Planet Pulse

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Learn how satellite data and analytics help farmers and agricultural agencies monitor regenerative agriculture practices that reduce carbon emissions. Agriculture, forestry, and land use emissions have a notable influence on global climate change, contributing 26% of total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 16, 2023

The initiative will work with farmers to create stores of water – both in soil “sponges” as well as lakes and ponds – that can be “re-charged” through wet weather, then drawn on through ever-more common dry seasons, to the benefit of either the farmers themselves, or local communities. A full list of the winners is included below.

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Grist

MARCH 3, 2025

For all its plant and animal life aboveground, the Amazon rainforests soils are surprisingly poor in nutrients necessary for growing food. Thousands of years ago, the regions Indigenous peoples solved this problem by creating terra preta from table scraps and charcoal and tucking it away in the hostile soil.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 7, 2022

This diverts the wastewater from Spring Creek and allows the soil to act as a natural filter for any chemical residuals that remain in the wastewater (image credit: Heather Preisendanz, Penn State). Mashtare, assistant professor of agricultural and biological engineering, Herschel A. Veith, agricultural engineer, at the U.S.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

“PFAS are so pervasive and persistent that they have been found in the environment all over the world, even in remote locations,” said Heather Preisendanz, associate professor of agricultural and biological engineering at Penn State. Mashtare, assistant professor of agricultural and biological engineering; Herschel A.

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Grist

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Later, when the Aroostook Band of Micmacs took over the site’s ownership, they found its soil was rife with per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, better known as PFAS, cancer-causing compounds that are so difficult to break down they’re commonly known as “forever chemicals.”.

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Planet Pulse

AUGUST 29, 2023

How much does healthy soil impact our climate resiliency? Optimizing best practices in land management can increase biodiversity, enrich soil, and protect water quality, ultimately making our soil more resilient to climate instability. Measuring land use and soil health at scale can be complex and resource intensive.

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GreenBiz

JULY 20, 2020

"Concretely, when you look at Danone, 60 percent of our carbon footprint is from agriculture," Soubeiran acknowledged. Eighty-nine percent of our water footprint is from agriculture. That is why it's very important for us to have an opinion about the agriculture model we want.".

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Planet Pulse

AUGUST 2, 2021

The National High Technology Center (CeNAT)’s Monitoring of Change of Use in Productive Landscapes project (in Spanish, “ Monitoreo de Cambio de uso en Paisajes Productivos ” – MOCUPP) uses Planet satellite data to monitor the changes in land use and analysis of deforestation processes associated with agricultural dynamics in the country.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Offering an alternative to polystyrene, polypropylene and other protective or insulating packaging, Mushroom Packaging infuses locally sourced agricultural byproducts (such as hemp hurd or rice hulls) with mushroom spores. In the cases of Mushroom Packaging and Piñatex, their biological source is considered an agricultural byproduct or waste.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

In 2014, the electrical engineer and MBA became the first woman to lead a U.S. As electric vehicles drive toward the mainstream, General Motors has come full circle as well. It mass-produced the first electric car in the 1990s, then literally crushed most of them in 2003. and globally by 2040. LinkedIn | Personal website.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Intended to fill the policy vacuum emerging from the UK’s departure from the EU on 31 January, the Environment Bill has been eagerly anticipated, and seemingly gives government the power to set legally binding targets on all aspects of the environment in future. Soil and biodiversity.

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Planet Pulse

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Notably, we are seeing a transformation in sustainable agriculture across Europe. Our partner Sinergise , a leading developer platform for earth observation (EO) data, is powering the European Union-backed Sentinel Hub. In the last few months, we have been thrilled to see how our partnerships are enabling impact around the world.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 5, 2023

Sustainability challenges in agriculture Outdoor agriculture (pasture and cropland) occupies around half of the planet’s habitable land, and so-called modern agricultural practices have enabled the production of increased food volumes at relatively low prices. billion people by 2050.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

2020 was an unusual year in many respects, but for OTT Hydromet, one of the more remarkable features of the year was an unprecedented level of orders for water level and flow monitoring equipment. This article contains paid-for content created in collaboration with OTT Hydrometry Ltd. Looking back. Tomorrow’s technology.

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Planet Pulse

MAY 19, 2021

The agriculture sector is continuously evolving and transforming to support the growing population. Planet has partnered with Arva Intelligence, a scalable agtech platform that uses data and AI to optimize agricultural production at scale, and our data will now be integrated into Arva’s CropForce data analytics platform.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 15, 2023

The creators of the new Plant Atlas say it is “the most powerful statement ever produced on the state of our wild and naturalised plants“ Thousands of botanists from the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) 1 have spent the last twenty years collecting data on changes in the British and Irish flora.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

JANUARY 13, 2025

3D-Printed Biodegradable Fungal Battery Breakthrough Researchers at the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa) have developed a groundbreaking energy innovationa 3D-printed, biodegradable fungal battery. This species produces an enzyme that captures and conducts electrons, enabling the flow of electricity.

