Co-Founder & CEO @salosciences (acquired by @Planet); expertise in ecology, remote sensing, & conservation; former: @nature_org @CarnegieEcology @stri_Panama
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Dave Marvin retweeted
You can now access precise forest carbon data in just a few clicks on SkyFi – with clear, transparent pricing.
@Planet's Forest Carbon Measurements provide reliable global data on how much carbon trees store. It uses satellite imagery, radar, and LiDAR sensors, which measure tree height and forest thickness around the world. Advanced computer models trained on real forest measurements accurately estimate carbon storage without needing ground visits.
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Businesses, researchers, and governments can use this data to monitor forest health, meet environmental rules, manage land sustainably, or track forest changes anywhere globally.
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Dave Marvin retweeted
🌲 New: Planet’s Forest Carbon Analytics are now on SkyFi.🚀 Link in 🧵 and this is another step increasing our relationship with @planet 🌎
This tool measures forest health and carbon storage worldwide. It’s precise, simple, and efficient.
Planet’s expertise in satellite imagery makes this a powerful addition to our @SkyfiApp toolkit. Users can now track forest changes and carbon levels with greater accuracy, supporting conservation and climate efforts.
Dave Marvin retweeted
The Hughes Fire rapidly surpassed 10,000 acres north of Santa Clarita in LA County this week. It is currently 56% contained, according to Cal Fire, and the Santa Ana winds are expected to ease today. Tanager-1 captured the extent of its burn scar in infrared data, with SkySat and PlanetScope supplying additional details.
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Here we go again. Another round of very strong & locally damaging offshore winds is imminent across SoCal. Due to now record-dry vegetation, this will result in another "extremely critical" wildfire risk period, esp. across parts of LA & Ventura counties Mon-Tue. #CAwx #CAfire
ALT Image from NOAA SPC depicting location of "extremely critical" and "critical" fire risk on Monday, Jan 20, 2025.
Dave Marvin retweeted
This remarkable remote camera footage from the peak of the #EatonFire as it roared through Altadena amid winds gusting 70-90 mph illustrates just what this was: a true firestorm, a literal blizzard of embers. The reality on the ground really *was* that extreme. #CAfire #CAwx
Dave Marvin retweeted
Another tough reality: in urban firestorm of this magnitude, municipal water systems simply aren't designed to keep up.
It *is* possible to build redundant emergency firefighting water system (SF has one, a legacy of 1906 quake & fire), but few places do. sfpuc.gov/about-us/our-syste…
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Regarding not having enough water to fight the SoCal fires; here is some water usage numbers from someone who knows a lot more about urban firefighting than I do.
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I spent two hours yesterday in conversation with Anderson Cooper's team; portions of this conversation will appear in this hour-long CNN special on the Los Angeles wildfire disasters running on Sunday evening. #PalisadesFire #EatonFire #LAfires #CAfire cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/2…
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This is a significant, & somewhat unexpected development. UCLA campus remains outside of any evacuation orders or warning, but is now much closer than before. Personally, I highly doubt this fire will make it to the east of the 405, but the situation remains fluid. #CAfire [2/2]
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Incident Command for the #KennethFire has requested 250 additional engines, 40 crews, and 20 dozers from Los Angeles and Ventura Counties
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Major caveat: this imagery is tentative and informal; not all structures within the fire footprints have burned. But this imagery suggests that there are 10,000+ potentially affected structures within *each* fire footprint (which have expanded since yesterday). #LAfires #CAfire
ALT Informal map showing overlap between Palisades Fire and Eaton Fire footprints (as of 1/8/24) and structures within said footprints. This is an informal and preliminary map intended for illustrative purposes; not all structures within the footprint were destroyed. Image source: David Marvin/Planet Labs.
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As enormous scope of the damage from #PalisadeFire & #EatonFire becomes clearer, I wanted to share this imagery depicting fire footprints (from 1/8) & potentially affected structures within them (provided by my colleague David Marvin @ Planet Labs). [Image below] #LAfires #CAfire
Dave Marvin retweeted
How to solve wildfire:
1) Forest & fuel management (need to 100x what we do now in terms of acreage per year)
2) Rapid detection & initial attack (camera + satellite detection with <10 minute drone suppression response)
3) Home & community hardening
Dave Marvin retweeted
Success!!! First methane and CO2 plumes detected from Tanager-1's hyperspectral sensor! These are from Texas, Pakistan, and South Africa.
With this data, we aim to enhance accountability and enable climate action.
Thanks to our fantastic public-private partnership with @carbonmapper and @NASAJPL to deploy Tanager-1 and make this milestone possible.
planet.com/pulse/carbon-mapp…
Dave Marvin retweeted
Leaving NYC more optimistic about our chances to tackle climate change and build a sustainable future.
I say this after being in dozens of panels, roundtables, workshops and 1-1s conversations about it.
Of course, there is a huge a mountain ahead, with many known and unknown challenges awaiting.
But the number of smart, driven and tenacious people working on it, and the level of collaboration networks that I saw gives me tons of hope.
It feels like a historical moment that we will look back to with pride, where our generation gave its best -in the midst of general chaos and confusion- to build a better tomorrow for the future ones. Or at least we tried. Let’s go. 👊🏽
2024, NYC
