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Planet satellite image of the Macucuaú River, Roraima in February 2023 (left) and February 2024 (right). Courtesy of Planet.

Fires surge in the Amazon, but deforestation continues to fall

Mongabay.com 17 Mar 2024
A school of snappers under a pier

AI and satellite data map true scale of untracked fishing and ocean industry

Elizabeth Fitt 10 Jan 2024
Rainforest in Sulawesi. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler

2024 outlook for rainforests

Rhett Ayers Butler 3 Jan 2024
Planet satellite images of the confluence of the Rio Negro and Rio Jufari near the border of the states of Amazonas and Roraima in Brazil taken in October 2023, revealing sandbars and exposed riverbed during the severe drought that affected large parts of the Amazon rainforest. Photo courtesy of Planet Labs.

The year in rainforests: 2023

Rhett Ayers Butler 29 Dec 2023

In Laos, forest loss and carbon emissions escalate as agriculture intensifies

Carolyn Cowan 12 Dec 2023

Deforestation falls for 8th straight month in the Amazon rainforest, but rises in the cerrado

Mongabay.com 8 Dec 2023
Planet satellite image of the Anavilhanas Archipelago in the Rio Negro in Brazil in October 2023 during a severe drought. Courtesy of Planet.

Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon falls 22% in 2023

Rhett Ayers Butler 11 Nov 2023
A biodiversity index created by Bioverse using machine learning to detect species and then spatially categorize them. Image courtesy of Bioverse.

Can digital twins help save the Amazon? (commentary)

Carlo Ratti, Robert Muggah 2 Nov 2023
Andean cock of the rock bird in Manu. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Sound recordings and AI tell us if forests are recovering, new study from Ecuador shows

Liz Kimbrough 23 Oct 2023

Indonesia’s besieged Tesso Nilo National Park hit hard by yet more deforestation, satellites show

Morgan Erickson-Davis 19 Oct 2023
The platforms can carry environmental sensors and could be useful tools to disperse sensors in far-flung areas.

Origami-inspired sensor platforms tumble like leaves to study forests

Abhishyant Kidangoor 17 Oct 2023
This Planet satellite image shows how extreme drought in the Amazon has reduced the Rio Negro to a trickle. Image Ⓒ 2023 Planet Labs PBC

Despite severe drought, Amazon deforestation continues to slow

Rhett Ayers Butler 13 Oct 2023
A trawler Naoned in the European part of North Atlantic Ocean.

Record North Atlantic heat sees phytoplankton decline, fish shift to Arctic

Juliette Portala 12 Oct 2023
Satellite image of Argentina's Patagonia region.

Applications open for Airbus’s ‘Satellites for Biodiversity Award’

Abhishyant Kidangoor 6 Oct 2023
Asian elephant

Protected areas a boon for vertebrate diversity in wider landscape, study shows

Carolyn Cowan 15 Sep 2023

Mexico groups say Maya Train construction has caused significant deforestation

Thelma Gómez Durán 14 Sep 2023
Arctic sea ice.

Sensing tech used in oil pipelines can also track Arctic sea ice, study shows

Abhishyant Kidangoor 11 Sep 2023
Rainbow over the Amazon rainforest

Deforestation in the Amazon rainforest continues to plunge

Mongabay.com 8 Sep 2023
A rancher herds cattle in Mato Grosso, Brazil.

How the Amazon’s ‘greatest devastator’ sold cattle to a Carrefour supplier 

Marina Rossi, Daniel Camargos, Hyury Potter 29 Aug 2023
Rainforest in the upper Amazon. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler

Amazon deforestation continues to fall under Lula

Mongabay.com 5 Aug 2023

Poverty-fueled deforestation of Nigerian reserve slashes hope for rare chimps

Orji Sunday 10 Jul 2023
A operator flying drones.

New Tree Tech: AI, drones, satellites and sensors give reforestation a boost

Claire Asher 10 Jul 2023
Deforestation in the Amazon in 2023. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler

Six months into Lula’s presidency, Amazon deforestation is dropping rapidly

Mongabay.com 7 Jul 2023

The Amazon saw record deforestation last year. Here’s why.

Maxwell Radwin 27 Jun 2023
Coral reef, ocean, mangroves, and forest.

New digital tool maps blue carbon ecosystems in high resolution

Abhishyant Kidangoor 12 Jun 2023

Nearly 30% of all tree cover in Africa may be outside of forests, study says

Malavika Vyawahare 2 Jun 2023

3 million hectares of Colombian Amazon deforested for illegal pasture: Study

Antonio José Paz Cardona 19 May 2023

New study reveals fine detail on location and scale of mining sites worldwide

Ashoka Mukpo 8 May 2023

Return of the GEDI: Space-based, forest carbon-mapping laser array saved

Abhishyant Kidangoor 17 Apr 2023
A polar bear surveys its icy Arctic surroundings.

Southern atmospheric rivers drive irreversible melting of Arctic sea ice: Study

Alec Luhn 23 Mar 2023

Fishy business of squid vessels needs stronger regulation, study says

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 15 Mar 2023
Trees in the plains of Sahel.

Scientists map nearly 10 billion trees, stored carbon, in Africa’s drylands

John Cannon 10 Mar 2023

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