September 6 🛰 (SkySat Imagery via SkyTruth Alerts) Multiple fires still burn on the #SOUNION Swift action must be taken to tow the damaged tanker or remove its tons of crude oil cargo to avoid a potentially massive #OilSpill that would likely impact the coastlines of Yemen and Eritrea. #RedSea #Yemen #Eritrea #OilPollution #OceanConservation
SkyTruth
Non-profit Organizations
Shepherdstown, West Virginia 2,956 followers
Sharing the view from space to promote conservation for people and the planet
About us
SkyTruth is a conservation technology nonprofit that inspires people to protect the planet by using satellite imagery, big data, and the latest technological innovations to reveal environmentally damaging actions and make their impacts visible and measurable. SkyTruth gives away all of our data and analysis for free, so that conservationists, policymakers, journalists, researchers, and activists can hold polluters accountable for harmful activities that would otherwise remain hidden from view. Over the past two decades, SkyTruth has transformed environmental protection with satellite imagery and analysis. With our partners Google and Oceana, we launched Global Fishing Watch to track vessel activity at sea, and we were the first to demonstrate that the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill was vastly larger than the federal government and BP claimed. Today, with new technologies like machine learning and cloud computing, we are teaching computers to scan thousands of images available every day to automatically detect those changes around the globe. This will make it harder than ever for polluters, poachers, and extractive industries to get away with harming the planet. And it will create opportunities for governments and forward-thinking businesses to improve their environmental performance.
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https://skytruth.org
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- 11-50 employees
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- Shepherdstown, West Virginia
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Captured today via SkyTruth Alerts - the #SOUNION appears to still be burning, but no notable oil slick is visible in the water. Many are following the fate of this vessel closely, as the 150,000 tons of crude oil aboard presents a serious environmental challenge for the region. #OilSpill #Houthis #Yemen #RedSea #Biodiversity #CrudeOil #OilPollution #OceanConservation #ShippingIndustry
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Do you work on environmental issues related to oil and gas at sea? Help shape open source data tools related to floating offshore oil & gas infrastructure by filling out our 2-minute survey: tinyurl.com/FxOdata Deadline: 9/10/24 #OffshoreOil #OilAndGas #FPSO #FossilFuels #Climate #COP16 #WaterSecurity #ClimateDefenders #GIS 📸 : K. Krallis via Wikimedia Commons
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A big thank you to Wim Zwijnenburg and Bellingcat for creating this excellent guide for folks looking to use open source tools — like Cerulean — to detect and monitor oil spills. Explore the platform today: https://lnkd.in/gWrwCpCT #OilPollution #ChronicOilPollution #OceanConservation #Climate #ClimateAction #GeospatialData #GIS #SatelliteImagery
In our latest guide, Bellingcat contributor Wim Zwijnenburg explains how to use open source tools to detect and monitor oil spills. In the guide we walk you through identifying oil slicks in satellite imagery, highlighting the different colours and shapes you can expect to see from above. We also introduce some helpful software and tools that can help you visualise the slicks. https://lnkd.in/eFEiFbR5 #Bellingcat #OpenSource #OilSpills #SatelliteImagery #OpenSourceTools #EnvironmentalMonitoring #EnvironmentalTech #RemoteSensing #GeospatialAnalysis #OilDetection
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New Planet satellite imagery available of potential oil spill: SkyTruth analysts are following a developing story surrounding a Greek oil tanker, SOUNION, which was severely damaged by a Houthi missile strike in the Red Sea on August 23rd. The vessel, which was in transit from Iraq to Greece with one million barrels of oil, now sits at anchor 145 km west of Al Hudayah, Yemen. While the imagery appears to show either a small oil sheen or smoke emanating from its stern, there is not yet evidence of a catastrophic spill. #OilSpill #Houthis #Yemen #RedSea #Biodiversity #CrudeOil #OilPollution #OceanConservation #ShippingIndustry
