Planet data in journalism
Focus on Environmental stories
Data Harvest
30 May 2024
Maarten
Lambrechts
DataViz Engineer
Planet
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media-p.slid.es/uploads/50474/images/10928422/khakovka-after.jpeg)
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media-p.slid.es/uploads/50474/images/10928427/khakovka-before.jpeg)
Deforestation
© Planet, New York Times
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media-p.slid.es/uploads/50474/images/11369105/deforestation_departamentos_loreto-ucayali_peru_20210703_2419_rgb_flat_3m_7680px_logo_geo.jpg)
PlanetScope
Loreto, Peru
2021-07-03
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media-p.slid.es/uploads/50474/images/11369107/deforestation_departamentos_loreto-ucayali_peru_20230711_24bb_rgb_flat_3m_7680px_logo_geo.jpg)
PlanetScope
Loreto, Peru
2023-07-11
Wildfires
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media-p.slid.es/uploads/50474/images/11369155/wildfire-vina-del-mar-valparaiso-chile_20240203_2459_rgb_3m_6750px_logo.jpg)
PlanetScope
Viña del Mar, Chile
2024-02-03
True color
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media-p.slid.es/uploads/50474/images/11369156/wildfire-vina-del-mar-valparaiso-chile_20240203_2459_nrg_3m_6750px_logo.jpg)
PlanetScope
Viña del Mar, Chile
2024-02-03
False color
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media-p.slid.es/uploads/50474/images/11369167/wildfire-vina-del-mar-valparaiso-chile_20240205_247a_nrg_3m_6750px_logo.jpg)
PlanetScope
Viña del Mar, Chile
2024-02-05
False color
Air quality
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media-p.slid.es/uploads/50474/images/11369179/delhi-stadium-air-quality.jpg)
PlanetScope | Delhi, India | 2023-10-03 - 2023-11-06
Hazy Arena, Reuters
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media-p.slid.es/uploads/50474/images/11369200/wildfire_smoke_washington_dc_20230602_242e_visual_rgb_flat_3m_4320px_logo_geo.jpg)
PlanetScope
Washington DC, USA
2023-06-02
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media-p.slid.es/uploads/50474/images/11369199/wildfire_smoke_washington_dc_20230607_24b3_visual_rgb_flat_3m_4320px_logo_geo.jpg)
PlanetScope
Washington DC, USA
2023-06-07
Drought
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media-p.slid.es/uploads/50474/images/11369207/drought-rio-negro-20230913-nyt.jpg)
PlanetScope
Rio Negro, Manaus, Brazil
2023-09-13
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media-p.slid.es/uploads/50474/images/11369208/drought-rio-negro-20231008-nyt.jpg)
PlanetScope
Rio Negro, Manaus, Brazil
2023-10-08
A Sever Drought Pushes an Imperiled Amazon to the Brink, NYT
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media-p.slid.es/uploads/50474/images/11369233/drought_loire_river_france_20210811_visual_7680px_4m_logo_wm.jpg)
PlanetScope
Loire, France
2021-08-11
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media-p.slid.es/uploads/50474/images/11369232/drought_loire_river_france_20220811_2435-2453_visual_7680px_4m_logo.jpg)
PlanetScope
Loire, France
2022-08-11
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media-p.slid.es/uploads/50474/images/11369281/germany_monthly_202107_mosaic_L10_LCC_map_wm.jpg)
Monthly Basemap
Germany
July 2021
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media-p.slid.es/uploads/50474/images/11369280/germany_monthly_202207_mosaic_L10_LCC_map_wm.jpg)
Monthly Basemap
Germany
July 2022
Oil spills
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media-p.slid.es/uploads/50474/images/11369289/oil_slick_ancon_peru_20220118_2254_rgb_6m_2880px_gallery_geo-1-geo.jpg)
PlanetScope
Ancon, Peru
2022-01-18
Methane leaks
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media-p.slid.es/uploads/50474/images/11369301/methane-leak-kazakhstan-bbc.png)
© Planet, BBC
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media-p.slid.es/uploads/50474/images/11369309/tanager-hyperspectral.jpg)
Machine Learning
© Planet, Wired
© Planet, New York Times
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media-p.slid.es/uploads/50474/images/11369315/poopspotting-paper-graphic.jpg)
PlanetScope
Wisconsin, USA
Poopspotting: How AI and satellites can detect illegal manure spreading in Wisconsin, Wisconsin Watch
Planetary Variables
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media-p.slid.es/uploads/50474/images/11369334/swc-anomalies-worldwide-economist.jpg)
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media-p.slid.es/uploads/50474/images/11370270/soil-water-content-flanders-15-24-range.png)
Soil Water Content
Planet
Basemaps
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media-p.slid.es/uploads/50474/images/11373081/looking-broader_aoi-overview_kakhovka-dam-ukraine.jpg)
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media-p.slid.es/uploads/50474/images/11373101/looking-broader_skysat-footprints_kakhovka-dam-ukraine.jpg)
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media-p.slid.es/uploads/50474/images/11373085/kakhovka-dam-and-reservoir-kherson-oblast-ukraine_global_monthly_2023_05_mosaic_rgb_100m_2880px_L12_geo.jpg)
Planet Global Monthly Basemap
Kakhovka reservoir
May 2023
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media-p.slid.es/uploads/50474/images/11373084/kakhovka-dam-and-reservoir-kherson-oblast-ukraine_global_monthly_2023_06_mosaic_rgb_100m_2880px_L12_geo.jpg)
Planet Global Monthly Basemap
Kakhovka reservoir
June 2023
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media-p.slid.es/uploads/50474/images/11373088/kakhovka-dam-and-reservoir-kherson-oblast-ukraine_global_monthly_2023_07_mosaic_rgb_100m_2880px_L12_geo.jpg)
Planet Global Monthly Basemap
Kakhovka reservoir
July 2023
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media-p.slid.es/uploads/50474/images/11369356/basemap-oder-outriders.jpg)
Planet free trial for media
Free access to the Explorer platform for six months
Ability to view and download PlanetScope (3.7 metres per pixel) and older RapidEye constellation imagery
Ability to see where SkySat (50cm per pixel) imagery exists but no details or downloads
images@planet.com
Planet data in journalism
By maartenzam
Planet data in journalism
- 382