Planet Pulse

APRIL 4, 2023

Planet Basemap of Somalia • August 2022 For example, we can use “planetary forensics” like measuring the amount of moisture in soil to give us a clear environmental signal about the conditions in dry regions. This map depicts global measurements of Soil Water Content derived from satellite imagery. Dry conditions have displaced 1.3

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GreenBiz

JUNE 4, 2021

One option is to deploy microbes that grab nitrogen from the air and add it to soils, a route pioneered by first movers such as Pivot Bio. These emissions, together with the biodiversity damages caused by fertilizer runoff, have spurred a race to commercialize low-impact alternatives. Atomo Coffee.

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Startups Soil Upcycling Technology 359

Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Akhmetchin had been mayor of the region since September 2017, but resigned in July. The leak was reported as having been caused when the pillars supporting a storage tank sank as a result of thawing permafrost soil. Greenpeace has compared the incident to the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Between 2004 and 2017, 43 million hectares of tropical forest were lost – an area roughly the size of Morocco (WWF). Up to now, however, it has been unclear whether this is best achieved through allowing forests to restore themselves naturally (using dormant seeds in the soil) or through active replanting.

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Logging Biodiversity Resilience Soil 147

Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

An example of a pit latrine, where human waste is deposited in the soil where nature is able to safely sanitise it (image credit: Dr Simon Willcock, Bangor University). This includes pit latrine waste that gradually filters through the soil — a natural process that cleans it before it reaches groundwater.

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Waste Waste Soil Asia 147

Grist

OCTOBER 31, 2023

billion acres of soil around the world have gotten saltier, an area roughly the size of the entire United States, and it’s stressing out plants. Road salt made up 44 percent of the country’s salt consumption from 2013 to 2017, the study says. Researchers in Maryland and four other states found that 2.5

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Sea level rise Pollution Soil Asia 118

Grist

AUGUST 11, 2022

From 2007 to 2017, land-based ecosystems like the vast boreal forests of Canada and the Amazon rainforest removed roughly a third of anthropogenic carbon emissions from the atmosphere. At worst, it could include high levels of invasive woody shrubs, which are already common at the temperate-boreal border and are moving north quickly.”.

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Climate change Global warming Soil Biodiversity 137

Grist

MAY 16, 2022

Drought Monitor using data on soil moisture, streamflow, and precipitation to categorize droughts by their severity. Another flash drought hit Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota in the spring of 2017, leading to more than $2.6 As the air warms, it can lead to more evaporation and dry out the soil. Jeffrey Basara.

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Agriculture Soil Climate change Africa 126

Business Green

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

To qualify for the label farms have to make at least 10 per cent of their farmed land, including areas difficult to farm productively, available to a range of high-quality nature habitats, whilst managing their soils and inputs in more sustainable ways that are supportive and work alongside nature.

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Business Green

JUNE 6, 2021

Regenerative agriculture puts a greater focus on soil health and quality, promoting biodiversity and more plant cover on fields throughout the year, according to McCain, which said it plans to use potatoes grown to these standards in its Superfries, Bistro fries, Potato Patties, Smiles, Tasti Taters and Homefries brands.

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Agriculture Soil Biodiversity Climate change 98

Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 6, 2023

“Most of the research that’s been done on MPs reports the number of particles in terms of the unit adopted for the sample type, ranging from volume in the case of water, to mass when the analysis involves soil and sediment, and individuals for biota. We measure particle size in all samples. The global plastic industry is valued at USD 522.6

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Since then, the fruit has thrived in the state, thanks to its favorable climate and soil profile. In 2017, a very warm winter led to the destruction of 85% of peaches in Georgia due to a lack of sufficient chill hours. However, chill hours dropped to about 600 in 2016 and 400 in 2017. Scientists are working to find a solution.

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Global warming Soil Climate change Agriculture 36

GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 24, 2020

Moray East won a contract for difference in 2017 at a strike price of £57.50 ($75.30) per megawatt-hour. Floating offshore wind unlocks huge swathes of potential seabed where deeper waters or soil conditions rule out fixed foundations. percent stake before adding another 10 percent. percent stake.

