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robinkrafton Show HN: I made this satellite map of NorCal wildfires. Search for your address

Great idea! Fixed :)

robinkrafton Show HN: I made this satellite map of NorCal wildfires. Search for your address

Many thanks to Digital Globe & Planet for imagery, and Mapbox for hosting.

robinkrafton Planet enlists machine learning experts to parse Amazon basin data

Thanks @ontouchstart

robinkrafton Planet enlists machine learning experts to parse Amazon basin data

Not primary, but deforestation is still significant. From Scientific American:

"By most accounts, deforestation in tropical rainforests adds more carbon dioxide to the atmosphere than the sum total of cars and trucks on the world’s roads. According to the World Carfree Network (WCN), cars and trucks account for about 14 percent of global carbon emissions, while most analysts attribute upwards of 15 percent to deforestation."

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/deforestation-and...

robinkrafton Hack for the environment at EcoHackSF

Good call - I'll see what we can get together for the big day.