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Expanding OpenET Across Amazon Basin

The research teams who help sustain the largest freshwater reserve in the world are developing a new tool to promote more resilient farming systems in Brazil. The goal is to help farmers better handle changes in the water cycle, deal with droughts, and adapt to a changing climate.

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farmer in the field

From Seeds to Satellites

NASA is partnering with farmers to deliver new technology, new tools and new data to help producers make decisions at every level, from the farm field to the state to the nation to the world.

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Deforestation in the Amazon

Reading the Landscape

More than 100 countries at the UN Climate Change Conference this past year made the bold commitment to halt and reverse deforestation by 2030.

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algae-covered beach

Spotting Brittany’s ‘Green Tides’ from Space

‘Green tides’ of algae have wreaked havoc across the coastlines of Brittany, France, for half a century due to high levels of agricultural runoff. With efforts to reduce these underway, a new technique using over three decades of satellite images highlights the extent of the continuing problem.

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