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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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Renowned Remote-Sensing Expert Details the Power, Potential of Time Series

Renowned Remote-Sensing Expert Details the Power, Potential of Time Series

When it comes to understanding the changing planet, or simply managing natural resources in a more efficient manner, Dr. Curtis Woodcock says the...

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Land Cover Partnership Releases Change Datasets for U.S., Mexico, Canada

Land Cover Partnership Releases Change Datasets for U.S., Mexico, Canada

The release of a change dataset for North America’s three largest countries will enable GIS researchers to more easily study continent-scale land use...

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Newly Released Elevation Dataset Highlights Value, Importance of International Partnerships

Newly Released Elevation Dataset Highlights Value, Importance of International Partnerships

A new, freely-available digital elevation dataset born of international collaboration has the potential to improve the quality of Landsat and Sentinel...

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LANDFIRE Remap for Hawaii Promises New Detail, Insight on Unique Island Landscapes

LANDFIRE Remap for Hawaii Promises New Detail, Insight on Unique Island Landscapes

The fires of Hawaii don’t follow the rules of their continental counterparts. There are fire risk factors at play in the island chain that states like...

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EROS Offers Two Postdoctoral Land Change Fellowships for 2021

EROS Offers Two Postdoctoral Land Change Fellowships for 2021

The USGS Land Change Monitoring, Assessment, and Projection (LCMAP) initiative is offering two Mendenhall Fellowships to improve its land change...

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The International Charter: 20 Years of Disaster Monitoring

The International Charter: 20 Years of Disaster Monitoring

The latest “Eyes on Earth” podcast is about the 20th anniversary of the International Charter Space and Major Disasters, a global organization made up...

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Doucette Promotes Parallels to LCMAP, Capacity Building in Talks About EarthMAP

Doucette Promotes Parallels to LCMAP, Capacity Building in Talks About EarthMAP

EROS Integrated Science and Applications Branch Chief Pete Doucette has been talking to groups about the Earth Monitoring, Analyses, and Prediction...

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MoD-FIS Brings Seasonal Fine Fuels Information to Wildland Fire Management

MoD-FIS Brings Seasonal Fine Fuels Information to Wildland Fire Management

In roughly 50 percent of New Mexico, Arizona, and west Texas, wildfires that burn across hard-baked desert landscapes need annual/invasive herbaceous...

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Miglarese, Radiant Earth Advocate for Benefits of Open Training Datasets

Miglarese, Radiant Earth Advocate for Benefits of Open Training Datasets

Anne Hale Miglarese has a simple mantra when it comes to gathering and using training data for remote sensing.

Collect it once, the founder of the...

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Agencies Announce Bold Initiative to Fill Water Management Data Gap in Western U.S.

Agencies Announce Bold Initiative to Fill Water Management Data Gap in Western U.S.

A bold new initiative called OpenET that is intended to fill the biggest data gap in water management in the western U.S. was announced Tuesday, Sept...

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Satellite Data Show Promise as Guide for West African Crop Insurance

Satellite Data Show Promise as Guide for West African Crop Insurance

The Green Revolution has yet to spread across West Africa.

Much of the region relies on low-yielding, drought-resistant crops like sorghum and millet...

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Landsat Science Team Member: Satellites Can Play Greater Role in Informing Global Policies

Landsat Science Team Member: Satellites Can Play Greater Role in Informing Global Policies

It shouldn’t surprise anyone that scientists and engineers are constantly pushing the envelope to improve remote-sensing data and their utility, says...

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