News Archives
USGS Video: Landsat in Action—Water Use with Molly Maupin and Gabriel Senay
Find out how Landsat imagery has been used by the National Water Census and in studying water use trends.
Evaluating Effects of Land Use Change on Watershed Health and Carbon Sequestration in Costa Rica's Osa Peninsula
This project used Landsat 5 and Landsat 8 data to create land use maps to analyze change in riparian case study areas.
Where Rivers Meet the Sea—Envisioning Science with Landsat
A Landsat 8 image of the Suwannee River meeting the Gulf of Mexico took first place in this year’s Envisioning Science image competition held by NC State.
Landsat 9 Ground System Moves from Design to Development and Beyond
The final Landsat 9 Ground System Critical Design Review is being hosted by USGS EROS at the end of September.
Landsat Sees 30 Years of Yellowstone Recovery from 1988 Fires
A combination of lightning, drought and human activity caused fires to scorch more than one-third of Yellowstone National Park in the summer of 1988.
Landsat Adds Value, Reliability to Cubesat Imagery
Landsat is a gold standard for calibration that adds value and reliability to other satellite systems.
Seeing Hidden Worlds Under Melting Ice
Multi-year comparison of Landsat images can unmask previously unknown geography.
New Study: The Arctic Carbon Cycle is Speeding Up
Carbon in Alaska’s North Slope tundra ecosystems spends about 13 percent less time locked in frozen soil than it did 40 years ago.
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Avalanches Becoming More Frequent and Powerful in Alaska, Landsat Shows
As global temperatures rise, melting permafrost is expected to cause more frequent and hazardous landslides.
Come Play with Us! Exploring America with Landsat for Earth Science Week 2018
A new 2018 Earth Science Week poster offers inspiring Landsat views of the American landscape and has a fun game of exploration on its reverse side.
Calculating Forest Biomass Using LiDAR, Landsat 8, and Sentinel-2
SDSU post-doc Pedro Oliveira is integrating remote sensing data from airborne LiDAR and Landsat 8 and Sentinel-2 satellites to map the height of the Brazilian Amazon forest canopy.
Landsat, Sentinel Harmony Effort Shows Promising Results in Great Basin
New research from EROS on dryland phenology, is poised to aid land managers’ fight against invasive, fire-prone species that wreak havoc on native landscapes.
Putting Heads Together to Improve Atmospheric Corrections for Medium-Resolution Satellite Data
An international group is working together to find the best atmospheric correction techniques for Landsat 8 and the Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite series.
Data Record for Tropical Forest Monitoring Extended with New Cloud-Detection Method
A new, highly accurate, automated way to detect clouds and their shadows from satellite images over unusually cloudy places.
Landsat 8 as a Tool for Monitoring Algal Blooms
When algae blanket a lake’s surface, loss of sunlight and—eventually—oxygen, smothers aquatic life.
![Fog along the Yukon River](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/20180529_nu1u-1024x577-1.png)
New Study Provides the First Comprehensive, Long-term Look at Alaska’s Changing Ecosystems
This is the first study to document more than three decades of land and water changes across Alaska.
![Red Gum trees on Lake Bonney in the Murray-Darling Basin](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/20180529_nu6-1.png)
Rain Showers, Flowers, and Floods—Understanding How Vegetation Responds to Flooding and Drought in Australia’s Breadbasket
Using a quarter century of Landsat data, geospatial researchers have mapped and modeled how vegetation responds to water availability across the entire Murray-Darling Basin.
News Archives
Avalanches Becoming More Frequent and Powerful in Alaska, Landsat Shows
As global temperatures rise, melting permafrost is expected to cause more frequent and hazardous landslides.
Come Play with Us! Exploring America with Landsat for Earth Science Week 2018
A new 2018 Earth Science Week poster offers inspiring Landsat views of the American landscape and has a fun game of exploration on its reverse side.
Calculating Forest Biomass Using LiDAR, Landsat 8, and Sentinel-2
SDSU post-doc Pedro Oliveira is integrating remote sensing data from airborne LiDAR and Landsat 8 and Sentinel-2 satellites to map the height of the Brazilian Amazon forest canopy.
Landsat, Sentinel Harmony Effort Shows Promising Results in Great Basin
New research from EROS on dryland phenology, is poised to aid land managers’ fight against invasive, fire-prone species that wreak havoc on native landscapes.
Putting Heads Together to Improve Atmospheric Corrections for Medium-Resolution Satellite Data
An international group is working together to find the best atmospheric correction techniques for Landsat 8 and the Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite series.
Data Record for Tropical Forest Monitoring Extended with New Cloud-Detection Method
A new, highly accurate, automated way to detect clouds and their shadows from satellite images over unusually cloudy places.
Landsat 8 as a Tool for Monitoring Algal Blooms
When algae blanket a lake’s surface, loss of sunlight and—eventually—oxygen, smothers aquatic life.
![Fog along the Yukon River](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/20180529_nu1u-1024x577-1.png)
New Study Provides the First Comprehensive, Long-term Look at Alaska’s Changing Ecosystems
This is the first study to document more than three decades of land and water changes across Alaska.
![Red Gum trees on Lake Bonney in the Murray-Darling Basin](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/20180529_nu6-1.png)
Rain Showers, Flowers, and Floods—Understanding How Vegetation Responds to Flooding and Drought in Australia’s Breadbasket
Using a quarter century of Landsat data, geospatial researchers have mapped and modeled how vegetation responds to water availability across the entire Murray-Darling Basin.