Introduction Empowering individuals Working together Operating sustainably Governance and engagement Appendix 2023 Environmental Repo爀琀 Researchers, academics, In 2022, researchers addressed urban climate change FIGURE 9 inequities using publicly available data from Ea爀琀h Engine. Glacier retreat in Sermersooq, Greenland, seen from Timelapse in Google Ea爀琀h. and NGOs This study used Ea爀琀h Engine to combine medium-to-high- resolution satellite observations with census data to calculate the feasible area available for planting new trees in urban We’re providing cu琀琀ing-edge climate- and nature-related  62 areas for over 200 areas in California. By quantifying this, data and analytics to scienti昀椀c researchers from academic 1984 they were able to provide estimates of several co-bene昀椀t institutions and NGOs. This suppo爀琀 is enabling advances of tree cover. in the most complex areas of their 昀椀elds, applying AI, machine learning, and geospatial analytics at a global scale to accelerate the shi昀琀 to a sustainable future. To accelerate the innovation that we’ve seen from the scienti昀椀c and NGO communities, we’re now bringing Google Ea爀琀h Engine to public and private sector users. Planetary-scale pla琀昀orms In 2022, we expanded Google Ea爀琀h Engine’s availability for commercial use by businesses and governments worldwide Launched in 2010, Google Ea爀琀h Engine is Google’s as an enterprise-grade service through Google Cloud. planetary-scale pla琀昀orm for Ea爀琀h science data and With access to reliable, up-to-date insights on how our analysis. It o昀昀ers over 1,000 Ea爀琀h observation datasets with planet is changing, organizations will be be琀琀er equipped powe爀昀ul cloud computing to show timely, accurate, high- to move their sustainability e昀昀o爀琀s forward. resolution insights about the state of the world’s habitats and ecosystems—and how they’re changing over time. Google Ea爀琀h Scientists, researchers, and developers have been using Our planet has seen rapid environmental change in the past Ea爀琀h Engine for more than a decade to detect changes, half-century—more than at any other point in human history. map trends, and quantify di昀昀erences on the Ea爀琀h’s su爀昀ace. 2022 In 2022, over 90,000 users regularly used Ea爀琀h Engine’s Timelapse in Google Ea爀琀h is a global, zoomable data analytics and computing for research and educational time-lapse video of the planet, providing a clearer picture purposes. Multiple global conservation and restoration tools of Ea爀琀h’s dynamic change since 1984—not just problems, have also been built on the pla琀昀orm. For example, founded but also solutions, as well as beautiful natural phenomena by Crowther Lab in Zurich and powered by Google Ea爀琀h that unfold over decades—from irrigation systems Engine and Google Cloud, Restor allows anyone to analyze emerging in the dese爀琀s of Egypt to volcanic eruptions, the restoration potential of any place on Ea爀琀h. When you logging, and wild昀椀res changing the landscape of outline a given area on the Restor map, it will show you California’s Lassen National Forest and glaciers retreating data on local biodiversity, the current and potential amount in Sermersooq, Greenland (see Figure 9). of solid carbon stored in the soil, land cover, soil pH, and annual rainfall. With this information, the pla琀昀orm connects The imagery also captures how cities have adapted practitioners, facilitates the exchange of information, and to combat climate change—like o昀昀shore wind farms makes projects visible to potential funders and the public. in Middelgrunden, Denmark and a large-scale solar installation in Granada, Spain. 26