Courtesy of The Verge, a look at Global Fishing Watch, a new initiative to provide insight into the growing fisheries crisis:

Environmental groups have

Via the Smithsonian Magazine, an interesting report on the use of aerial imagery to scan aerial imagery and pinpoint the locations of fracking wastewater ponds in Pennsylvania:

Via New York Magazine, a profile of an interesting company Planet Labs:

Via GreenBiz, a look at eight ways big data is helping improve global water and food security:

Big

Via Nature, an interesting report on use of technology to monitor the Tibetan Plateau:

Courtesy of SkyTruth, an interesting report on use