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 concentration of cows. We’ve hit on a few surprises.
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Quick tech note: Adapting AlphaEarth embeddings to new workflows
As remote sensing foundation model embeddings become more mainstream, we’re entering interesting new territory where there is increasing attention paid to not just how to create embeddings but also how to use them.
How We Built Climate TRACE’s Animated Plume Layer
I’ve always believed the best visualizations are simple, tangible, and evoke emotion.
Building Climate Resilience in California’s Central Valley: How Watershed Modeling has Recharged Planning
The San Joaquin Valley sits at the crossroads of California’s water challenges.
Earth Index kicks off the GenAI Accelerator with Google in London
A few weeks ago we announced that Earth Genome had been selected for the Google GenAI Accelerator run by Google.org.
Global Food Twin: Modeling the World’s Food System
Imagine drought conditions take out 40% of the grain that is grown in West Bengal; where in the world can we expect to see food insecurity?
Embeddings for all
Earth observation foundation model embeddings released in the commons
The entire planet is now searchable with Earth Index. What do you want to find?
You can now use AI to search the entire planet using Earth Index, unlocking critical environmental intelligence.
Earth Index Imagery V2
Today we’re excited to release the second version of our Sentinel 2 yearly composites with many major improvements in quality.
Structuring and visualizing policy for a clean energy future
Attention is now focused on U.S. states as they continue making progress on developing their clean energy economies.
