Planet data in journalism

Focus on Environmental stories

Data Harvest

30 May 2024

Maarten

Lambrechts

DataViz Engineer

Planet

Deforestation

© Planet, New York Times

PlanetScope

Loreto, Peru

2021-07-03

PlanetScope

Loreto, Peru

2023-07-11

Wildfires

PlanetScope

Viña del Mar, Chile

2024-02-03

True color

PlanetScope

Viña del Mar, Chile

2024-02-03

False color

PlanetScope

Viña del Mar, Chile

2024-02-05

False color

Air quality

PlanetScope | Delhi, India | 2023-10-03 - 2023-11-06

Hazy Arena, Reuters

PlanetScope

Washington DC, USA

2023-06-02

PlanetScope

Washington DC, USA

2023-06-07

Drought

PlanetScope

Rio Negro, Manaus, Brazil

2023-09-13

PlanetScope

Rio Negro, Manaus, Brazil

2023-10-08

A Sever Drought Pushes an Imperiled Amazon to the Brink, NYT

PlanetScope

Loire, France

2021-08-11

PlanetScope

Loire, France

2022-08-11

Monthly Basemap

Germany

July 2021

Monthly Basemap

Germany

July 2022

Oil spills

PlanetScope

Ancon, Peru

2022-01-18

Methane leaks

© Planet, BBC

Machine Learning

© Planet, Wired

© Planet, New York Times

Planetary Variables

Soil Water Content

The weather system that influences the world

The Economist

Soil Water Content

Planet

Basemaps

Planet Global Monthly Basemap

Kakhovka reservoir

May 2023

Planet Global Monthly Basemap

Kakhovka reservoir

June 2023

Planet Global Monthly Basemap

Kakhovka reservoir

July 2023

Monthly Basemap

Oder river, Poland

July 2022

The Oder river, divided by a wall

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