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Remembering David Landgrebe
November 30, 2020 • This month, the world lost a giant in the world of quantitative remote sensing. David A. Landgrebe passed away on November 21, 2020 at the age of
![Africa Flores](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/AfricaFlores-scifri_1.jpg)
Africa Flores: Using Satellite Data to Monitor Algal Blooms
Scientist and Landsat data user Africa Flores recently talked with Science Friday about her work.
![Landsat 9 and the future of sustainable land imaging program](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Screen-Shot-2020-11-25-at-6.40.19-PM_0_0.png)
Report: Landsat 9 and the Future of the Sustainable Land Imaging Program
The Congressional Research Service has released a new report about the future of Landsat.
![A Yuma Ridgway rail in its native habitat](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/rail-1.png)
Landsat Imagery Could Help an Endangered Bird
By Morgan Spehar, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center The Yuma Ridgway’s rail, a chicken-sized bird that looks like a cross between a duck and a crane, hides away in the marshes
![Icebergs near shore](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/icebergs.jpg)
Talking Climate Change with Conservation and Earth Scientists
Landsat 9 Project Scientist Jeff Masek joined astronaut Jessica Meir and other researchers to discuss the role of space and aviation technologies in studying our changing world as part of the Smithsonian Conservation Commons’ Earth Optimism initiative.
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From Space to Farm
Farmers rely on the accuracy of a crucial NASA and USGS mission, Landsat, to make decisions about crops.
![irrigation](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/farm-crop-1.png)
Landsat 9 Project Scientist on Expert Panel for Smithsonian Earth Optimism Event
Dr. Jeff Masek will talk about the Landsat data record and its role helping us understand our planet.
![Greenland appears in this image created using data from the ITS_LIVE project](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/1c-greenland-wide-view-1041.jpg)
Greenland’s Retreating Glaciers Could Impact Local Ecology
Many of the Greenland’s glaciers are retreating while also undergoing other physical changes.
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![Africa Flores](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/AfricaFlores-scifri_1.jpg)
Africa Flores: Using Satellite Data to Monitor Algal Blooms
Scientist and Landsat data user Africa Flores recently talked with Science Friday about her work.
![Landsat 9 and the future of sustainable land imaging program](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Screen-Shot-2020-11-25-at-6.40.19-PM_0_0.png)
Report: Landsat 9 and the Future of the Sustainable Land Imaging Program
The Congressional Research Service has released a new report about the future of Landsat.
![A Yuma Ridgway rail in its native habitat](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/rail-1.png)
Landsat Imagery Could Help an Endangered Bird
By Morgan Spehar, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center The Yuma Ridgway’s rail, a chicken-sized bird that looks like a cross between a duck and a crane, hides away in the marshes
![More than 350 species of birds are counted on the Pacific Flyway every year](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/MigratingBirds.png)
Earth Observations are for the Birds
Earth observations and citizen science are informing a program called BirdReturns to help restore lost natural wetlands.
![Icebergs near shore](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/icebergs.jpg)
Talking Climate Change with Conservation and Earth Scientists
Landsat 9 Project Scientist Jeff Masek joined astronaut Jessica Meir and other researchers to discuss the role of space and aviation technologies in studying our changing world as part of the Smithsonian Conservation Commons’ Earth Optimism initiative.
![](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/nasascuriousuniverselogo.png)
From Space to Farm
Farmers rely on the accuracy of a crucial NASA and USGS mission, Landsat, to make decisions about crops.
![irrigation](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/farm-crop-1.png)
Landsat 9 Project Scientist on Expert Panel for Smithsonian Earth Optimism Event
Dr. Jeff Masek will talk about the Landsat data record and its role helping us understand our planet.
![Greenland appears in this image created using data from the ITS_LIVE project](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/1c-greenland-wide-view-1041.jpg)
Greenland’s Retreating Glaciers Could Impact Local Ecology
Many of the Greenland’s glaciers are retreating while also undergoing other physical changes.
![When the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska warms up during summer](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/npr-a_helicopter_0.png)
Satellite Data Meets Cellular DNA for Species of Interest
Scientists are combining data from water samples containing fish DNA with satellite data to find native fish and identify their habitats.
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![Africa Flores](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/AfricaFlores-scifri_1.jpg)
Africa Flores: Using Satellite Data to Monitor Algal Blooms
Scientist and Landsat data user Africa Flores recently talked with Science Friday about her work.
![Landsat 9 and the future of sustainable land imaging program](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Screen-Shot-2020-11-25-at-6.40.19-PM_0_0.png)
Report: Landsat 9 and the Future of the Sustainable Land Imaging Program
The Congressional Research Service has released a new report about the future of Landsat.
![A Yuma Ridgway rail in its native habitat](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/rail-1.png)
Landsat Imagery Could Help an Endangered Bird
By Morgan Spehar, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center The Yuma Ridgway’s rail, a chicken-sized bird that looks like a cross between a duck and a crane, hides away in the marshes
![More than 350 species of birds are counted on the Pacific Flyway every year](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/MigratingBirds.png)
Earth Observations are for the Birds
Earth observations and citizen science are informing a program called BirdReturns to help restore lost natural wetlands.
![Icebergs near shore](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/icebergs.jpg)
Talking Climate Change with Conservation and Earth Scientists
Landsat 9 Project Scientist Jeff Masek joined astronaut Jessica Meir and other researchers to discuss the role of space and aviation technologies in studying our changing world as part of the Smithsonian Conservation Commons’ Earth Optimism initiative.
![](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/nasascuriousuniverselogo.png)
From Space to Farm
Farmers rely on the accuracy of a crucial NASA and USGS mission, Landsat, to make decisions about crops.
![irrigation](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/farm-crop-1.png)
Landsat 9 Project Scientist on Expert Panel for Smithsonian Earth Optimism Event
Dr. Jeff Masek will talk about the Landsat data record and its role helping us understand our planet.
![Greenland appears in this image created using data from the ITS_LIVE project](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/1c-greenland-wide-view-1041.jpg)
Greenland’s Retreating Glaciers Could Impact Local Ecology
Many of the Greenland’s glaciers are retreating while also undergoing other physical changes.
![When the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska warms up during summer](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/npr-a_helicopter_0.png)
Satellite Data Meets Cellular DNA for Species of Interest
Scientists are combining data from water samples containing fish DNA with satellite data to find native fish and identify their habitats.