Webinar: Cerulean: Detecting oil pollution throughout the global ocean
Date/Time: Tuesday, November 5, 2024 11:00 AM EST
Presented by: Mitchelle De Leon and Jason Seiple of SkyTruth
Description: Ocean oil pollution can have devastating impacts on marine ecosystems and the coastal communities that depend on them. Cerulean, developed by SkyTruth, is a new system to monitor the global ocean for oil pollution by detecting oil slicks in satellite imagery and identifying nearby vessels and offshore oil and gas infrastructure that could be the source of those slicks. Cerulean can support climate and marine conservation organizations, journalists, enforcement agencies, and individuals or agencies that want to protect their waters from oil pollution. Users can find potential slicks on a simple, map-based interface and generate reports showing likely sources of observed pollution, or use Cerulean’s API to integrate pollution data into their own maritime observation platforms. In addition to this incident-focused work, Cerulean is also starting to provide a broader picture of chronic oil pollution globally – the initial six-month pilot suggested that ships may be dumping more than 1.8 million barrels of oil per year into the ocean. This webinar will present Cerulean, how to use it, and early results on global hotspots for vessel and infrastructure oil slicks.
Hosted by: OCTO