PaddyEO
@padster.bsky.social
Earth Observation Leader | Geospatial Intelligence | Ex-Descartes Labs | Commercial Director @ EarthDaily | MBA
This year we are launching the world's first constellation to image the entire Earth daily across 22 spectral bands
🇮🇪 → 🇬🇧 → 🇦🇺
This year we are launching the world's first constellation to image the entire Earth daily across 22 spectral bands
🇮🇪 → 🇬🇧 → 🇦🇺
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Americans might want to move from anywhere that experience extreme weather and ocean conditions. Not having accurate forecasts will kill lots of people.
More NOAA Employees May Be Let Go, Making 20% of Staff Cut (Gift Article)
Together with recent firings and resignations, the new cuts could hamper the National Weather Service’s ability to produce lifesaving forecasts, scientists say.
www.nytimes.com
March 9, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Americans might want to move from anywhere that experience extreme weather and ocean conditions. Not having accurate forecasts will kill lots of people.
Elon Musk's company, Starlink, has proposed to supplant NOAA with a private company #NOAA
'Fundamental corruption': Bill Nye rips apart Elon Musk on CNN
YouTube video by Jennifer Bowers Bahney
www.youtube.com
March 9, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Elon Musk's company, Starlink, has proposed to supplant NOAA with a private company #NOAA
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NOAA returns/produces so much more money to the American economy than it costs, no stories about any of this should allow them the absolutely bullshit "savings" framing
We Are All Less Safe Today, as NOAA Gets Hit With Mass Firings
Splinter is your home for news and opinions that challenge power in our political and economic system that's becoming more unhinged each and every day.
www.splinter.com
March 1, 2025 at 11:25 PM
NOAA returns/produces so much more money to the American economy than it costs, no stories about any of this should allow them the absolutely bullshit "savings" framing
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Exclusive: BP to ditch renewables goals and return focus to fossil fuels
www.reuters.com/business/ene...
www.reuters.com/business/ene...
February 24, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Exclusive: BP to ditch renewables goals and return focus to fossil fuels
www.reuters.com/business/ene...
www.reuters.com/business/ene...
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It’s not hyperbole to say that American science is being destroyed before our eyes.
Scientists warn of long-term damage as Trump’s orders slow research
By blocking announcements in the Federal Register, the administration is keeping experts from meeting to evaluate funding proposals.
wapo.st
February 22, 2025 at 10:35 PM
It’s not hyperbole to say that American science is being destroyed before our eyes.
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The Sentinel-4 mission will enhance the monitoring of key air pollutants (including ozone, NO2 and aerosols) over Europe with high spatial and temporal resolution and will be assimilated by our Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service.
February 21, 2025 at 10:56 AM
The Sentinel-4 mission will enhance the monitoring of key air pollutants (including ozone, NO2 and aerosols) over Europe with high spatial and temporal resolution and will be assimilated by our Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service.
NOAA’s latest climate briefing shows January temps 1.33°C above 20th century average, marking hottest Jan on record.
Scientists stayed silent on greenhouse gas link despite direct questions - inevitable shift on how US agencies communicate climate science.
#ClimateScience #NOAA #GlobalWarming
Scientists stayed silent on greenhouse gas link despite direct questions - inevitable shift on how US agencies communicate climate science.
#ClimateScience #NOAA #GlobalWarming
NOAA scientists refuse to link warming weather to climate change
In a monthly reporting call on global climate, researchers from the US government’s climate and weather agency avoided mentioning rising levels of greenhouse gases
www.newscientist.com
February 21, 2025 at 11:50 PM
NOAA’s latest climate briefing shows January temps 1.33°C above 20th century average, marking hottest Jan on record.
Scientists stayed silent on greenhouse gas link despite direct questions - inevitable shift on how US agencies communicate climate science.
#ClimateScience #NOAA #GlobalWarming
Scientists stayed silent on greenhouse gas link despite direct questions - inevitable shift on how US agencies communicate climate science.
#ClimateScience #NOAA #GlobalWarming
EarthDaily Analytics has acquired SKYFOREST, enhancing our wildfire risk assessment and forest analytics capabilities.
Integration with our upcoming constellation will deliver daily global monitoring across Australia & New Zealand from 2025.
