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USDA Updates CropScape
Source: Audra Zakzeski and Alex Minchenkov, USDA NASS The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) today released updates to its online geospatial exploring tool, CropScape. The 2011
National Academies Studying an Operational Land Imaging Program
The U.S. Geological Survey has commissioned the National Academies Space Studies Board to explore the needs and opportunities of developing a space-based operational land imaging capability. In particular, the committee
A New Way To Map Drought and Water Use Worldwide
Every month, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Center for Climate Prediction has a drought briefing by teleconference to identify the latest drought areas in North America. ARS scientists
How Plants React to Warming Temperatures
Using long-term Landsat time series data researchers at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center have found that warming temperatures alter the geographic distribution and health of arctic plants. Using Landsat 5
The Future of Landsat
Last week Space News reported that the U.S. Government is searching for ways to lower the price tag associated with designing, building, and launching successor Landsat satellites. This comes after President Obama’s
The View From Space
Dr. Tom Loveland gave a public lecture on Landsat at USGS Headquarters titled, “The View from Space: Landsat’s Role in Tracking Forty Years of Global Changes.” on Feb. 1. If you missed
It Takes a Satellite To Feed the World
Source: Charles L. Walthall, USDA Agricultural Research Service Forum It’s ironic that just when Earth-monitoring satellites are needed more than ever to address the food and freshwater demands of a burgeoning
Detecting Detrimental Change in Coral Reefs
Over dinner on R.V. Calypso while anchored on the lee side of Glover’s Reef in Belize, Jacques Cousteau told Phil Dustan that he suspected humans were having a negative impact on coral reefs.
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EarthSky Wins Two Awards for Excellence
The EarthSky science news broadcast network has won two major awards for excellence. On Nov. 4, 2011 it was announced that The Council of Colleges of Arts and Sciences (CCAS)
John Schott Unites Landsat and RIT
NASA’s Earth-observing satellites in the Landsat program have demonstrated the capabilities of remote sensing on a global scale and provided previously unavailable data on global climate change. Imaging scientist John
Data Continuity is Key for Scientists, Land Managers
Space News recently reported on the data continuity theme that permeated the Landsat press briefing held last week at the Pecora 18 conference in Herdon, Va. Read the Space News Article: + “For Landsat
Earth Observation Grows in Importance as Landsat Turns 40
Source: Charlene Porter, U.S. Embassy Population analysts estimated that world population exceeded 7 billion in October and now marches onward to 8 billion. With every passing moment, a scientific program operated
Landsat 5 Mission in Jeopardy
Source: USGS The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has stopped acquiring images from the 27-year-old Landsat 5 Earth observation satellite due to a rapidly degrading electronic component. Landsat 5 was launched in
Crowded House: 7 Billion and Counting
Contributor: Aries Keck, NASA Goddard With seven billion people now living on Earth, the expanding demand for resources is exerting unprecedented pressure on global resources, especially forests, water and food.
NASA and USGS Announce Media Briefing: How Will We Sustain a More Populated Planet?
Expanding demand from a growing world population — now numbered at over 7 billion — exerts unprecedented pressure on global resources, especially forests, water, and agriculture. Observing our world by
Capturing Landsat's Long History
In an era when receipt of images from Earth-orbiting satellites is “routine”, it’s hard to recall that a few short decades ago this wasn’t the case. Landsat has stood at
USGS and USAID Partner to Conserve Forests, Water in Africa
Contributor: Vicky Fakan, USAID USAID has long been a major actor helping to conserve Guinea’s forest reserves, which replenish many of West Africa’s life-sustaining waterways. Now, a recent partnership between USAID
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EarthSky Wins Two Awards for Excellence
The EarthSky science news broadcast network has won two major awards for excellence. On Nov. 4, 2011 it was announced that The Council of Colleges of Arts and Sciences (CCAS)
John Schott Unites Landsat and RIT
NASA’s Earth-observing satellites in the Landsat program have demonstrated the capabilities of remote sensing on a global scale and provided previously unavailable data on global climate change. Imaging scientist John
Data Continuity is Key for Scientists, Land Managers
Space News recently reported on the data continuity theme that permeated the Landsat press briefing held last week at the Pecora 18 conference in Herdon, Va. Read the Space News Article: + “For Landsat
Earth Observation Grows in Importance as Landsat Turns 40
Source: Charlene Porter, U.S. Embassy Population analysts estimated that world population exceeded 7 billion in October and now marches onward to 8 billion. With every passing moment, a scientific program operated
Landsat 5 Mission in Jeopardy
Source: USGS The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has stopped acquiring images from the 27-year-old Landsat 5 Earth observation satellite due to a rapidly degrading electronic component. Landsat 5 was launched in
Crowded House: 7 Billion and Counting
Contributor: Aries Keck, NASA Goddard With seven billion people now living on Earth, the expanding demand for resources is exerting unprecedented pressure on global resources, especially forests, water and food.
NASA and USGS Announce Media Briefing: How Will We Sustain a More Populated Planet?
Expanding demand from a growing world population — now numbered at over 7 billion — exerts unprecedented pressure on global resources, especially forests, water, and agriculture. Observing our world by
Capturing Landsat's Long History
In an era when receipt of images from Earth-orbiting satellites is “routine”, it’s hard to recall that a few short decades ago this wasn’t the case. Landsat has stood at
USGS and USAID Partner to Conserve Forests, Water in Africa
Contributor: Vicky Fakan, USAID USAID has long been a major actor helping to conserve Guinea’s forest reserves, which replenish many of West Africa’s life-sustaining waterways. Now, a recent partnership between USAID
