terraPulse

Global maps of tree cover, deforestation and land-use change from NASA and ESA imagery, back to 1984.

Satellite & remote sensingNorth Potomac, United StatesFounded 2014

terraPulse applies AI to satellite imagery from NASA and ESA missions to produce dynamic maps of tree cover, deforestation, and land-use change at global scale. The company originated from the University of Maryland's Global Land Cover Facility and offers monitoring back to 1984 using Landsat data.

What Boreal Tech Brief reported

  1. #0343 Mar 2026 · News

    terraPulse's Joe Sexton Lifts the Lid on Global Forest Disturbance Mapping

    Joe Sexton of terraPulse shared new figures from Feng et al. (2026), giving insight into the AI and Landsat time-series methodology that powers global forest disturbance and recovery maps. The model detects annual changes in forest cover and biomass at 30-metre resolution worldwide.