#EarthObservation #GeospatialIntelligence #WildfireRisk
Integration with our upcoming constellation will deliver daily global monitoring across Australia & New Zealand from 2025.
#EarthObservation #GeospatialIntelligence #WildfireRisk
EarthDaily - EarthDaily Analytics Acquires SkyForest, Enhancing Wildfire Risk and Forestry Solutions
Acquisition embeds cutting-edge wildfire and forestry analytics into EarthDaily’s comprehensive Earth Observation portfolio, accelerating its growth strategy and expanding capabilities in risk managem...
earthdaily.com
February 20, 2025 at 11:57 PM
EarthDaily Analytics has acquired SKYFOREST, enhancing our wildfire risk assessment and forest analytics capabilities.
Integration with our upcoming constellation will deliver daily global monitoring across Australia & New Zealand from 2025.
#EarthObservation #GeospatialIntelligence #WildfireRisk
Integration with our upcoming constellation will deliver daily global monitoring across Australia & New Zealand from 2025.
#EarthObservation #GeospatialIntelligence #WildfireRisk
Essential infrastructure is hard to replicate - @noaa.gov weather network would cost billions & take decades for private companies to match.
Even wealthy nations rely on NOAA's data. For developing nations facing climate risks, it's impossible - making this freely available global data critical.
Even wealthy nations rely on NOAA's data. For developing nations facing climate risks, it's impossible - making this freely available global data critical.
NOAA’s vast public weather data powers the local forecasts on your phone and TV – a private company alone couldn’t match it
NOAA operates fleets of satellites, sensors on airplanes and ocean-going buoys, as well as radar, providing the data used by weather forecasters nationwide – and freely available to anyone.
theconversation.com
February 17, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Essential infrastructure is hard to replicate - @noaa.gov weather network would cost billions & take decades for private companies to match.
Even wealthy nations rely on NOAA's data. For developing nations facing climate risks, it's impossible - making this freely available global data critical.
Even wealthy nations rely on NOAA's data. For developing nations facing climate risks, it's impossible - making this freely available global data critical.
We will be in Sydney for #InsurtechLIVE25 next week as flooding continues across North Queensland.
EarthDaily Analytics is actively supporting insurers with rapid damage assessment and claims validation during this ongoing emergency, enabling faster claims processing.
#QLDFloods #InsurTech
EarthDaily Analytics is actively supporting insurers with rapid damage assessment and claims validation during this ongoing emergency, enabling faster claims processing.
#QLDFloods #InsurTech
Flash flooding as Gold Coast battered by series of storms
A series of thunderstorms battered the Gold Coast this morning, dumping 100mm of rain over the course of two hours.
www.abc.net.au
February 13, 2025 at 10:45 AM
We will be in Sydney for #InsurtechLIVE25 next week as flooding continues across North Queensland.
EarthDaily Analytics is actively supporting insurers with rapid damage assessment and claims validation during this ongoing emergency, enabling faster claims processing.
#QLDFloods #InsurTech
EarthDaily Analytics is actively supporting insurers with rapid damage assessment and claims validation during this ongoing emergency, enabling faster claims processing.
#QLDFloods #InsurTech
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If you're in DC tomorrow afternoon, pls celebrate my birthday by fighting for @noaa.gov at the Department of Commerce (not Silver Spring)! 💙🌊
www.mobilize.us/ccanactionfu...
www.mobilize.us/ccanactionfu...
Protect NOAA Staff and Vital Early Warning Systems · Chesapeake Climate Action Network / Action Fund
On Tuesday, February 11, 2025 at 2:00PM ET, US Senator Chris Van Hollen (MD), climate and environmental advocates, scientists, and members of Congress will hold a press conference outside the Departme...
www.mobilize.us
February 11, 2025 at 12:07 AM
If you're in DC tomorrow afternoon, pls celebrate my birthday by fighting for @noaa.gov at the Department of Commerce (not Silver Spring)! 💙🌊
www.mobilize.us/ccanactionfu...
www.mobilize.us/ccanactionfu...
Post #ParisAISummit, Dario Amodei warns: Possibly by 2026-27 (no later than 2030) AI will be like 'a country of geniuses in a datacenter.'
Not just an upgrade - a fundamental shift in global capabilities.
