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Earth Genome @earthgenome.org · 23h

🎊 We’re delighted to welcome Noelia to our team as the new Head of Tech Partnerships!

Noelia brings extensive experience connecting technology, climate, and biodiversity solutions. Welcome aboard!

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Earth Genome @earthgenome.org · 9d

Ben and Mikel joined the convergence on NYC for Climate Week. With the systems we’ve relied on slipping through our fingers, it’s time to get incredibly creative and build something new.

↪️ More in our September bulletin: t.co/ntYoLImbFn

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Earth Genome @earthgenome.org · 22d

🪐 We believe that foundational planetary data should be open and accessible to all. Thanks to @source.coop Cooperative, we’re able to share our datasets with the broader open data community.

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Earth Genome | Source Cooperative Documentation

Earth Genome Datasets on Source

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Earth Genome @earthgenome.org · Sep 8

A big thank you to #taylorgeospatialinstitute for making this partnership possible with @stanforduniversity.bsky.social 's DECO team!

Earth Genome @earthgenome.org · Sep 8

Our AI powered tool, Earth Index, is already being used to understand how different land uses predict dengue risks in rural Costa Rica.

🔗http://bit.ly/4n5nulu

Breaking Barriers in Habitat Mapping for Disease Ecology with Accessible AI Foundation Models and Satellite Data

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Earth Genome @earthgenome.org · Sep 2

👏 Congratulations to partners @mongabaylatam.bsky.social and @pulitzercenter.org ! Our data investigative series is a finalist for the Online News Association "Excellence in AI Innovation, Medium Newsroom" award.

🔗 news.mongabay.com/2024/12/high...

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Earth Genome @earthgenome.org · Aug 29

🗞️ Right now, intense work is underway. Assembling massive datasets, deriving insights, and creating tools in the most accessible and engaging ways.

➡️ More in our August bulletin: 🔗 bit.ly/4oZPjgC

August 2025 Bulletin

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Earth Genome @earthgenome.org · Aug 20

👋 Please join us in welcoming Andrew Milligan to the team! 🎊

Andrew brings a unique combination of technical skill and narrative insight, honed through his work as both a software developer and journalist in major global newsrooms like POLITICO and The Associated Press. Welcome aboard!

Earth Genome @earthgenome.org · Aug 13

💧California’s Merced River Watershed is turning flood risk into water resilience. Using tools like GRAT + strategies like Flood-MAR, a new study shows how smart planning can boost groundwater, reduce flood risk & support farms + ecosystems.
@susconca.bsky.social

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Earth Genome @earthgenome.org · Jul 22

🇬🇧 💡 We're sharing our team's recap of the Google Gen-AI Accelerator kick-off in London. Here's how the week served to reframe and reset our expectations along with some thoughts on Generative AI and next steps.

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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. In the true spirit of…

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Earth Genome @earthgenome.org · Jun 20

In an era of climate change and geopolitical tensions, understanding our food system has never been more critical.

The Global Food Twin helps decision makers assess how to strengthen the networks that keep us fed and healthy 🌱

🔗 foodtwin.theplotline.org

Earth Genome @earthgenome.org · Jun 11

Many thanks to #TerraWatchSpace for sharing the stage with us at #EOSummit. Here's Brad's lightning talk here for those who may have missed it-drop us a note to learn more!

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#eosummit | Earth Genome

Thanks TerraWatch Space Aravind Ravichandran for sharing the stage with us at #EOSummit. It was a wonderful opportunity to learn and engage with so many in the earth observation world. We're shari...

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Earth Genome @earthgenome.org · Jun 9

Honored to be one of just 20 organizations worldwide chosen to receive funding, technical training, and dedicated expertise from #google.org experts to build gen AI-powered solutions. #AcceleratedWithGoogle

Announcement 🔗 goo.gle/3TeKDog

Earth Genome @earthgenome.org · Jun 6

An excellent primer on & vision for Earth data vector embeddings. We were invited to contribute ideas and feedback, and appreciate the chance to collaborate on open knowledge.

Element 84 @element84.com · Jun 4

We just published a white paper!

In it, we cover how EO data providers (ex. NASA) can dramatically improve access to their data by creating a centralized vector embeddings catalog.

