Environmental & Natural Resources
Live answers for a changing planet
Satellite, sensor and hazard data pile up faster than desktop tools can handle. Analyze it live in your own cloud data warehouse, and share what you find as maps and AI Agents.
Terabytes, with ease
Satellite and sensor archives run to terabytes which desktop GIS tools struggle to handle. Analyze them where they sit, in your cloud data warehouse, with no ETL pain.
Catch change while it counts
Reports describe change that has already happened, so teams respond late. Track conditions live, and act while there's still time.
An answer for every team
Planners and partners all have different questions, but only a few analysts can answer them. Publish a map or an AI Agent anyone in your organization can get answers from.
Trusted by the world's leading organizations
How it works
Spatial analysis where your data already lives
Where environmental teams use CARTO
Environmental management, from climate and hazard risk to air quality, on the data you already have.
Climate & Hazard Risk
Flood, fire and heat risk shifts faster than static maps can keep up, so teams plan around yesterday's picture.
Combine hazard layers with your roads, coasts and energy assets in one live score, and see who is exposed first.
Forest & Land Cover Monitoring
Deforestation, wildfire and land-use change are usually spotted after the damage is done.
Compare land cover over time and flag change early enough to act.
Carbon & Vegetation Monitoring
Satellite data on vegetation, soil moisture and temperature runs to terabytes, far too big for desktop tools.
Turn it into KPI dashboards inside your warehouse, as NetCarbon does with 10 terabytes of imagery.
Frequently asked questions
Yes. CARTO runs inside your warehouse and uses H3 spatial indexes, so analysis scales with the data instead of the desktop. It also supports geospatial foundation model embeddings such as Google AlphaEarth, which turn satellite imagery into features you can search and model.
Yes. Bring your own layers, such as habitats, sensors or hazard zones, into your warehouse and combine them with curated demographic and environmental datasets from the Data Observatory in a single Workflow.
Combine hazard layers, such as flood, fire and heat, with your assets or communities, then score exposure in a single spatial composite. Everything runs in your warehouse, so you can re-score as new data arrives. Use spatial composites for climate change impact assessment.
Monitoring compares conditions over time, such as vegetation health, soil moisture and temperature, so change shows up early. NetCarbon computes indexes like these from 10 terabytes of satellite data using CARTO and H3 spatial indexes. Read the NetCarbon story.
It applies mapping and spatial analysis to questions about the natural world, such as where land cover is changing, which areas face the most climate risk, or where pollution concentrates. It combines satellite, sensor and hazard data with your own records. CARTO runs it live in your cloud data warehouse.