“First, we must ensure democratic societies lead in AI”
Not just an upgrade - a fundamental shift in global capabilities.
“First, we must ensure democratic societies lead in AI”
Statement from Dario Amodei on the Paris AI Action Summit
A call for greater focus and urgency
www.anthropic.com
February 11, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Post #ParisAISummit, Dario Amodei warns: Possibly by 2026-27 (no later than 2030) AI will be like 'a country of geniuses in a datacenter.'
Not just an upgrade - a fundamental shift in global capabilities.
“First, we must ensure democratic societies lead in AI”
Not just an upgrade - a fundamental shift in global capabilities.
“First, we must ensure democratic societies lead in AI”
Since 1984, CEOS (Committee on Earth Observation Satellites) coordinates civilian Earth observation missions globally.
NASA & NOAA skipping their next meeting raises serious concerns for future collaboration and data sharing across space agencies.
#EarthObservation #SpacePolicy #CEOS
NASA & NOAA skipping their next meeting raises serious concerns for future collaboration and data sharing across space agencies.
#EarthObservation #SpacePolicy #CEOS
NASA And NOAA Skipping CEOS Meeting
Sources report that NASA has ordered key agency personnel not to participate in the upcoming meeting of the Committee on Earth Observations Satellites (CEOS)
nasawatch.com
February 10, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Since 1984, CEOS (Committee on Earth Observation Satellites) coordinates civilian Earth observation missions globally.
NASA & NOAA skipping their next meeting raises serious concerns for future collaboration and data sharing across space agencies.
#EarthObservation #SpacePolicy #CEOS
NASA & NOAA skipping their next meeting raises serious concerns for future collaboration and data sharing across space agencies.
#EarthObservation #SpacePolicy #CEOS
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We collectively haven’t been taking the plans laid out by Project 2025 seriously enough. They want to destroy NOAA so people won’t know that climate change is happening. It sounds stupid and alarmist if you haven’t been paying attention.
Project 2025 plan calls for demolition of NOAA and National Weather Service
The call to dismantle the United States' vital weather department has raised the hackles of experts who say NOAA provides not only important free data but also life-saving information.
www.latimes.com
February 8, 2025 at 10:17 AM
We collectively haven’t been taking the plans laid out by Project 2025 seriously enough. They want to destroy NOAA so people won’t know that climate change is happening. It sounds stupid and alarmist if you haven’t been paying attention.
Alaska’s ice vanishing before our eyes. New satellite imagery reveals shocking melt rates, with winter snowpacks disappearing at an alarming pace. Temps 7.2°C (13°F) above avg.
Climate change is hitting the Arctic faster than anywhere else on Earth.
#EarthObservation #ClimateChange #MODIS #NASA
Climate change is hitting the Arctic faster than anywhere else on Earth.
#EarthObservation #ClimateChange #MODIS #NASA
Alaska's ice is melting in front of our eyes, staggering satellite shots show
Unusual weather patterns and climate change have been driving stark changes in the northwestern state. Now, new satellite images show the extent of this transformation.
www.livescience.com
February 8, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Alaska’s ice vanishing before our eyes. New satellite imagery reveals shocking melt rates, with winter snowpacks disappearing at an alarming pace. Temps 7.2°C (13°F) above avg.
Climate change is hitting the Arctic faster than anywhere else on Earth.
#EarthObservation #ClimateChange #MODIS #NASA
Climate change is hitting the Arctic faster than anywhere else on Earth.
#EarthObservation #ClimateChange #MODIS #NASA
IBM Research & MIT team shows how deep learning improves power plant CO2 emission estimates by combining simulated & satellite data. Their U-Net model outperforms existing methods - crucial for monitoring emissions where ground data is scarce.
#EarthObservation #AI
#EarthObservation #AI
Improving Power Plant CO2 Emission Estimation with Deep Learning and Satellite/Simulated Data
CO2 emissions from power plants, as significant super emitters, contribute substantially to global warming. Accurate quantification of these emissions is crucial for effective climate mitigation strat...
arxiv.org
February 6, 2025 at 11:04 AM
IBM Research & MIT team shows how deep learning improves power plant CO2 emission estimates by combining simulated & satellite data. Their U-Net model outperforms existing methods - crucial for monitoring emissions where ground data is scarce.
