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![A soybean field in Nebraska](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/AGU2016_Jill.Deines.2-1.png)
Space for Ag: How Satellites Aid Water and Food Security
Satellites offer a wealth of information pertinent for water and food security. Landsat has long been a foundational piece of the “Space for Ag” initiative.
![Feb. 2014 Landsat 8 image mosaic of Mississippi River Delta](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/mississippi_oli_2014_lrg-full-e1669758404473.jpg)
Landsat Helps Scientists Track Dramatic Wetlands Loss in Louisiana
New research uses Landsat observations and advanced computing to chronicle wetlands lost (and found) around the globe.
![Screenshot of the FIRMS interface](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/firms_landsat_double_creek_art.jpg)
Landsat Fire and Thermal Anomaly Data Now Part of FIRMS
Thirty-meter Landsat 8 and 9 data have been added to NASA’s Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS).
![The Landsat Chamber Orchestra](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/LandsatOrchestra2022-start.jpg)
Celebrating 50 Years of Earth Observation with the Landsat Chamber Orchestra
On Saturday, October 15, the Visitors Center at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight center presented an audio/visual event in celebration of Landsat’s 50th anniversary.
![NPS ranger boards a cruise ship in Glacier Bay](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/GLBA_NPS_transfer_sm.jpg)
The Satellite Stewards of Glacier Bay
Nestled in the science-based information that park rangers share with visitors to Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve are insights from Landsat satellites and NASA climate scientists.
![Map of likely Hurricane Ian damage](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/HLS-IanAftermath.jpg)
Quickly Assessing the Aftermath of Hurricane Ian with Satellites
UCONN remote sensing experts used Harmonized Landsat Sentinel-2 imagery to quickly assess damage caused by the storm’s aftermath, providing spatially-relevant situational awareness that could aid rescue efforts.
![ASO plane in California](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/airborne_snow_observatory_aso_plane_truckee_airport_ca_12-10-21.jpg)
Eyes on the Snow as Water Supplies Dwindle
Airborne Snow Observatories, Inc. uses higher-resolution snow cover data from Landsat to update their model snow cover.
![Ibis and egret colony in the Yantabulla Swamp, Australia](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Richardkindsford-YantabullaSwampAustraliaEgretIbis-th.jpg)
Time is of the Essence When Monitoring Dryland Floods
More frequent satellite observations, such as those of the Harmonized Landsat Sentinel-2 (HLS) dataset, are needed to fully capture flood dynamics in regions experiencing short-lived, ephemeral flooding.
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![Agriculture](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Agriculture-Landscape-scaled.jpg)
NASA Harvest Video Celebrates 50 Years of Landsat
NASA Harvest gathered agricultural remote sensing experts to discuss how Landsat fundamentally transformed agricultural monitoring over the last half century.
![Landsat 9 image of Yangtze River Delta in 2022](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/L9-yangtze_thumbnail.png)
NASA Scientists Map Global Salt Marsh Losses and Their Carbon Impact
The world has lost 561 square miles (1,453 square kilometers) of salt marshes over the past 20 years.
![U.S. Senator Hickenlooper (D-CO)](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/20221202_nu1.png)
Hearing: Landsat at 50 & the Future of U.S. Satellite-Based Earth Observation
A U.S. Senate subcommittee hearing titled “Landsat at 50 & the Future of U.S. Satellite-based Earth Observation: took place on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022.
![A soybean field in Nebraska](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/AGU2016_Jill.Deines.2-1.png)
Space for Ag: How Satellites Aid Water and Food Security
Satellites offer a wealth of information pertinent for water and food security. Landsat has long been a foundational piece of the “Space for Ag” initiative.
![Feb. 2014 Landsat 8 image mosaic of Mississippi River Delta](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/mississippi_oli_2014_lrg-full-e1669758404473.jpg)
Landsat Helps Scientists Track Dramatic Wetlands Loss in Louisiana
New research uses Landsat observations and advanced computing to chronicle wetlands lost (and found) around the globe.
