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How do we measure changes to Earth's environment?

How do we measure changes to Earth's environment?

What are Climate Data Records and Terrestrial Essential Climate Variables?
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Landsat Satellite Data Used to Inventory the World's Forests

Landsat Satellite Data Used to Inventory the World's Forests

A new study based on Landsat Earth-observing satellite data comprehensively describes changes in the world's forests from the beginning of this...

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Taking Landsat to the Extreme: The Coldest Place on Earth

Taking Landsat to the Extreme: The Coldest Place on Earth

What is the coldest place on Earth? It is a high ridge in Antarctica on the East Antarctic Plateau where temperatures in several hollows can dip below...

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Landsat Improving Everyday Life

Landsat Improving Everyday Life

Landsat satellites provide decision makers with key information about the world's food, forests, water and how these and other land resources are...

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National Space Policy

National Space Policy

Interior Department Plays Role in President's National Space Policy
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Value of Landsat-Executive Report

Value of Landsat-Executive Report

The Users, Uses, and Value of Landsat and Other Moderate-Resolution Satellite Imagery in the United States—Executive Report

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The Future of Land Imaging

The Future of Land Imaging

The White House has initiated a year-long study called The Future of Land Imaging.

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Eagerly awaiting Landsat 8

Eagerly awaiting Landsat 8

The Earth Imaging Journal recently featured an article about a launch of vital importance to the global Earth observation science community in...

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Tracking Nature's Cycles

Tracking Nature's Cycles

Phenology is the study of recurring biological cycles such as plant budding and animal migrations.

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Forest-cover Loss in Eastern US

Forest-cover Loss in Eastern US

Land-use Pressure and a Transition to Forest-cover Loss in the Eastern United States.

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Landsat 7 helps track Antarctica's emperor penguins

Landsat 7 helps track Antarctica's emperor penguins

Landsat 7 helps track Antarctica's emperor penguins
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Landsat 5 captures Mt. Redoubt

Landsat 5 captures Mt. Redoubt

On March 1, 2009, Landsat 5 acquired a clear image of the Mt. Redoubt region in Alaska.

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