma.com/bf5towg1?tk=...

🌱 Climate & Environmental Data Day is happening on 4/21 during #DCClimateWeek (4/20-26). We'll be sharing our work during the "Building Resilient Data Systems Beyond Federal Government" panel. Join us! ↪️ More here: luma.com/kk4w2ljr

🌿 🔬 How are environmental organizations incorporating large language models (LLMs) into their work ❓ We're excited to share insights from Earth Index with partners at the #TorontoClimateObservatory. Check it out and share your feedback 👇 medium.com/@toronto_236...

Climate TRACE & @earthgenome.org are nominated for The Webby Awards for ‘Best Data Visualisation’ for our air pollution plumes tool, which shows how PM2.5 pollution impacts billions of people. Check out the tool and submit your votes by April 16: vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting

🏆 We're nominated for a #WebbyAward! @climatetrace.org 's Air pollution platform is up for "Best Data Visualization." This tool was built to make complex, critical air quality data accessible to the public. Now we need YOUR vote! 👉 Vote here: bit.ly/4c7dx2M

🙌 We're beyond thrilled to share the launch of Africa Mining Watch with @pulitzercenter.org and @code4africa.bsky.social. This new approach expands upon our work using Earth Index to identify illegal mining in Africa. Stay tuned for more updates! More here ➡️ africaminingwatch.org

✨ Our March bulletin is out! 🔗 Check it out: bit.ly/4c5qpqj

⚙️ We recently shared the launch of RechargeIQ, a potential solution to the water crisis. Check out the full technical backstory here 👉 bit.ly/4tosXqE

We're proud to announce the Seagrass Mapping Blueprint, a new collaboration with @nature.org and @fiu.bsky.social. Together, we're developing transparent, high-quality methods to map seagrass meadows worldwide using satellite imagery, field observations, and expert insights. nature.ly/4rZhzjS

🫧 Water systems everywhere are in crisis causing record floods and depleting groundwater reserves. One potential solution: RechargeIQ, a new tool that identifies the best locations across the U.S. to capture excess floodwater and store it underground. ➕ More here: lnkd.in/eUkakKa7

New monthly emissions data from Climate TRACE are out for January 2026, showing a monthly total of 5.3 Bt CO2e, a 0.3% increase vs. January 2025.

Proud to see our partners (Vasit Sagan, Derek Tesser) in tracking cattle emissions at #RemoteSensingLab at Saint Louis University featured in this @climatetrace.org interview and have Earth Index identified as a key part of the work. 👏

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We sat down with Vasit Sagan, PhD and Derek S. Tesser, PhD from the Remote Sensing Lab at Saint Louis University to discuss how their research is powering Climate TRACE’s cattle emissions inventory. climatetrace.org/news/saint-l...

This marks the launch of the inaugural Amazon Mining Watch Panorama report and we're proud to be a founding partner alongside #amazonconservation and the @pulitzercenter.org Our team used AI and satellite data to track illegal activities in the region.

🐄 🐮 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...

Cows going global – reflections on a year mapping manure around the world

Of late, I have been appreciating how big the world is. We have been slicing its land surface into squares, hundreds of millions of them, and inquiring into each as to whether it boasts any notable co...

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🗞️ ✨ 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...

2025 Google.org Accelerator: GenAI Demo Day

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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...

Modelling the productivity of opportunity crops across Africa under climate change in support of the Vision for Adapted Crops and Soils - Nature Plants

African opportunity crops show varied climate resilience, with several projected to outperform staples. Roots and tubers are especially resilient, while legumes and vegetables face declines, particula...

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