More water is taken from the Colorado River than it has to give. Better water use accounting made possible by Landsat provides needed guidance for difficult water use decisions.| Landsat Science | A joint NASA/USGS Earth observation program.
The Landsat satellite program, with its unparalleled 53-year historic record, can reveal changes through the Annual National Land Cover Database (NLCD).| Landsat Science | A joint NASA/USGS Earth observation program.
When the first Landsat satellite launched in 1972, it posed the following question: could we manage our natural resources using remotely–sensed data? The answer, 53 years on, is a resounding “yes.”| Landsat Science | A joint NASA/USGS Earth observation program.
The Amazon is in trouble. Researchers found that, between 2000 and 2022, the Brazilian Amazon lost about 10% of its natural non-forest vegetation.| Landsat Science | A joint NASA/USGS Earth observation program.
In a study, researchers used GPS tracking data and satellite imagery to map elephant movement in northwestern Namibia, looking for corridors of connectivity.| Landsat Science | A joint NASA/USGS Earth observation program.
A combination of Landsat and Sentinel-2 imagery, NASA near real-time data, and machine learning provides near real-time access to high-resolution water quality maps.| Landsat Science | A joint NASA/USGS Earth observation program.
A new study using NASA satellite data reveals how drought affects the recovery of western ecosystems from fire, a result that could provide meaningful information for conservation efforts.| Landsat Science | A joint NASA/USGS Earth observation program.
NASA's Harmonized Landsat and Sentinel-2 (HLS) project is a groundbreaking initiative that combines data from Landsats 8 & 9 with the European Space Agency's Sentinel-2A & 2B satellites.| Landsat Science | A joint NASA/USGS Earth observation program.
