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Data in Action
All across the planet, NASA Earth science data are used to meet real-world challenges.
Featured Data in Action
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The eBird project uses NASA data and observations from amateur birdwatchers to provide insights into the decline in avian populations throughout North America.
June 17, 2025
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A comparison of aurora forecasts with actual satellite observations suggests VIIRS DNB data can enhance space weather prediction efforts.
May 30, 2025
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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.
Oct. 28, 2019
6 MIN READ
Europe experienced a heat wave in 2019, highlighting the dangers of urban heat islands and the potential of ECOsystem Spaceborne Thermal Radiometer (ECOSTRESS) data to identify at-risk areas.
Aug. 21, 2019
8 MIN READ
Read publication highlights that detail how NASA data are used to monitor climate-driven vegetation changes, wind-driven sediment plumes in lakes, and volcanic eruption processes.
July 31, 2019
6 MIN READ
Explore how NASA data helps track NDVI trends in Spain, analyze rising land surface temperatures in Italy, and detect geothermal anomalies in Turkey using MODIS and ASTER imagery.
June 18, 2019
6 MIN READ
Satellite data shows that communities in western Nepal and northern Bangladesh are at an increased risk for lightning related injury.
June 10, 2019
3 MIN READ
Discover how a NASA DEVELOP team assessed and mapped changes in the risk of wildfires following a beetle infestation.
April 24, 2019
7 MIN READ
Read highlights of three publications that detail how NASA Earth observation data informs crop production in Australia and Chile and heat from factories in China.
March 27, 2019
4 MIN READ
Read stories from the 2017 issue of Sensing our Planet to learn about the many uses of MODIS data distributed by LP DAAC.
Dec. 19, 2018
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