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Construction Soil Europe Investment 130

Business Green

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Better Cotton has pledged to halve the overall emissions per tonne of cotton produced under the initiative by 2030, against a 2017 baseline, in a bid to enhance the environmental credentials of cotton that carries its label.

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Climate change Soil Retail Agriculture 87

Planet Pulse

JUNE 10, 2021

We’re thrilled to announce that Planet has signed a new, three-year, non-exclusive contract with Farmers Edge, a valued customer since 2017. This work can foster regenerative agriculture practices at scale, and help users achieve ambitious sustainability goals. .

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Grist

MAY 10, 2021

Brood X, a group of 17-year “magicicadas” (yes, that’s short for “ magic cicadas ”) have started to emerge from the soil all over the Eastern U.S. That’s more than enough to send them scurrying out of the soil ahead of time. America’s favorite teenagers are back. degrees F hotter than they were when the bugs last emerged in 2004.

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Climate change Soil Agriculture Carbon 138

Business Green

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

The Swiss firm, which claims to be the largest privately owned company in the sector, has already been working towards targets, verified by the Science-Based Targets Initiative, to reduce its Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions by 55 per cent by 2030, against a 2017 baseline.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

"There’s a lot of work to be done to provide affordable nutrition … and allow those who are seeking to grow organic, or use any tech enabled process that might be better for soil health, better for nutrition, to at least get started," he said. This increased access to capital could help scale the market.

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Sustainability Organic Resilience Agriculture 488

Planet Pulse

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Launched in 2017 , this program offers university researchers, academics, and scientists the opportunity to utilize our unique imagery in order to monitor and study field sites with daily satellite imagery. The researchers were able to access Planet’s medium resolution PlanetScope imagery through our Education and Research Program.

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Greenability Magazine

APRIL 4, 2023

This food waste is brought to the farm and turned into nutrient-rich compost, curbing climate change and improving the farm’s soil. Ryan is the owner of Sankara Farm, a 27-acre farm founded in 2017. Black Walnut Ink Block Printing Workshop In a family-friendly workshop on April 8 from 1 – 2 p.m.,

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

The company, which emerged from the X "Moonshot Factory" in 2017, has grown to around 100 employees and installed hundreds of sites in New York state. Google spinout Dandelion Energy wants to push home geothermal heating to new heights in 2020.

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Planet Pulse

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

million images from the Planet database dating back to 2017, AMAGGI was able to conduct trend analysis and take a preventative approach to various challenges it faces. Leveraging over 8.7 AMAGGI has also increased the value of each image by extracting NDVI data from it, which unlocked powerful insights for sustainability.

Agriculture 52

Agriculture Energy Monitor Sustainability Soil 52

Grist

MARCH 27, 2020

Bristol is studying samples of soil and ice extracted from the north Alaskan coast in 2018. Emily Bristol takes soil samples off the coast of Alaska. At nearly 20 feet long, the cylinders of ice reveal the deep past, holding the frozen remains of dead plants from 40,000 years ago. Sasha Peterson. “I We got hammered by Hurricane Harvey.

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Home Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Sea level rise 141

AGreenLiving

APRIL 28, 2020

Ten years of planning and preparation came before the grand opening in the spring of 2017. Low-water plants tend to need good drainage in the soil , especially in non-arid climates. Mulch is a great way to improve soil texture, moderate temperature, reduce weeds and retain moisture. They can be excellent resources.

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Soil Organic Cooling Education 36

Business Green

JUNE 5, 2020

The berry grows best in boggy, water-soaked soil that can't be used for many other crops. The water in natural land supports the cranberry bog and in return, the cranberry bog enriches the soil that supports outside land.". In 2017 , Wisconsin produced 5.4 And every one acre of cranberry bog requires 5.5

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Sustainability Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 81

Business Green

AUGUST 18, 2022

Dubbed 'Together Towards ZERO and Beyond', the firm's new strategy marks an "evolution" of its previous programme launched five years ago in 2017, according to Carlsberg CEO Cees ‘t Hart. It also plans to implement circular packaging solutions, which it described as "critical" to reducing its CO2.

