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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.

Edward Boyda
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Feb 27, 2026

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.

Hutch Ingold
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Jul 21, 2025

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?

Cameron Kruse
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Jun 19, 2025

Embeddings for all

Earth observation foundation model embeddings released in the commons

Hutch Ingold
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Apr 23, 2025

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.

Ben Strong
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Mar 26, 2025

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.

Hutch Ingold
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Mar 11, 2025

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.

Bradley Andrick
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Feb 24, 2025

On being accountable to journalists

One of the animating goals of Earth Genome is to make direct interventions with environmental data in the world.

Edward Boyda
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Jan 27, 2025

Reflections from Expanding User Access to AI Earth Monitoring

The world of climate AI is fast-moving — and can feel overwhelmingly so.

Ryan Gajarawala
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Jan 22, 2025

Collaboration for a sustainable water future

Sustainable Conservation recently produced a short video bringing to life the results to date of our partnership in supporting groundwater recharge.

Steve McCormick
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Dec 17, 2024