News Archives
Landsat: Buttressing Knowledge About This Planet
A number of new data products with information derived from Landsat inputs have become available recently.
Warming Temperatures are Driving Arctic Greening
Using satellite images to track global tundra ecosystems over decades, a new study found the region has become greener, as warmer air and soil temperatures lead to increased plant growth.
Mapping Twenty Years Of Historical US Midwestern Corn And Soybean Information with Landsat
A new data set uses Landsat data to extend the Crop Data Layer back in time.
Transforming Water Management in the U.S. West with Satellite Data
A new web-based platform called OpenET will soon be putting satellite data in the hands of farmers, water managers and conservation groups to accelerate improvements and innovations in water management.
Antarctica: Cracks in the Ice
Combined satellite imagery have afforded researchers a new, accurate picture of the rapid development of damage in the shear zones on the ice shelves of Pine Island and Thwaites.
The Stuff of Trees: Three-Decades of Forest Biomass Measured Across Canada
A new study reports a net increase of 5.38 petagrams of forest biomass between 1984 and 2016; carbon-wise, that is equivalent to a train of loaded coal cars long enough to wrap itself around Earth nearly 34 times.
Landsat Data Informs New Projects Exploring Connections Between the Environment and COVID-19
Satellite images are helping to reveal how COVID-19 lockdown measures are impacting food security, urban surface heat, water quality and aquatic ecosystems, and more in NASA-funded studies.
Global Survey Using Landsat Shows Dramatic Growth of Glacial Lakes
Using 30 years of Landsat data, researchers have found that the volume of glacial lakes worldwide has increased by about 50% since 1990.
News Archives
Celebrating the 50th Earth Day
The first NASA/USGS Landsat satellite was launched just two years after the first Earth Day and successive Landsat satellites have been helping us understand our planet ever since.
Materials in Our Lives: 2020 Earth Science Week Poster
The 2020 Earth Science Week poster was created as a joint effort between NASA, AmericaView, and USGS and incorporates Landsat imagery to engage with and communicate to the public this year’s American Geological Institute (AGI) theme: “Earth Materials in Our Lives”.
Plants from Space with Martha Anderson
USDA researcher Martha Anderson uses satellites and instruments like Landsat and ECOSTRESS to see how stressed plants are from space.
Getting a Bird’s-Eye View of Biodiversity with Landsat
This bird’s-eye view of the relationship between temperature and bird biodiversity will help conservationists figure out where to prioritize their efforts in a warming world.
NASA Is Where the Wild Things Are
Researchers and conservationists around the world are using data and images from NASA satellite instruments to manage and track living creatures of all kinds.
Raising a Glass in Wine Country to Better Water Management
Grape growers like Gallo are using data from Earth-observing satellites to better track soil and vine moisture levels, understand vine water use and plan grapevine irrigation.
Landsat 9 Ground System and Mission Operation Plans Well on Track for Launch
Landsat 9 has successfully passed its Mission Operations Review.
New Life for ESA’s Landsat Historical Data
ESA has processed its historical collection of Landsat MSS data (collected by ESA ground stations) so that it can be easily compared to later Landsat data sets and Sentinel-2 data.
William T. Pecora Award Nominations Now Being Accepted
Nominations for the 2020 William T. Pecora Award are now being accepted through May 1, 2020.
News Archives
Celebrating the 50th Earth Day
The first NASA/USGS Landsat satellite was launched just two years after the first Earth Day and successive Landsat satellites have been helping us understand our planet ever since.
Materials in Our Lives: 2020 Earth Science Week Poster
The 2020 Earth Science Week poster was created as a joint effort between NASA, AmericaView, and USGS and incorporates Landsat imagery to engage with and communicate to the public this year’s American Geological Institute (AGI) theme: “Earth Materials in Our Lives”.
Plants from Space with Martha Anderson
USDA researcher Martha Anderson uses satellites and instruments like Landsat and ECOSTRESS to see how stressed plants are from space.
Getting a Bird’s-Eye View of Biodiversity with Landsat
This bird’s-eye view of the relationship between temperature and bird biodiversity will help conservationists figure out where to prioritize their efforts in a warming world.
NASA Is Where the Wild Things Are
Researchers and conservationists around the world are using data and images from NASA satellite instruments to manage and track living creatures of all kinds.
Raising a Glass in Wine Country to Better Water Management
Grape growers like Gallo are using data from Earth-observing satellites to better track soil and vine moisture levels, understand vine water use and plan grapevine irrigation.
Landsat 9 Ground System and Mission Operation Plans Well on Track for Launch
Landsat 9 has successfully passed its Mission Operations Review.
New Life for ESA’s Landsat Historical Data
ESA has processed its historical collection of Landsat MSS data (collected by ESA ground stations) so that it can be easily compared to later Landsat data sets and Sentinel-2 data.
William T. Pecora Award Nominations Now Being Accepted
Nominations for the 2020 William T. Pecora Award are now being accepted through May 1, 2020.
