Advancing our understanding of earth observation

Communities design two new marine protected areas off Tanzania's Pemba Island

Fishing communities co-designed two new marine protected areas off Tanzania's Pemba Island.

Rising seas are erasing a Nigerian wetland that migratory birds depend on

A community-led monitoring project tracks migratory birds as rising seas erode a vital Nigerian wetland.

Greenland's ice sheet logs its 30th straight year of net loss

Greenland's ice sheet loses mass for a 30th straight year, this time without an extreme melt.

Machine learning maps crops field by field from daily satellite imagery

Daily satellite imagery plus machine learning identifies ten crop types at field level, sharper than national maps.

Protected areas still fall short of 30 by 30 as COP17 opens in Yerevan

Protected areas cover 18.7% of land and 10% of ocean, far short of 30 by 30.

Brazil re-elects Lula, securing the satellite monitoring behind the Amazon's record-low deforestation

Lula's re-election keeps Brazil's satellite monitoring and enforcement regime intact, protecting the Amazon's record-low deforestation.

Verra approves first credits under its rice and food-waste methodologies

Verra issues its first credits under rice and food-waste methodologies, widening the carbon market beyond forestry.