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![L9 logo](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/L9-Logo_new_trans-257x300-1.png)
First in a Series of Landsat 9 Ground Readiness Tests is Successful
Landsat 9 Ground System development team members executed the first of a series of Ground Readiness Tests this week.
![Dynamic Surface Water Extent](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Level_3_LSP-1.png)
New Landsat Level-3 Products Released
The USGS has developed research-quality, applications-ready, Landsat Level-3 Science Products that are now available for download from EarthExplorer.
![Land Cover image](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/LanCoverImageNEW-300x169-1.png)
How You Can Help Make a Better World Land Map
Using the technology inside your phone, you can help scientists classify land cover and track changes.
![An animation highlighting the connection between river bend curvature and river migration](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/curvature.jpg)
Sharp Bends Make Rivers Meander, As Landsat Attests
Turns out, the rate of river migration is directly linked to how sharp its bends are.
![Landsat image showing snout of Klinaklini Glacier in late summer 2018.](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/klinakliniglacier2018-1.jpg)
New Research Shows Significant Decline of Glaciers in Western North America
The first comprehensive assessment of glacier mass loss for all regions in western North America (excluding Alaskan glaciers) suggests that ice masses throughout western North America are in significant decline.
![Researchers from UCI and NASA JPL recently conducted an assessment of 40 years’ worth of ice mass balance in Antarctica, finding accelerating deterioration of its ice cover.](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/20190114_nu1-300x169-1.png)
Antarctica Losing Six Times More Ice Mass Annually Now Than 40 Years Ago
Antarctica experienced a sixfold increase in yearly ice mass loss between 1979 and 2017.
![Sampling invertebrates within deep mudflats in Gladstone, Australia.](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/20190128_intertidal1-1.jpg)
Loss of Intertidal Ecosystem Exposes Coastal Communities
The study used machine-learning to analyze more than 700,000 Landsat images to map changing global distribution of intertidal areas over a 30-year period.
![Vegetation phenology indicator of start of season (SOS), determined based on Landsat observations in five representative cities in the United States.](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/20181214_n7-1.png)
As Cities Grow, So Does the Urban Growing Season
New insights on how vegetation phenology in urban and surrounding areas respond to urbanization.
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![irrigation](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/20181214_n5-1.png)
Mapping Water Use Nationwide With Landsat
USGS EROS scientists are leveraging the capability and history of Landsat along with weather data to map landscape-wide water consumption.
![Photograph of a secondary avulsion channel in a Yakima County river in Washington](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/20181214_n4-1.png)
How Landsat Helps Alert Communities to Local Flood Hazards
For larger rivers, Landsat provides a rich dataset to define spatiotemporal patterns of channel shifting.
![Vineyard](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Fotolia_44582350_M-300x199-1.jpg)
Landsat Thermal Data Provides Insight to Vintners
Landsat thermal bands allow for the measurement of water use and moisture status at the management scale.
![tudy region. The red outline depicts the extent of the Dhofar mountain study region, inset a) shows its location on the Arabian Peninsula, inset b) depicts a dry season, and inset c) depicts post-monsoon vegetation.](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/20181214_nu1-772x1024-1.png)
Getting to Know the Dhofar Cloud Forest
Learn more about this rather unusual seasonal and semi-arid cloud forest.
![Landsat-derived annual irrigation maps](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/20181212_nu4.png)
The Shifting Irrigation Patterns of the U.S. High Plains Aquifer
A new method to use the full Landsat archive to produce annual maps of irrigated area over the High Plains Aquifer in the central United States.
![Landsat and poetry](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/121318_nu-th-1.png)
A Geospatial Poem for the Ages
Poetry and the arts can humanize science.
![Casey Youngflesh](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/20181212_nu2-1024x685-1.jpg)
Determining Penguin Diet with Landsat (and Piles of Poo)
Scientists are now able to determine what penguins are eating from space.
![Secchi disk](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/20181212_nu1-1.jpg)
Retrieving Secchi Depth with Landsat 8
Landsat 8 allows for the acquisition of spectral data for monitoring water quality from lakes and drinking water reservoirs across the United States.
![A conceptual figure showing fire impacts on annual vegetation evapotranspiration and its recovery after fires.](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/20181211_nu13-1024x572-1.png)
Understanding How Fire Alters the Water Use of Sierra Nevada Forests
Fires play an important role in regulating forest density, vegetation water use, and runoff.
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![irrigation](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/20181214_n5-1.png)
Mapping Water Use Nationwide With Landsat
USGS EROS scientists are leveraging the capability and history of Landsat along with weather data to map landscape-wide water consumption.
![Photograph of a secondary avulsion channel in a Yakima County river in Washington](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/20181214_n4-1.png)
How Landsat Helps Alert Communities to Local Flood Hazards
For larger rivers, Landsat provides a rich dataset to define spatiotemporal patterns of channel shifting.
![Vineyard](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Fotolia_44582350_M-300x199-1.jpg)
Landsat Thermal Data Provides Insight to Vintners
Landsat thermal bands allow for the measurement of water use and moisture status at the management scale.
![tudy region. The red outline depicts the extent of the Dhofar mountain study region, inset a) shows its location on the Arabian Peninsula, inset b) depicts a dry season, and inset c) depicts post-monsoon vegetation.](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/20181214_nu1-772x1024-1.png)
Getting to Know the Dhofar Cloud Forest
Learn more about this rather unusual seasonal and semi-arid cloud forest.
![Landsat-derived annual irrigation maps](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/20181212_nu4.png)
The Shifting Irrigation Patterns of the U.S. High Plains Aquifer
A new method to use the full Landsat archive to produce annual maps of irrigated area over the High Plains Aquifer in the central United States.
![Landsat and poetry](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/121318_nu-th-1.png)
A Geospatial Poem for the Ages
Poetry and the arts can humanize science.
![Casey Youngflesh](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/20181212_nu2-1024x685-1.jpg)
Determining Penguin Diet with Landsat (and Piles of Poo)
Scientists are now able to determine what penguins are eating from space.
![Secchi disk](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/20181212_nu1-1.jpg)
Retrieving Secchi Depth with Landsat 8
Landsat 8 allows for the acquisition of spectral data for monitoring water quality from lakes and drinking water reservoirs across the United States.
![A conceptual figure showing fire impacts on annual vegetation evapotranspiration and its recovery after fires.](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/20181211_nu13-1024x572-1.png)
Understanding How Fire Alters the Water Use of Sierra Nevada Forests
Fires play an important role in regulating forest density, vegetation water use, and runoff.