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Landsat, EROS Factor Heavily in New National Policy Plan for Earth Observation

Landsat, EROS Factor Heavily in New National Policy Plan for Earth Observation

The Landsat program and the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center have long held and important place in the nation’s Earth...

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Meet the USGS Landsat Project Scientist and Landsat Science Team Co-Chair

Meet the USGS Landsat Project Scientist and Landsat Science Team Co-Chair

Christopher “Chris” Crawford likes to say his roles with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) as a research physical scientist, the Landsat Project...

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Landsat, Collections Forum Updates Missions, Products, and Future Possibilities

Landsat, Collections Forum Updates Missions, Products, and Future Possibilities

EROS officials used a noon forum on Monday (Dec. 2) to provide high-level updates on multiple Landsat fronts—from progress on the building of Landsat...

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Combining Remotely Sensed and Field Data to Investigate Pre- and Post-fire Vegetation Changes

Combining Remotely Sensed and Field Data to Investigate Pre- and Post-fire Vegetation Changes

Understanding the factors that influence vegetation responses to disturbance is important because vegetation is the foundation of food resources...

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Global Study Finds Algal Blooms Intensifying in Freshwater Lakes Worldwide

Global Study Finds Algal Blooms Intensifying in Freshwater Lakes Worldwide

A study of global freshwater algal blooms funded in part by a U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Landsat Science Team (LST) Award has found that harmful...

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International Cooperators Find Value, Collaboration in Joining Landsat Network

International Cooperators Find Value, Collaboration in Joining Landsat Network

Landsat’s eyes in the sky captured a riveting story of rebirth across Australia’s central deserts this past spring of 2019.

Floodwaters from...

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Indigenous Artwork Celebrates USGS, Geoscience Australia Landsat Partnership

Indigenous Artwork Celebrates USGS, Geoscience Australia Landsat Partnership

A multi-decade partnership between the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and Geoscience Australia (GA) to monitor Earth’s landscapes using Landsat...

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JACIE Team Meets with Man who Inspired Satellite Compendium

JACIE Team Meets with Man who Inspired Satellite Compendium

The Joint Agency Commercial Imagery Evaluation (JACIE) recently released a compendium of Land Remote Sensing Satellites.

The need for a quick-reference...

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Aerial Photo Scan Reveals Rare Image of Two Airplanes in Flight

Aerial Photo Scan Reveals Rare Image of Two Airplanes in Flight

Every work day at the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center, contractor Mike Austad pulls up a chair and begins scanning aerial...

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EROS Aids in Surveys of Greenhouse Gas-emitting Arctic Lakes

EROS Aids in Surveys of Greenhouse Gas-emitting Arctic Lakes

In the Arctic, there are lakes where the bubbles will burn.

The bubbles are filled with methane gas. The flammable archaeal belches form as microbes...

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New EROS Satellite Products, Research Begin to Detail Urban Hot Spots

New EROS Satellite Products, Research Begin to Detail Urban Hot Spots

Cities are hotter than countrysides. That much was known long before efforts began to quantify the urban heat island (UHI) effect with data points.

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New Earth As Art Collection Now Available

New Earth As Art Collection Now Available

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center is proud to announce the 6th addition to Earth As Art.

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