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Our partners at Marine Conservation Institute have highlighted a concerning disparity between reported and effective marine protected areas (MPAs). You can delve further into this data via our 30x30 Progress Tracker: https://lnkd.in/eR6z95Tr #30x30 #ClimateAction #Climate #OceanConservation #MPAtlas #MPAs #Biodiversity
Not all Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) offer the same level of protection, and the recently published report from Marine Conservation Institute "Ocean protection quality is lagging behind quantity," supported by #PewBertarelliOceanLegacy, highlights the need for effective MPA design, management, and enforcement. The report reveals key findings on the current state of MPAs and emphasizes that meaningful conservation benefits come from well-designed and implemented protections. Achieving the 30x30 target is possible, but countries must prioritize both quality and quantity in their Ocean conservation efforts. Discover the full report: https://lnkd.in/gcFHAMtv Dona Bertarelli The Pew Charitable Trusts Global Fishing Watch IUCN #MPAGuide #MPAtlas #30x30 #MPAs #oceanconservation #marineprotection #ocean #healthyOcean #nature #biodiversity
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SkyTruth reposted this
📢 Groundbreaking new data reveals that U.S. oil and gas fields emit over 4 times more methane than estimated by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). MethaneAIR's comprehensive aerial measurements indicate a staggering 7.5 million metric tons of methane per year. That’s enough wasted gas to meet the annual energy needs of over half of U.S. homes. These findings underscore the need for accurate, measurement-based data to effectively manage and mitigate methane emissions and give a preview of what MethaneSAT will soon be able to see. 🔍 Read more: https://lnkd.in/dwq7xWmq
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Did you know that generally, only emitters of over 25,000 metric tons of CO2 have to report to the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the United States? Our Systems Administrator Johnna Armstrong took a look into SkyTruth's footprint to help us establish a baseline of how our nonprofit can better measure its carbon footprint, and fair warning: it's more complicated than you think. Read the full blog: https://lnkd.in/eMHmwRyk Receive blogs directly to your inbox: https://lnkd.in/eDMjdbS7 #CarbonFootprint #Nonprofit #Climate #GHGProtocol #CarbonEmissions #CarbonNeutral #ClimateReadiness
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Great video explainer from Geoawesome highlighting Cerulean, our free, open source oil slick detection platform #ConservationTech #Technology #ClimateTech #Climate #ChronicOilPollution #GIS #GISmapping #OceanConservation
🌊 Did you know that bilge dumping is a hidden threat to marine ecosystems?🌊 Fortunately, SkyTruth is using satellite tech to expose the suspects. How can we support these efforts? Read more: https://lnkd.in/dhDmkJC4 #Geospatial #Marine #Conservation #Sustainability Sources: https://lnkd.in/duCJf6YD https://lnkd.in/dt-kcjWZ https://lnkd.in/dZbsQHr4 https://lnkd.in/gWrwCpCT https://lnkd.in/ewx3uXaQ https://lnkd.in/d-PHuqjh
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"On April 26, the Diamond Gas Rose docked at the Cameron LNG terminal, one of the newer terminals in the area. While loading liquified natural gas (LNG) two days later, methane started leaking from a vent aboard the ship, eventually forming a mile-long plume over the ship, terminal, and the surrounding marsh, according to a National Response Centre (NRC) report collected by SkyTruth Alerts. The Global Airborne Observatory (GAO), a monitoring plane studying methane in the Gulf of Mexico, detected the plume that afternoon and estimated that at least 2783 kilograms of methane were released every hour by this source, making it one of the larger emission events detected by GAO that year." SkyTruth intern Abhinav K. researched the challenges of monitoring methane emissions from offshore gas production and transportation for his latest piece on our blog, and what he found was alarming — although LNG is largely being represented as vital to the "clean transition" away from fossil fuels, new data on methane emissions captured by our SkyTruth Alerts platform calls into question the actual sustainability of this energy source. Read the full blog here: https://bit.ly/3X8MAFz Receive blogs directly to your inbox: https://lnkd.in/eDMjdbS7 #Methane #CleanTransition #FossilFuels #OilAndGas #LNG #LiquifiedNaturalGas #Climate #GHG #Emissions Picture credit: Carleton Luisa via Wikimedia Commons
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