How Resource Watch Changed the Way We Monitor the Planet’s Pulse
One year ago today, World Resources Institute and more than 30 partners launched an open data monitoring platform to advance a healthy planet where people and ecosystems thrive. Resource Watch leverages technology, data and human networks to bring much-needed transparency on the state of the planet.
There Were 137 Oil Spills in the US in 2018. See Where They Happened.
< Blog Oil spills don’t make the news very often unless they are big, like the 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill, which killed 11 people and spewed an…
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Multiple fires have started and spread in California over the past week. Three datasets can help government agencies and disaster preparedness groups track these fires and take preventative action.
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Building the new capital on the forested island of Borneo has the potential to come at a tremendous environmental cost.
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