Microsoft | Analytics Lab - Conservation Science Partners

Conservation Science Powered by Microsoft’s Planetary Computer

Overview

Microsoft’s Planetary Computer is making vast amounts of near real-time spatial data available to the scientific community, and providing tools for deep, conservation-relevant analyses. CSP’s Analytics Lab leverages these data and tools to better visualize the structure and function of ecosystems, to help make the findings more intuitive and accessible. Our dynamic mapping applications reflect collaborations with multiple partners around the globe, including the project examples below.

Projects

Modeling and mapping biomass in the Amazonn

Tracking interannual loss and accumulation of forest carbon.

Visualizing anthropogenic impacts in the U.S.

Leveraging Azure cloud infrastructure to create up-to-date estimates and maps of human land use impacts.

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We are working with the team at Microsoft’s AI for Good Lab to combine cloud-based artificial intelligence with user-friendly software tools that empower organizations and individuals working to advance sustainability around the globe. Together, we’re aiming to solve some of today’s toughest environmental challenges while building a solid foundation for a dynamic, globally comprehensive planetary computer.