Google.org awards $5 million for real-time AI permafrost thaw analysis

Woodwell Climate Research Center (formerly the Woods Hole Research Center) in Falmouth, Massachusetts, has announced a $5 million grant from Google.org for the development of open-access satellite data and AI resources to track Arctic permafrost thaw in near real time.

Timely analysis of permafrost thaw, a critical resource to scientists, decision makers, and community members helping to inform climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies, has remained out of reach due to the limitations of current remote sensing and satellite imagery analysis techniques.

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