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Landsat 9 Serves as Backbone of Efforts to Reduce Deforestation and Forest Degradation

Landsat 9 Serves as Backbone of Efforts to Reduce Deforestation and Forest Degradation

The Landsat program has long been a powerful partner in the effort to manage and reduce carbon emissions worldwide.

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LCMAP Adds Data for 2020 with Release of Collection 1.2

LCMAP Adds Data for 2020 with Release of Collection 1.2

The USGS Land Change Monitoring, Assessment, and Projection (LCMAP) initiative has released the second update to its Conterminous United States (CONUS...

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GeoFlight Takes to the Air to Help Identify Geothermal and Mineral Resources at the Salton Sea

GeoFlight Takes to the Air to Help Identify Geothermal and Mineral Resources at the Salton Sea

The following is an excerpt from a joint blog post issued by the Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Office and the...

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TNMCorps Mapping Challenge Summary Results for City / Town Halls in TX

TNMCorps Mapping Challenge Summary Results for City / Town Halls in TX

Summary statistics are now available for this challenge. Thanks again to everyone who contributed!

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Underfly Positions Landsat 9 Below Landsat 8 for Simultaneous Scenes

Underfly Positions Landsat 9 Below Landsat 8 for Simultaneous Scenes

The newly launched Landsat 9 is experiencing a once-in-a-mission lifetime event where its orbit is directly below Landsat 8 for an “underfly.” For...

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Mapping Challenge Update (11/10/21): City / Town Halls in Ohio & Michigan

Mapping Challenge Update (11/10/21): City / Town Halls in Ohio & Michigan

Volunteers contributed over 60 edits towards this challenge, most of which are new points! AWESOME!  See our spatial analysis for tips on remaining...

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USGS EDMAP Program- FY22 Call for Proposals

USGS EDMAP Program- FY22 Call for Proposals

Calling all geoscience faculty conducting research or teaching geologic mapping. The USGS EDMAP Program is accepting funding proposals focusing on...

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First Images of Earth Taken by the Landsat 9 Satellite Released

First Images of Earth Taken by the Landsat 9 Satellite Released

Landsat 9, a joint mission from the Department of the Interior’s U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and NASA that launched Sept. 27, has collected its...

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USGS EROS Processes ‘First Light’ Images from Landsat 9

USGS EROS Processes ‘First Light’ Images from Landsat 9

The first images from the joint USGS-NASA Landsat 9 mission have been released, offering a preview of the high-quality Earth observation data that...

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NEW TNMCorps Lightning Challenge for City / Town Halls in Ohio & Michigan!

NEW TNMCorps Lightning Challenge for City / Town Halls in Ohio & Michigan!

Now that our initial collection efforts have wrapped up, we’re going to revisit a few of the earlier states to make sure that all eligible city/town...

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FINISHED!! TNMCorps Mapping Challenge for City / Town Halls in Texas

FINISHED!! TNMCorps Mapping Challenge for City / Town Halls in Texas

This challenge is now complete! Thanks to everyone who participated!

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Spooky Science

Spooky Science

USGS researchers frequently brave potentially haunted field sites and study spooky-looking creatures. Here’s a list of 13, right in time for Halloween...

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