![Screenshot of the FIRMS interface](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/firms_landsat_double_creek_art.jpg)
Landsat Fire and Thermal Anomaly Data Now Part of FIRMS
Thirty-meter Landsat 8 and 9 data have been added to NASA’s Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS).
![The Landsat Chamber Orchestra](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/LandsatOrchestra2022-start.jpg)
Celebrating 50 Years of Earth Observation with the Landsat Chamber Orchestra
On Saturday, October 15, the Visitors Center at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight center presented an audio/visual event in celebration of Landsat’s 50th anniversary.
![NPS ranger boards a cruise ship in Glacier Bay](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/GLBA_NPS_transfer_sm.jpg)
The Satellite Stewards of Glacier Bay
Nestled in the science-based information that park rangers share with visitors to Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve are insights from Landsat satellites and NASA climate scientists.
![Map of likely Hurricane Ian damage](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/HLS-IanAftermath.jpg)
Quickly Assessing the Aftermath of Hurricane Ian with Satellites
UCONN remote sensing experts used Harmonized Landsat Sentinel-2 imagery to quickly assess damage caused by the storm’s aftermath, providing spatially-relevant situational awareness that could aid rescue efforts.
News Archives
![Agriculture](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Agriculture-Landscape-scaled.jpg)
NASA Harvest Video Celebrates 50 Years of Landsat
NASA Harvest gathered agricultural remote sensing experts to discuss how Landsat fundamentally transformed agricultural monitoring over the last half century.
![Landsat 9 image of Yangtze River Delta in 2022](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/L9-yangtze_thumbnail.png)
NASA Scientists Map Global Salt Marsh Losses and Their Carbon Impact
The world has lost 561 square miles (1,453 square kilometers) of salt marshes over the past 20 years.
![U.S. Senator Hickenlooper (D-CO)](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/20221202_nu1.png)
Hearing: Landsat at 50 & the Future of U.S. Satellite-Based Earth Observation
A U.S. Senate subcommittee hearing titled “Landsat at 50 & the Future of U.S. Satellite-based Earth Observation: took place on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022.
![A soybean field in Nebraska](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/AGU2016_Jill.Deines.2-1.png)
Space for Ag: How Satellites Aid Water and Food Security
Satellites offer a wealth of information pertinent for water and food security. Landsat has long been a foundational piece of the “Space for Ag” initiative.
![Feb. 2014 Landsat 8 image mosaic of Mississippi River Delta](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/mississippi_oli_2014_lrg-full-e1669758404473.jpg)
Landsat Helps Scientists Track Dramatic Wetlands Loss in Louisiana
New research uses Landsat observations and advanced computing to chronicle wetlands lost (and found) around the globe.
![Screenshot of the FIRMS interface](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/firms_landsat_double_creek_art.jpg)
Landsat Fire and Thermal Anomaly Data Now Part of FIRMS
Thirty-meter Landsat 8 and 9 data have been added to NASA’s Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS).
![The Landsat Chamber Orchestra](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/LandsatOrchestra2022-start.jpg)
Celebrating 50 Years of Earth Observation with the Landsat Chamber Orchestra
On Saturday, October 15, the Visitors Center at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight center presented an audio/visual event in celebration of Landsat’s 50th anniversary.
![NPS ranger boards a cruise ship in Glacier Bay](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/GLBA_NPS_transfer_sm.jpg)
The Satellite Stewards of Glacier Bay
Nestled in the science-based information that park rangers share with visitors to Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve are insights from Landsat satellites and NASA climate scientists.
![Map of likely Hurricane Ian damage](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/HLS-IanAftermath.jpg)
Quickly Assessing the Aftermath of Hurricane Ian with Satellites
UCONN remote sensing experts used Harmonized Landsat Sentinel-2 imagery to quickly assess damage caused by the storm’s aftermath, providing spatially-relevant situational awareness that could aid rescue efforts.