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![Madagascar flood waters](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Madagascar_floodwaters2020-768x504-1.jpg)
Mapping it Out: Flooding & Landslides in Madagascar
Landsat continues to support the International Disaster Charter.
![The photos here show what subnival ecosystems in Nepal’s Sagarmatha National Park](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Anderson_etal2020-768x417-1.png)
Landsat Reveals Expanding Plant Life in the Everest Region
Plant life is expanding in the area around Mount Everest, and across the Himalayan region, new research shows.
![Engineers work on the newly integrated Landsat 9 satellite in a cleanroom](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/L9integration1-768x688-1.jpg)
Landsat 9: The Pieces Come Together
Landsat 9’s two science instruments are now attached to the spacecraft.
![A Northern Pintail duck](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Pintail_RyanDiGaudio-768x512-1.png)
Predicting Waterbird Habitat in California
Ecologists are using Landsat to locate waterbird habitat that may be vulnerable in dry years.
![Tokyo, Japan](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/japan-tokyoJasonGoh-sm-1.jpg)
Understanding the Ecological and Environmental Impacts of Urbanization
Landsat-based urban extent and phenology indicators provide new information about urban environments.
![mining site](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/AGU19-Paper_543320_abstract_536590_0th-1.png)
Assessing the Environmental Impacts of Artisanal Gold Mining
Landsat helps monitor changes in artisanal gold mining areas, enabling land managers to prevent and remedy environmental impacts.
![Riparian vegetation in Soldier Meadows](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/AGU19-Albano-1.jpg)
When a River Runs Through Drylands
There is a dance between the vegetation that thrives along a river’s edge and the availability of water; with Landsat, that relationship is now being understood in ways not previously possible.
![multitemporal Enhanced Vegetation Index-2 information from HLS for an area of irrigated cropland of Central California](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/AGU19-Sulla-Menashe2-768x392-1.png)
Using NASA’s Harmonized Landsat Sentinel-2 Product to Give Farmers Real-Time Crop Health Information
IndigoAg is using HLS data to help fulfill its mission of making farms more profitable and sustainable.
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![Madagascar flood waters](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Madagascar_floodwaters2020-768x504-1.jpg)
Mapping it Out: Flooding & Landslides in Madagascar
Landsat continues to support the International Disaster Charter.
![The photos here show what subnival ecosystems in Nepal’s Sagarmatha National Park](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Anderson_etal2020-768x417-1.png)
Landsat Reveals Expanding Plant Life in the Everest Region
Plant life is expanding in the area around Mount Everest, and across the Himalayan region, new research shows.
![Engineers work on the newly integrated Landsat 9 satellite in a cleanroom](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/L9integration1-768x688-1.jpg)
Landsat 9: The Pieces Come Together
Landsat 9’s two science instruments are now attached to the spacecraft.
![A Northern Pintail duck](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Pintail_RyanDiGaudio-768x512-1.png)
Predicting Waterbird Habitat in California
Ecologists are using Landsat to locate waterbird habitat that may be vulnerable in dry years.
![Tokyo, Japan](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/japan-tokyoJasonGoh-sm-1.jpg)
Understanding the Ecological and Environmental Impacts of Urbanization
Landsat-based urban extent and phenology indicators provide new information about urban environments.
![mining site](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/AGU19-Paper_543320_abstract_536590_0th-1.png)
Assessing the Environmental Impacts of Artisanal Gold Mining
Landsat helps monitor changes in artisanal gold mining areas, enabling land managers to prevent and remedy environmental impacts.
![Riparian vegetation in Soldier Meadows](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/AGU19-Albano-1.jpg)
When a River Runs Through Drylands
There is a dance between the vegetation that thrives along a river’s edge and the availability of water; with Landsat, that relationship is now being understood in ways not previously possible.
![multitemporal Enhanced Vegetation Index-2 information from HLS for an area of irrigated cropland of Central California](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/AGU19-Sulla-Menashe2-768x392-1.png)
Using NASA’s Harmonized Landsat Sentinel-2 Product to Give Farmers Real-Time Crop Health Information
IndigoAg is using HLS data to help fulfill its mission of making farms more profitable and sustainable.
![The Eagle Creek fire at the edge of the Columbia River on Sept. 5, 2017](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/AGU19-JuliePadowski-EagleCreekFire2017-1.jpg)
Fire & Water: How Wildfires Can Impact Drinking Water
Fires in forested watersheds that support drinking water supplies can introduce contaminants that overwhelm current treatment capabilities. Earth observation data are helping.
News Archives
![Madagascar flood waters](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Madagascar_floodwaters2020-768x504-1.jpg)
Mapping it Out: Flooding & Landslides in Madagascar
Landsat continues to support the International Disaster Charter.
![The photos here show what subnival ecosystems in Nepal’s Sagarmatha National Park](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Anderson_etal2020-768x417-1.png)
Landsat Reveals Expanding Plant Life in the Everest Region
Plant life is expanding in the area around Mount Everest, and across the Himalayan region, new research shows.
![Engineers work on the newly integrated Landsat 9 satellite in a cleanroom](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/L9integration1-768x688-1.jpg)
Landsat 9: The Pieces Come Together
Landsat 9’s two science instruments are now attached to the spacecraft.
![A Northern Pintail duck](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Pintail_RyanDiGaudio-768x512-1.png)
Predicting Waterbird Habitat in California
Ecologists are using Landsat to locate waterbird habitat that may be vulnerable in dry years.
![Tokyo, Japan](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/japan-tokyoJasonGoh-sm-1.jpg)
Understanding the Ecological and Environmental Impacts of Urbanization
Landsat-based urban extent and phenology indicators provide new information about urban environments.
![mining site](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/AGU19-Paper_543320_abstract_536590_0th-1.png)
Assessing the Environmental Impacts of Artisanal Gold Mining
Landsat helps monitor changes in artisanal gold mining areas, enabling land managers to prevent and remedy environmental impacts.
![Riparian vegetation in Soldier Meadows](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/AGU19-Albano-1.jpg)
When a River Runs Through Drylands
There is a dance between the vegetation that thrives along a river’s edge and the availability of water; with Landsat, that relationship is now being understood in ways not previously possible.
![multitemporal Enhanced Vegetation Index-2 information from HLS for an area of irrigated cropland of Central California](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/AGU19-Sulla-Menashe2-768x392-1.png)
Using NASA’s Harmonized Landsat Sentinel-2 Product to Give Farmers Real-Time Crop Health Information
IndigoAg is using HLS data to help fulfill its mission of making farms more profitable and sustainable.
![The Eagle Creek fire at the edge of the Columbia River on Sept. 5, 2017](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/AGU19-JuliePadowski-EagleCreekFire2017-1.jpg)
Fire & Water: How Wildfires Can Impact Drinking Water
Fires in forested watersheds that support drinking water supplies can introduce contaminants that overwhelm current treatment capabilities. Earth observation data are helping.