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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
2 MIN READ
Agricultural burning in Kansas produces smoky skies and healthy crops.
June 6, 2025
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Explore how remote sensing is used to study landslide vegetation recovery in China, identify zero curtain effects for permafrost detection, and map geothermal minerals in East Africa.
April 28, 2020
4 MIN READ
In Spring 2019 DEVELOP researchers used VIIRS and other instrument data to create models that provide fine details on drought conditions in Iowa.
April 13, 2020
4 MIN READ
Using simulated Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) data, a science team predicted bird occurrence probability in California.
March 10, 2020
3 MIN READ
See how a DEVELOP project team employed Earth observation data to examine and predict the location of bighorn sheep habitat in the Mojave Desert.
Feb. 24, 2020
6 MIN READ
Read highlights of three publications that detail how NASA Earth observation data informs African wildfire patterns, rice production in India, and mineral locations in China.
Jan. 23, 2020
5 MIN READ
Explore how NASA remote sensing data and satellite imagery are used to monitor the evolution of fires.
Dec. 2, 2019
6 MIN READ
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
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