Find the full white paper linked in this blog:
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Why We’re Talking About a Centralized Vector Embeddings Catalog Now • Element 84

We discuss our detailed white paper in which we make the case for how Earth Observation (EO) data providers such as NASA can dramatically improve access to their data by creating a centralized vector ...

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Earth Genome @earthgenome.org · Jun 3

See you next week at the EO Summit (June 10th & 11th) by
#TerraWatchSpace in NYC! Brad will be sharing the latest on our work during the ⚡️Lightning Talks⚡️ session (4:20-5pm) on Day 1. Come say hello!

Earth Genome @earthgenome.org · May 20

We argue that purpose-driven digital applications can unlock the potential of foundation models for environmental decision making. User-friendly digital applications like Earth Index are making powerful AI accessible to non-experts. This is the future of ecosystem technologies!

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Earth Genome @earthgenome.org · May 20

✍ Our team’s research article on the transformative potential of remote sensing foundation models in environmental monitoring was published today in the Frontiers journal.

Read the full article here: www.frontiersin.org/journals/cli...

Frontiers | Digital applications unlock remote sensing AI foundation models for scalable environmental monitoring

Remote sensing AI foundation models, which are large, pre-trained models adaptable to various tasks, dramatically reduce the resources required to perform en...

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Global Investigative Journalism Network @gijn.org · May 12

Los Vuelos de la Muerte / Death Flights

@mongabaylatam.bsky.social uncovered a network of drug trafficking airstrips in 3 Amazonian regions of Peru & used @earthgenome.org's AI search tool to find deforestation patterns consistent with airstrips already identified.

https://twp.ai/9PStoZ

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Earth Genome @earthgenome.org · May 7

Our AI tool #AmazonMiningWatch offers powerful insights into the latest environmental changes happening in the vast Amazon region. Our partners at @pulitzercenter.bsky.social share how journalists can use the platform in their investigations.👇

🔗https://bit.ly/3SdN629

How Journalists Can Use Amazon Mining Watch To Find Leads

Amazon Mining Watch (AMW), built in alliance with Earth Genome and Amazon Conservation, is a powerful tool to monitor and report on gold mining and its impact on the Amazon rainforest. Powered by...

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Earth Genome @earthgenome.org · May 6

Thanks to partners @pulitzercenter.bsky.social
#AmazonConservation #RainforestInvestigationsNetwork for bringing these important insights to the public so stakeholders can better respond to changing conditions in the region.

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MAAP #226: AI to detect Amazon gold mining deforestation - 2024 update - MAAP

As gold prices continue to increase, small-scale gold mining activity also continues to be one of the major deforestation drivers across the Amazon. It often targets remote areas, thus impacting carb...

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Earth Genome @earthgenome.org · May 6

The cumulative mining deforestation footprint in the Amazon was over 2 million hectares (est. 5 mill acres) - an increase of over 50% in the past six years.

This is one of several findings in the latest MAAP report by Amazon Conservation using 2024 data from #AmazonMiningWatch

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Earth Genome @earthgenome.org · May 1

🌳 Our data reporting on Albania's disappearing forests was included in @ftm.eu weekly roundup of "the best hard-hitting investigative journalism from across Europe.

"https://www.ftm.eu/newsletters/europe-uncovered-7

Europe Uncovered #7

Follow the Money - Platform for investigative journalism

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Earth Genome @earthgenome.org · May 1

🌳 Our data reporting on Albania's disappearing forests was included in #followthemoney roundup of "the best hard-hitting investigative journalism from across Europe."

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Europe Uncovered #7

Follow the Money - Platform for investigative journalism

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Earth Genome @earthgenome.org · May 1

💫Thanks for the conversation!

Climate TRACE @climatetrace.org · May 1

In our latest Conversations with the Coalition, we interview Mikel Maron of member organization @earthgenome.org about the Climate TRACE award-winning UI.
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Earth Genome’s Mikel Maron on the importance of UX in communicating emissions data - Climate TRACE

As part of an ongoing Climate TRACE series, we are interviewing individual coalition members about their work. We recently talked with Mikel Maron, Product Lead of Earth Genome, which leads the Climat...

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Earth Genome @earthgenome.org · Apr 30

🎯 Our April bulletin is here: After releasing worldwide coverage in Earth Index, hundreds of beta users are actively searching. This month we’re out in the world sharing what we’ve done and connecting directly.

More here 🔗 bit.ly/4iJ8Ldf