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Landsat image of deforestation in Cambodia on October 30, 2015

Mapping Deforestation

See how NASA's Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center (LP DAAC) uses land cover and vegetation continuous fields data to highlight land cover changes.
StoryMap
Jan. 16, 2020
Suomi NPP NASA VIIRS Thermal Anomalies and Fire data (red) of the Decker Fire from September 9 overlaid on Terra ASTER Precision Terrain Corrected data of the Decker Fire from October 12

Evolution of a Wildfire

Explore how NASA remote sensing data and satellite imagery are used to monitor the evolution of fires.
Data in Action
Dec. 2, 2019
Combined Terra and Aqua MODIS LAI data over Richetti and others’ (2019) study area during the peak LAI period for soybeans

Soybean Modeling, Storm Damage, and Dam Planning

Explore how satellite data supported soybean crop modeling in Brazil and the U.S., hurricane and drought damage assessment in the Caribbean, and dam site evaluation in northern Iraq.
Data in Action
Oct. 28, 2019
Satellite image of the Padma River in Bangladesh

Remote Sensing for Freshwater Habitats

This ARSET training guides participants through using Earth observations for habitat monitoring, specifically for freshwater fish and other species.
Training
Sept. 17 - Oct. 1, 2019
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These cracks in the ground surface north of Chobari, India were caused by liquefaction induced during the Bhuj earthquake.

Squeezing Water from Rock

Studying modern earthquakes that produce liquefaction can help better interpret the geologic record of liquefaction during past events.
Feature Article
July 28, 2020
This ASTER image, acquired on July 23, 2001, shows Aletsch Glacier, the largest glacier of Europe. (Image by NASA Earth Observatory Team, based on data provided by the ASTER Science Team)

Sizing up Earth's Glaciers

In the Alps, glaciers are retreating and disappearing every year, much to the dismay of mountain climbers, tourist agencies, and environmental researchers.
Feature Article
July 28, 2020
In 1990, slow-moving pahoehoe lava from Kilauea Volcano gradually spread through the community of Kalapana, burning homes and covering parks, roads, and gardens. (Image courtesy of USGS)

Sensing Remote Volcanoes

In October 2001, a volcano in the remote South Sandwich Islands began spewing ash and lava. Less than 24 hours after the eruption began, a research team nearly 9,000 miles away was estimating how much energy the volcano was producing.
Feature Article
July 28, 2020
The Yangtze Delta is home to more than eighty million people in an area only a little larger than the state of Indiana.

Repatterning the World

As wildlands shrink, scientists study the ecologies that people have tamed.
Feature Article
July 28, 2020
Sunflowers in Fargo, North Dakota

Perspective on Plants

Landowners and land managers monitor their land's health through a variety of methods. But what about people who own or manage millions of acres?
Feature Article
July 23, 2020
Nomadic people, such as this woman and her cattle, formed the pastoral society common in Kazakhstan before the Soviet Union converted thousands of acres to large-scale modern farm operations.

Notebook and Satellite

A simple tool helps a scientist open the remotely sense world to her students.
Feature Article
July 22, 2020
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