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![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.
![Pecos River](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/AGU19-Pecos02_stream-USGS-1.jpg)
Improving Water Management in New Mexico with Landsat and ECOSTRESS
New Mexico is one of the most arid states in the US, and precise and accurate information on water use is of utmost importance.
![Some of the river chemistry monitoring sites within Yellowstone National Park](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/AGU19-Yellowstone-riverstation-768x611-1.png)
Tracking New Hydrothermal Activity in Yellowstone
Landsat is among the resources that scientists are using to assess hazards and track volcanic activity in Yellowstone.
![Sachs Harbour community](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/AGu19-RS-2-768x354-1.png)
Coastal Change in the Northwest Territories
Southwest Banks Island has experienced the deleterious effects of climate change.
![Location of Glacier Bay National Park.](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/LamplughGlacierLandslide_43ppt_anno_print-768x576-1.jpg)
Watching Glacier Bay National Park Change
December 11, 2019 • Dr. Christopher Shuman is a glaciologist with NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and the University of Maryland at Baltimore County. Here is what Chris shared with us
![A beaver dam in Grand Teton National Park](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/grand-teton-national-park-sm.jpg)
Smokey the Beaver? Beaver Dams and Wildfire
Landsat helped confirm and quantify what was only anecdotally known before: beaver dams make wetlands uniquely resistant to wildfires.
![Zhe Zhu](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Zhu-UCONN-768x512-1.jpg)
Meet the Researcher: Zhe Zhu, Natural Resources and the Environment
Zhe Zhu has dedicated his research career to learning what’s happening on our planet from satellite images of Earth.
![tractor in field](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/AT-AGU19tractor-field-1.png)
Landsat Helps Pick Winter Cover Crops
Remote sensing can aid the monitoring and evaluation of incentivized farming programs like the one in Maryland.
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![Pecos River](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/AGU19-Pecos02_stream-USGS-1.jpg)
Improving Water Management in New Mexico with Landsat and ECOSTRESS
New Mexico is one of the most arid states in the US, and precise and accurate information on water use is of utmost importance.
![Some of the river chemistry monitoring sites within Yellowstone National Park](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/AGU19-Yellowstone-riverstation-768x611-1.png)
Tracking New Hydrothermal Activity in Yellowstone
Landsat is among the resources that scientists are using to assess hazards and track volcanic activity in Yellowstone.
![Sachs Harbour community](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/AGu19-RS-2-768x354-1.png)
Coastal Change in the Northwest Territories
Southwest Banks Island has experienced the deleterious effects of climate change.
![Location of Glacier Bay National Park.](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/LamplughGlacierLandslide_43ppt_anno_print-768x576-1.jpg)
Watching Glacier Bay National Park Change
December 11, 2019 • Dr. Christopher Shuman is a glaciologist with NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and the University of Maryland at Baltimore County. Here is what Chris shared with us
![A beaver dam in Grand Teton National Park](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/grand-teton-national-park-sm.jpg)
Smokey the Beaver? Beaver Dams and Wildfire
Landsat helped confirm and quantify what was only anecdotally known before: beaver dams make wetlands uniquely resistant to wildfires.
![A gage house](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/AGU19-USGSgagestation-westhopeND-768x576-1.jpg)
Mapping Past Floods to Help Predict Future Ones
Landsat has enabled a more thorough understanding of how the Central Valley landscape is impacted by floods.
![Zhe Zhu](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Zhu-UCONN-768x512-1.jpg)
Meet the Researcher: Zhe Zhu, Natural Resources and the Environment
Zhe Zhu has dedicated his research career to learning what’s happening on our planet from satellite images of Earth.
![tractor in field](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/AT-AGU19tractor-field-1.png)
Landsat Helps Pick Winter Cover Crops
Remote sensing can aid the monitoring and evaluation of incentivized farming programs like the one in Maryland.
![Arequipa](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/arequipa_3-1.jpg)
Arid-Region Agriculture in Arequipa, Peru
Landsat has helped map the expansion of intensive agriculture in arid Arequipa, Peru.
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![Pecos River](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/AGU19-Pecos02_stream-USGS-1.jpg)
Improving Water Management in New Mexico with Landsat and ECOSTRESS
New Mexico is one of the most arid states in the US, and precise and accurate information on water use is of utmost importance.
![Some of the river chemistry monitoring sites within Yellowstone National Park](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/AGU19-Yellowstone-riverstation-768x611-1.png)
Tracking New Hydrothermal Activity in Yellowstone
Landsat is among the resources that scientists are using to assess hazards and track volcanic activity in Yellowstone.
![Sachs Harbour community](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/AGu19-RS-2-768x354-1.png)
Coastal Change in the Northwest Territories
Southwest Banks Island has experienced the deleterious effects of climate change.
![Location of Glacier Bay National Park.](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/LamplughGlacierLandslide_43ppt_anno_print-768x576-1.jpg)
Watching Glacier Bay National Park Change
December 11, 2019 • Dr. Christopher Shuman is a glaciologist with NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and the University of Maryland at Baltimore County. Here is what Chris shared with us
![A beaver dam in Grand Teton National Park](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/grand-teton-national-park-sm.jpg)
Smokey the Beaver? Beaver Dams and Wildfire
Landsat helped confirm and quantify what was only anecdotally known before: beaver dams make wetlands uniquely resistant to wildfires.
![A gage house](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/AGU19-USGSgagestation-westhopeND-768x576-1.jpg)
Mapping Past Floods to Help Predict Future Ones
Landsat has enabled a more thorough understanding of how the Central Valley landscape is impacted by floods.
![Zhe Zhu](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Zhu-UCONN-768x512-1.jpg)
Meet the Researcher: Zhe Zhu, Natural Resources and the Environment
Zhe Zhu has dedicated his research career to learning what’s happening on our planet from satellite images of Earth.
![tractor in field](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/AT-AGU19tractor-field-1.png)
Landsat Helps Pick Winter Cover Crops
Remote sensing can aid the monitoring and evaluation of incentivized farming programs like the one in Maryland.
![Arequipa](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/arequipa_3-1.jpg)
Arid-Region Agriculture in Arequipa, Peru
Landsat has helped map the expansion of intensive agriculture in arid Arequipa, Peru.