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Planet Pulse

MAY 4, 2021

Through this partnership, organizations and stakeholders representing every step of the food value chain will come together to decarbonize the European food system, while maximizing other benefits such as soil health and farmer resilience. The world’s soils are the second largest carbon sink, second only to oceans.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 27, 2022

An international research collaboration is setting out to find new ways of monitoring crop growth with biodegradable sensors which can be composted at the end of their lifespan. The team aim to make the patch completely biodegradable, and capable of nourishing the soil once it reaches the end of its period of usefulness.

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Planet Pulse

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

It’s not surprising that agricultural technology, and in particular, precision agriculture are becoming crucial tools in a farmer’s arsenal. With the use of Planet’s high frequency satellite imagery, Nicolle was able to properly monitor irrigation effectiveness and detected an error early in the growing season. .

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Planet Pulse

MARCH 17, 2022

In the hands of these experts, our satellite data is helping to power models, reveal planetary change, and deliver spatial-temporal insights across a variety of academic fields. The optical constellation PlanetScope and SAR data have been processed and analyzed for the agricultural land area of central JAVA of Indonesia.

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Planet Pulse

OCTOBER 23, 2024

L earn how governments and organizations leverage broad area management to monitor change across vast geographies and timescales. And use cases across commercial operations range from minimizing underwriting risk and increasing crop productivity to monitoring infrastructure development. This is where Planet comes in.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

JANUARY 19, 2024

As the quest for sustainable energy intensifies, biomass emerges as a pivotal player in the arena of renewable resources. This exploration into the realm of biomass energy untangles the complexities and delves into its multifaceted nature, uncovering the potential of plant-based and waste-derived materials as alternative sources of power.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

The persistence of POPs POPs are toxic organic chemical substances that are resistant to degradation and have been used extensively in pesticide and industrial chemical manufacture and released during chemical and agricultural processes. Many POPs are not identified, as regulatory bodies only monitor known contaminants.

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Planet Pulse

MARCH 14, 2024

Agriculture is heading indoors and offshore as vertical farms, lab-grown products, and aquaculture take off. Farmers are adopting regenerative practices on the ground that keep the soil healthy over longer periods of time. About 38% of Earth’s surface is used for agriculture.

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

By Harrison Dreves, National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Low-Impact Development of Solar Installations Could Be Win-Win-Win for Food, Water, and Renewable Energy. Others press double-forked meters into the ground, measuring the soil moisture below the solar panels and in open ground.

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Grist

MAY 25, 2021

Degraded peatlands will be re-wetted and replanted in the Pennines and west Wales, while rock chips that absorb CO2 as they break down in soil will be tested on farms in Devon, Hertfordshire and mid-Wales. These crops would be burned for energy, with the CO2 emissions trapped and stored underground. The £30 million ($42.5

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Ministers have made the big decisions – to decarbonise the power sector by 2035, to phase out petrol and diesel vehicles, to back heat pumps for homes. There are some strategic gaps, as well as uncertainties over how the Government’s ambitions will be delivered in some sectors: Plans to tackle emissions from agriculture are still unclear.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

The opening of the new production season at the Kula Geothermal-Powered High-Tech Greenhouse in Türkiye was celebrated with enthusiasm. Manisa Metropolitan Mayor and Architect Ferdi Zeyrek carried out the first planting at the event, where a total of 145,000 climbo cluster tomato seedlings were planted in the soil.

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 25, 2022

The three main sources of human-induced CO2 emissions are transportation, electricity, and industry. Fossil fuels are the primary source of CO2; however, CO2 can also be emitted from direct human activities including deforestation, agricultural land clearing, and degradation of soil. .

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Planet Pulse

APRIL 19, 2024

EO Data and Broad Area Management EO data is central to broad area management , which is the practice of monitoring, measuring, and reporting on assets, whether natural or man-made, across broad geographies and timescales. Measurements of soil water content near Ahlen, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

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Planet Pulse

AUGUST 8, 2023

Studies show that 42% of the soil moisture deficit during this period can be attributed to climate change. Land Surface Temperature (LST) from 2023 over an area of the Southwest United States and parts of Northern Mexico where Planet’s Soil Water Content data showed notable dryness earlier in the year (see map of area below).

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ThinkGeoEnergy

MAY 22, 2024

The past winter saw a first for the UK since 1986 – the world-famous Biomes of The Eden Project were heated by deep geothermal energy from a 5-km well located on the Eden Project site and operated by Eden Geothermal Ltd (EGL).

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

The groups said the summit disregarded “the urgent need to address the gross power imbalances that corporations hold over food systems.”. The IPCC estimated that agricultural lands occupy about 40 percent of the Earth’s land surface, producing one fourth of global greenhouse gas emissions. Corporate Capture.

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Planet Pulse

JANUARY 28, 2025

To help synthesize the vast amounts of published research, we experimented with a large language model (LLM) to explore whether cutting-edge AI technologies can assist in extracting insights on Planet data usage and applications from our growing publication database. In agriculture, the research varied from yield prediction ( Tunca et al.,

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Planet Pulse

MAY 9, 2023

Drought acts as a major threat to global agriculture, but with our Planetary Variables data feeds, we are seeing our customers and partners create drought insurance programs to mitigate risk and support farmers in critical situations. These Planetary Variables provide accurate, daily, global measurements.

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