#EarthObservation #AI
#EarthObservation #AI
Trump admin erasing climate data from US gov sites.
Scientific community fights back: Environmental Data Initiative preserving records, research networks expanding globally, while commercial satellites ensure uninterrupted climate monitoring.
Scientific community fights back: Environmental Data Initiative preserving records, research networks expanding globally, while commercial satellites ensure uninterrupted climate monitoring.
Scientists brace ‘for the worst’ as Trump purges climate mentions from websites
Trump administration pulling references online ‘won’t make crisis’ stop impacting Americans’ lives, say experts
www.theguardian.com
February 4, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Trump admin erasing climate data from US gov sites.
Scientific community fights back: Environmental Data Initiative preserving records, research networks expanding globally, while commercial satellites ensure uninterrupted climate monitoring.
Scientific community fights back: Environmental Data Initiative preserving records, research networks expanding globally, while commercial satellites ensure uninterrupted climate monitoring.
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Japan’s flagship H3 rocket launched the Michibiki 6 navigation satellite early Sunday carrying the QZS-6. This aims to provide Japan with enhanced positioning, navigation, and timing services while increasing the accuracy and reliability of GPS services in the region.
#H3 #space #japan 🇯🇵 #satellite
#H3 #space #japan 🇯🇵 #satellite
Japan launches Michibiki 6 navigation satellite with fifth H3 rocket
HELSINKI — Japan’s flagship H3 rocket successfully launched the Michibiki 6 navigation satellite early Sunday, enhancing the country’s regional GPS capabilities. The Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MH…
spacenews.com
February 3, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Japan’s flagship H3 rocket launched the Michibiki 6 navigation satellite early Sunday carrying the QZS-6. This aims to provide Japan with enhanced positioning, navigation, and timing services while increasing the accuracy and reliability of GPS services in the region.
#H3 #space #japan 🇯🇵 #satellite
#H3 #space #japan 🇯🇵 #satellite
Via Bloomberg: EarthDaily's vegetation index analysis shows Argentina's soy/corn yields below official estimates. We converted satellite imagery into crop health metrics →
Soy: 45M tons (vs Buenos Aires Exchange 49.6M)
Corn: 42M tons (vs 49M)
Feb-March weather remains crucial.
#CommodityMarkets
Soy: 45M tons (vs Buenos Aires Exchange 49.6M)
Corn: 42M tons (vs 49M)
Feb-March weather remains crucial.
#CommodityMarkets
From Space, Parched Argentine Soy Fields Are Looking Even Worse
Soybean and corn plants hit by a drought on the Argentine Pampas are in worse shape than public forecasts say, according to an analysis of satellite imagery.
www.bloomberg.com
February 3, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Via Bloomberg: EarthDaily's vegetation index analysis shows Argentina's soy/corn yields below official estimates. We converted satellite imagery into crop health metrics →
Soy: 45M tons (vs Buenos Aires Exchange 49.6M)
Corn: 42M tons (vs 49M)
Feb-March weather remains crucial.
#CommodityMarkets
Soy: 45M tons (vs Buenos Aires Exchange 49.6M)
Corn: 42M tons (vs 49M)
Feb-March weather remains crucial.
#CommodityMarkets
Monitoring the devastating floods in North Queensland. EarthDaily Analytics is actively supporting our insurance partners with rapid damage assessment.
Satellite monitoring helps carriers accelerate claims processing and get support to affected residents faster.
#QLDFloods #InsureTech
Satellite monitoring helps carriers accelerate claims processing and get support to affected residents faster.
#QLDFloods #InsureTech
What’s driving north Queensland’s deadly, record-breaking floods?
One woman has died, as floodwaters continue to rise from Townsville up to Cairns. An environmental geography expert explains what’s behind the floods – and what to watch in coming days.
theconversation.com
February 3, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Monitoring the devastating floods in North Queensland. EarthDaily Analytics is actively supporting our insurance partners with rapid damage assessment.
Satellite monitoring helps carriers accelerate claims processing and get support to affected residents faster.
#QLDFloods #InsureTech
Satellite monitoring helps carriers accelerate claims processing and get support to affected residents faster.