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Packaging Recycling Recycling Agriculture 76

Business Green

AUGUST 18, 2020

A 2017 study from Stanford University concluded that at least 82 per cent of heat records have been driven by human-made climate change, while another recent analysis from the Dutch Meterological Insitute confirmed that the highest daily average temperatures are higher today than they were a century ago at nearly every point on the globe.

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Climate change Fossil fuels Soil Agriculture 90

Business Green

MARCH 20, 2023

Harvest London was founded in 2017 and has grown more than 100 crops using a range of hydroponic farming techniques to supply a growing number of London brands and businesses with sustainably-grown salads and herbs, including Pizza Pilgrims and Compass Group.

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Investment Agriculture Soil Retail 40

Better Ventures

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

In 2020 alone, there were 95M tons of carbon credits purchased, a twofold increase from 2017, and estimates for 2030 are as high as 1.5–2 He spent 15 years studying how soil microbial life controls forest carbon capture, earning his PhD from UT Austin and completing research at ETH Zurich. 2 gitatons.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 18, 2020

AGCO has made many, many acquisitions to amass this portfolio, including the buyout of Precision Planting from Monsanto (now Bayer) in 2017. Moving away from heavier equipment, for example, could help reduce soil compaction, allowing fields to absorb and sequester more atmospheric carbon dioxide.

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Agriculture Electricity Organic Soil 77

Business Green

DECEMBER 18, 2020

The FIA previously introduced hybrid engines into F1 and created the world's first all-electric racing series Formula E in 2014, before later setting up a dedicated Environment and Sustainability Commission in 2017 chaired by former Mexico President Felipe Calderón. by the end of the century. by the end of the century.

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Carbon-neutral Sustainability Waste Waste 95

AGreenLiving

JULY 2, 2020

On the heels of its wildly successful 2017 Kickstarter campaign for a lightweight and durable shoe called Monsoon, Tropicfeel moved into the clothing realm, directly aimed at disrupting the wasteful and polluting mainstream clothing industry.

Fashion 28

Fashion Soil Organic Cooling 28

Grist

APRIL 27, 2022

These extremes elevate the risk of dangerous flash floods, soil erosion, and the destruction of crops. Rainfall from Hurricane Harvey in 2017 claimed nearly 90 lives when it deluged the Texas Louisiana coasts, also displacing more than 30,000 people and causing more than $125 billion in damages. And climate change is largely to blame.

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Climate change Stormwater Soil Organic 73

GreenBiz

JANUARY 6, 2021

Catherine Coleman Flowers guides Senator Cory Booker through Lowndes County, Alabama, as part of his 2017 environmental justice tour. So I would say on the small number, maybe close to 100 people, at least, that I've actually taken around to see this firsthand over the years, because I've been doing this since 2002.

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Waste Waste Climate change Organic 394

Business Green

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Pledges from global governments had already surpassed the 150 million hectare mark in 2017, and fresh analysis today by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) reveals the total figure pledged for restoration has now surpassed 210 million hectares.

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Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Government Soil 84

DeSmogBlog

APRIL 25, 2022

Activists and scientists have found alarming levels of radioactivity in samples collected along the road and soils outside Austin Master Services, an oilfield waste processing facility with a history of sloppy practices in eastern Ohio. Soil nationwide generally has a radium background level of about 1 picocurie per gram, and the U.S.

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Waste Waste Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 98

Green Roof Technology

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

Soga, Soga + Associates Architects Inc, the Sanctuary’s construction began on May 24, 2012 and its Ribbon Cutting ceremony was held on February 24, 2017. 27th February 2017. The ultra-lightweight material performs as a drainage and retention layer combined with outstanding structural capacities. Jorg Breuning.

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North America Recycling Recycling Soil 40