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![A rural Tuscan landscape](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Tuscany-rural-336668Pb-1.jpg)
Landsat Gives Epidemiologists Key Insights
How the fields of epidemiology and remote sensing intersect to help the public.
![Nereocystis luetkeana](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/20200305_nu1-1024x481-1.jpg)
Landsat Boosts Understanding of Climate Change’s Impact on Kelp
Landsat imagery shows that bull kelp canopy area can vary dramatically from year to year, and that long-term population trends vary from reef to reef.
![forest image](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/20200226_nu1.png)
Destruction of Atlantic Rainforest Tied to Local Temperature Increases
Considered one of the world’s richest and most endangered forests, the Atlantic rainforest occupies 15% of Brazil’s landmass in an area that is home to 72% of the population.
![A natural-color NASA/USGS Landsat 8 image showing ice breaking up in the Lena River Delta](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/lena_oli_2015162-1.jpg)
Landsat Reveals Vanishing River Ice
The extent of wintertime river ice has declined by 2.5 percentage points globally over the past three decades.
![The coastal city of Zhuhai.](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/zhuhai-4651069_960_720-1.jpg)
Landsat Provides “Complete Perspective” of Wetland Loss in China
Intertidal wetlands significantly contribute to China’s environmental and ecological diversity, but are facing unprecedented pressures from anthropogenic development, as well as the threat of future sea level rise.
![Children play near the Sesan River](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/sesan-750x500-1-300x200-1.jpg)
Hydropower Dams Cool Rivers in the Mekong River Basin, Landsat Shows
Researchers used Landsat satellites to track changes in surface water temperature for the Sekong, Sesan and Srepok rivers. Within one year of the opening of a major dam, downstream river temperatures during the dry season dropped by up to 3.6ºF.
![Kansas center pivot irrigation background](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Kansas_CropCircle_1920x1080sm.jpg)
Landsat: Farming Data From Space
With Landsat data, farmers can find new ways to grow more crops with less water.
![Map of Lake George habitat](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/MapofLakeGeorgeHabitat-768x633-1.png)
Space Key to Wetland Conservation
Wetlands worldwide are vanishing at an alarming rate. New satellite-informed maps produced by ESA’s GlobWetland Africa project show how satellite observations can be used for the effective use and management of wetlands in Africa.
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![Remote South American kelp forests](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Kelp_southAmerica_NGS-1024x683-1.jpg)
Kelp Forests at the End of the Earth
Kelp forest cover near Tierra del Fuego appeared to follow approximately four-year cycles that mirror sea surface temperature and El Niño-Southern Oscillation rainfall patterns.
![A rural Tuscan landscape](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Tuscany-rural-336668Pb-1.jpg)
Landsat Gives Epidemiologists Key Insights
How the fields of epidemiology and remote sensing intersect to help the public.
![Nereocystis luetkeana](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/20200305_nu1-1024x481-1.jpg)
Landsat Boosts Understanding of Climate Change’s Impact on Kelp
Landsat imagery shows that bull kelp canopy area can vary dramatically from year to year, and that long-term population trends vary from reef to reef.
![forest image](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/20200226_nu1.png)
Destruction of Atlantic Rainforest Tied to Local Temperature Increases
Considered one of the world’s richest and most endangered forests, the Atlantic rainforest occupies 15% of Brazil’s landmass in an area that is home to 72% of the population.
![A natural-color NASA/USGS Landsat 8 image showing ice breaking up in the Lena River Delta](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/lena_oli_2015162-1.jpg)
Landsat Reveals Vanishing River Ice
The extent of wintertime river ice has declined by 2.5 percentage points globally over the past three decades.
![The coastal city of Zhuhai.](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/zhuhai-4651069_960_720-1.jpg)
Landsat Provides “Complete Perspective” of Wetland Loss in China
Intertidal wetlands significantly contribute to China’s environmental and ecological diversity, but are facing unprecedented pressures from anthropogenic development, as well as the threat of future sea level rise.
![Children play near the Sesan River](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/sesan-750x500-1-300x200-1.jpg)
Hydropower Dams Cool Rivers in the Mekong River Basin, Landsat Shows
Researchers used Landsat satellites to track changes in surface water temperature for the Sekong, Sesan and Srepok rivers. Within one year of the opening of a major dam, downstream river temperatures during the dry season dropped by up to 3.6ºF.
![Kansas center pivot irrigation background](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Kansas_CropCircle_1920x1080sm.jpg)
Landsat: Farming Data From Space
With Landsat data, farmers can find new ways to grow more crops with less water.
![Map of Lake George habitat](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/MapofLakeGeorgeHabitat-768x633-1.png)
Space Key to Wetland Conservation
Wetlands worldwide are vanishing at an alarming rate. New satellite-informed maps produced by ESA’s GlobWetland Africa project show how satellite observations can be used for the effective use and management of wetlands in Africa.
News Archives
![Remote South American kelp forests](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Kelp_southAmerica_NGS-1024x683-1.jpg)
Kelp Forests at the End of the Earth
Kelp forest cover near Tierra del Fuego appeared to follow approximately four-year cycles that mirror sea surface temperature and El Niño-Southern Oscillation rainfall patterns.
![A rural Tuscan landscape](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Tuscany-rural-336668Pb-1.jpg)
Landsat Gives Epidemiologists Key Insights
How the fields of epidemiology and remote sensing intersect to help the public.
![Nereocystis luetkeana](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/20200305_nu1-1024x481-1.jpg)
Landsat Boosts Understanding of Climate Change’s Impact on Kelp
Landsat imagery shows that bull kelp canopy area can vary dramatically from year to year, and that long-term population trends vary from reef to reef.
![forest image](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/20200226_nu1.png)
Destruction of Atlantic Rainforest Tied to Local Temperature Increases
Considered one of the world’s richest and most endangered forests, the Atlantic rainforest occupies 15% of Brazil’s landmass in an area that is home to 72% of the population.
![A natural-color NASA/USGS Landsat 8 image showing ice breaking up in the Lena River Delta](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/lena_oli_2015162-1.jpg)
Landsat Reveals Vanishing River Ice
The extent of wintertime river ice has declined by 2.5 percentage points globally over the past three decades.
![The coastal city of Zhuhai.](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/zhuhai-4651069_960_720-1.jpg)
Landsat Provides “Complete Perspective” of Wetland Loss in China
Intertidal wetlands significantly contribute to China’s environmental and ecological diversity, but are facing unprecedented pressures from anthropogenic development, as well as the threat of future sea level rise.
![Children play near the Sesan River](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/sesan-750x500-1-300x200-1.jpg)
Hydropower Dams Cool Rivers in the Mekong River Basin, Landsat Shows
Researchers used Landsat satellites to track changes in surface water temperature for the Sekong, Sesan and Srepok rivers. Within one year of the opening of a major dam, downstream river temperatures during the dry season dropped by up to 3.6ºF.
![Kansas center pivot irrigation background](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Kansas_CropCircle_1920x1080sm.jpg)
Landsat: Farming Data From Space
With Landsat data, farmers can find new ways to grow more crops with less water.
![Map of Lake George habitat](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/MapofLakeGeorgeHabitat-768x633-1.png)
Space Key to Wetland Conservation
Wetlands worldwide are vanishing at an alarming rate. New satellite-informed maps produced by ESA’s GlobWetland Africa project show how satellite observations can be used for the effective use and management of wetlands in Africa.