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Below you'll find the most recent news about EROS and USGS. Please contact Michelle Bouchard at mbouchard@usgs.gov for assistance with specific media questions and requests.

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LANDFIRE Marks 20 Years as One-Stop Data Shop for Fire—and More

LANDFIRE Marks 20 Years as One-Stop Data Shop for Fire—and More

For two decades now, and counting, the LANDFIRE program continues to assemble the most easy-to-use, intuitive and complete clearinghouse of remote...

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USGS Satellites and Test Tubes Meet to Ensure Safe Drinking Water

USGS Satellites and Test Tubes Meet to Ensure Safe Drinking Water

Even on the ground, detecting algae type by color is not a sure bet. It takes lab testing to tell whether the skim of algae on the surface of a lake...

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New Tutorials Help Navigate Landsat Data in the Cloud

New Tutorials Help Navigate Landsat Data in the Cloud

Tutorials are now available to provide guidance and help users access, query, and use Landsat data directly from the USGS cloud storage location. 

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USGS Reinvents Widely Used NLCD

USGS Reinvents Widely Used NLCD

On your next drive, really look at what covers the landscape: Sprawling housing developments? Crowded skyscrapers? Parking lots? Farm fields? Forests...

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USGS Releases New Products that Map Four Decades of Land Cover Change

USGS Releases New Products that Map Four Decades of Land Cover Change

RESTON, Va. — The U.S. Geological Survey today released a newly updated and improved National Land Cover Database, known as Annual NLCD, which offers...

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New Landsat Science Team Request for Proposal Now Open

New Landsat Science Team Request for Proposal Now Open

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and NASA have officially opened a Request for Proposal (RFP) for the 2025-2029 Landsat Science Team. This team will...

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Landsat’s Economic Value increases to $25.6 Billion in 2023

Landsat’s Economic Value increases to $25.6 Billion in 2023

A new report about the Landsat satellite program – a partnership between the U.S. Geological Survey and National Aeronautics and Space Administration...

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NLCD’s Path from Early Landscape Snapshot to Decades of Change

NLCD’s Path from Early Landscape Snapshot to Decades of Change

The widely used National Land Cover Database (NLCD) has long been the foundational land cover source for scientists, resource managers, and decision...

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Landsat 7 Brought Jobs, Science, Art and Memories to USGS

Landsat 7 Brought Jobs, Science, Art and Memories to USGS

All Landsat satellites have been important to the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center. After all, storing and distributing...

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New Landsat Science Team Presolicitation Notice

New Landsat Science Team Presolicitation Notice

The U.S. Federal Government recently posted a presolicitation to gauge interest in establishing a new Landsat Science Team.

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Indian Scientist Exchanges Ideas, Makes Connections at EROS

Indian Scientist Exchanges Ideas, Makes Connections at EROS

Radhika Tirumala will return to India reinvigorated by new ideas and new professional friendships forged during her visit to the USGS Earth Resources...

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