#QLDFloods #InsureTech
AI is democratizing satellite imagery analysis. Tech that used to need deep expertise is becoming accessible to everyone, putting powerful Earth observation tools in the hands of people who can make real change.
Especially love that it's built on open data from Landsat/Sentinel.
#EarthObservation
Especially love that it's built on open data from Landsat/Sentinel.
#EarthObservation
Start With Satellite Images of the Earth. Then Add AI.
Artificial-intelligence tools are starting to allow nonexperts to search for patterns across the globe
www.wsj.com
February 3, 2025 at 3:52 AM
AI is democratizing satellite imagery analysis. Tech that used to need deep expertise is becoming accessible to everyone, putting powerful Earth observation tools in the hands of people who can make real change.
Especially love that it's built on open data from Landsat/Sentinel.
#EarthObservation
Especially love that it's built on open data from Landsat/Sentinel.
#EarthObservation
The US Department of Agriculture has directed staff to "identify, archive or unpublish" climate change content from public websites by end of the week.
Major shift in how a key scientific agency communicates about climate impacts on American agriculture.
#climatepolicy #agriculture #USDA
Major shift in how a key scientific agency communicates about climate impacts on American agriculture.
#climatepolicy #agriculture #USDA
USDA orders removal of climate change mentions from public websites
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has directed officials to remove content related to climate change from its public websites, according to emails obtained by ABC News.
abcnews.go.com
February 1, 2025 at 2:02 AM
The US Department of Agriculture has directed staff to "identify, archive or unpublish" climate change content from public websites by end of the week.
Major shift in how a key scientific agency communicates about climate impacts on American agriculture.
#climatepolicy #agriculture #USDA
Major shift in how a key scientific agency communicates about climate impacts on American agriculture.
#climatepolicy #agriculture #USDA
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The world’s oceans are warming four times faster than they were in the late 1980s, according to a new study.
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Oceans Are Warming Faster and Faster as the Earth Traps More Energy
New findings provide early evidence that burning fossil fuels played a major role in the worrying spike in ocean temperatures in 2023 and 2024.
links.message.bloomberg.com
January 28, 2025 at 1:09 PM
The world’s oceans are warming four times faster than they were in the late 1980s, according to a new study.
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UAE is going big on solar: announces $6B plant with 19GWh battery storage—world's largest.
Middle East becomes fastest-growing renewables market outside China as Gulf states race to power homes with sun, freeing up oil & gas for export.
#CleanEnergy #MENA #NetZero
Middle East becomes fastest-growing renewables market outside China as Gulf states race to power homes with sun, freeing up oil & gas for export.
#CleanEnergy #MENA #NetZero
Middle East becomes fastest-growing renewables market outside China
UAE’s Masdar and Saudi Arabia’s Acwa Power lead build out of huge solar farms
www.ft.com
January 29, 2025 at 7:41 AM
UAE is going big on solar: announces $6B plant with 19GWh battery storage—world's largest.
Middle East becomes fastest-growing renewables market outside China as Gulf states race to power homes with sun, freeing up oil & gas for export.
#CleanEnergy #MENA #NetZero
Middle East becomes fastest-growing renewables market outside China as Gulf states race to power homes with sun, freeing up oil & gas for export.
#CleanEnergy #MENA #NetZero
We’re starting to uncover how Antarctica’s massive ice sheet melts. Ocean processes at tiny scales drive basal melting, shrinking ice shelves and raising sea levels.
Robots and new models are revealing insights into this complex, urgent challenge.
#Antarctica #ClimateChange
Robots and new models are revealing insights into this complex, urgent challenge.
#Antarctica #ClimateChange
How is Antarctica melting, exactly? Crucial details are beginning to come into focus
The Antarctic ice sheet is nearly twice the area of Australia and holds enough freshwater to raise global sea levels by 58 metres.
theconversation.com
January 27, 2025 at 12:13 PM
We’re starting to uncover how Antarctica’s massive ice sheet melts. Ocean processes at tiny scales drive basal melting, shrinking ice shelves and raising sea levels.
Robots and new models are revealing insights into this complex, urgent challenge.
#Antarctica #ClimateChange
Robots and new models are revealing insights into this complex, urgent challenge.
#Antarctica #ClimateChange