How Scientists Used Acoustic Soundscapes and Satellites to Assess the Health of the Amazon Rainforest

How Scientists Used Acoustic Soundscapes and Satellites to Assess the Health of the Amazon Rainforest

August 11, 2022

Scientists from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center and the University of Maryland, College Park, investigated how the acoustics of a forest can be a cost-effective indicator of its health—and Landsat allowed them to see back in time.

50 Years, 50 Stories: Inbal Becker-Reshef

August 11, 2022

I use Landsat data alongside other satellite and field data to map where and when crops like wheat are growing, to analyze different management practices including when crops are planted and harvested, to assess crop health and to forecast end of season yields.

NASA and USGS officials at Landsat 9 operational handover ceremony

NASA Transfers Landsat 9 Satellite to USGS to Monitor Earth’s Changes

August 11, 2022

NASA transferred ownership and operational control of the Landsat 9 satellite to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in a ceremony in Sioux Falls, South Dakota on on Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022.

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