Links to media coverage of my work, which I am grateful to receive and proud to share. This includes reports on the things I have designed and built, press releases, interviews, and some pieces I have written.

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Featured articles

Can the voluntary carbon market save the Amazon?

"Doubts also linger about how to measure sequestration. Many credit issuers use methodologies based on temperate forests, which capture less carbon than tropical jungles. Some companies are beginning to use satellite imagery and lidar to estimate carbon stocks. But such sophisticated tools are not yet widespread."

Clearest picture yet of Amazon carbon density could help guide conservation

“'The finding from MAAP that the Amazon remains a net carbon sink is reason for cautious optimism, even while forest loss in the region has remained high over the past decade,' wrote Christopher Anderson, science lead for the forest ecosystems team at Planet.”

How PG&E Is Reducing Wildfire Risks Using Satellite Imagery

“With such a large area and so many trees to monitor, PG&E turned to Planet Labs for help. Planet’s satellite-derived data on vegetation, including canopy height, cover, and proximity to electric-system infrastructure, is used by PG&E to prioritize the mitigation of vegetation-associated risks.”

The Digital Planet

"Digital tools can also provide earlier and more accurate warnings of climate-related disasters: the San Francisco–based satellite company Planet runs the California Forest Observatory, which plans to monitor and predict wildfire risk using highly detailed, continuously updated maps of the state’s forests."

Trees alone will not save the world

"There are some good science people giving forest-carbon removals a new opportunity to show how best they can work. Chris Anderson, an ecologist from Stanford, was one of the founders of Salo Sciences, a startup which developed machine-learning algorithms to turn pictures of forests into quantified estimates of the amount of carbon stored in them."

Chronological coverage

Oct. 29, 2024: “The Amazon is Teetering on the Edge of a Climate Tipping Point” [New Scientist]

Oct. 28, 2024: “Carbon across the Amazon (part 3): Key Cases of Carbon Loss & Gain” [MAAP]

Sep. 27, 2024: “Forest Carbon Monitoring: A Dove’s-Eye View Of Global Forest Change” [Planet Pulse]

Sep. 24, 2024: “Planet Debuts Forest Carbon Monitoring Product to Inform Carbon Markets” [Via Satellite]

Sep. 24, 2024: “Planet Releases AI-powered Forest Carbon Monitoring Product — World’s First Global Scale Forest Monitoring System at 3-Meter Resolution” [PR Newswire]

Sep. 19, 2024: “Can the voluntary carbon market save the Amazon?” [The Economist]

Sep. 12, 2024: “Clearest picture yet of Amazon carbon density could help guide conservation” [Mongabay]

Sep. 11, 2024: “Nearly 40% of Amazon rainforest most vital to climate left unprotected, data show” [Reuters]

Sep. 11, 2024: “Carbon across the Amazon (part 2): Peak Carbon Areas” [MAAP]

Sep. 09, 2024: “California the beautiful” [California Sun]

Aug. 12, 2024: “Amazon rainforest stores carbon for the world, but this carbon sink is at risk, a study finds” [Associated Press]

Aug. 12, 2024: “Forest Carbon Diligence In The Amazon” [Planet Pulse]

Aug. 09, 2024: “Unprecedented Look at Carbon across the Amazon (part 1)” [MAAP]

Aug. 08, 2024: “Planet Partner BeZero Leverages Planet Imagery and Forest Carbon Products to Inform Independent Carbon Ratings” [PR Newswire]

May 20, 2024: “How PG&E Is Reducing Wildfire Risks Using Satellite Imagery” [Power Magazine]

May 09, 2024: “Forest Carbon Diligence: Breaking Down The Validation And Intercomparison Report” [Planet Pulse]

Apr. 18, 2024: “The Digital Planet” [New York Review of Books]

Apr. 16, 2024: “Gaia’s Web” [MIT Press]

Apr. 08, 2024: “From Miles Above, Satellite Data Helps Spot Hazardous Trees and Reduce Wildfire Risk” [PR Newswire]

Nov. 20, 2023: “Trees alone will not save the world” [The Economist]

Nov. 07, 2023: “Planet Releases New Forest Carbon Diligence Dataset, Archiving 10 Years of Carbon Data” [Via Satellite]

Nov. 07, 2023: “Planet Releases Forest Carbon Diligence Product” [PR Newswire]

Aug. 15, 2023: “Planet Unveils Pricing for Global Forest Carbon Dataset” [PR Newswire]

Jan. 09, 2023: “Planet Completes Acquisition of Salo Sciences” [PR Newswire]

Mar. 20, 2022: “How artificial intelligence could help fight Australia’s bushfires” [Channel 9 News]

Jul. 24, 2021: “Using satellites and AI, space-based technology is shaping the future of firefighting” [NBC News]

May 22, 2021: “New Views of California’s Forests” [LiDAR Magazine]

Apr. 26, 2021: “AI can worsen climate crisis, but these 4 steps can help us use it responsibly” [The Print]

Nov. 10, 2020: “Wildfires Are Close to Torching the Insurance Industry in California” [Bloomberg Businessweek]

Nov. 04, 2020: “Stopping Forest Fires from Space” [Bloomberg Businessweek]

Sep. 23, 2020: “AI mapping tool helps California firefighters track burn risk” [Springwise]

Sep. 18, 2020: “After Talking to Firefighters, a Startup Created a Tool That Maps Every California Tree to Help Predict Fire Spread” [Good News Network]

Sep. 14, 2020: “This tool is mapping every tree in California to help stop megafires” [Fast Company]

Aug 29, 2019: “NSF’s huge ecological observatory is open for business. But tensions remain” [Science]

Aug. 19, 2019: “A Trailblazing Plan to Fight California Wildfires” [New Yorker]

Apr. 01, 2019: “How AI Might Be Used to Battle Wildfires” [Wall Street Journal]