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Finding Cortez
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Finding Cortez

Researchers have turned to citizen scientists to help detect previously unknown or recently disrupted kelp forests in satellite imagery.

Published Jan 13, 2015

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Kelp Losing Their Grip on the Seafloor
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Kelp Losing Their Grip on the Seafloor

Potent storms and pesky predators—as well as climate change—are altering the dynamics of these underwater forests.

Published Jan 20, 2015

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Deforestation in Sumatra
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Deforestation in Sumatra

Published May 18, 2002

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Mapping Mangroves by Satellite
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Mapping Mangroves by Satellite

Mangroves are among the most biologically important ecosystems on the planet and a common feature of tropical and sub-tropical coastlines. Scientists have used satellite imaging to compile the most detailed map of the extent of mangroves worldwide.

Published Nov 30, 2010

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Taking Landsat 8 to the Beach
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Taking Landsat 8 to the Beach

Like an interesting novel, Landsat 8 provides a good read for a day along the shore.

Published Aug 22, 2014

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LDCM Looks for Water Amidst the Heat
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LDCM Looks for Water Amidst the Heat

Thermal infrared imagery of the Southern California desert picks up the invisible water in the farmland around the Salton Sea.

Published Apr 23, 2013

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Bay Blues
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Bay Blues

Landsat 8 can observe wavelengths of blue light that will make it easier to observe the swirl of life and water along the world’s coastlines.

Published May 31, 2013

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Where the Trees Are
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Where the Trees Are

The National Biomass and Carbon Dataset reveals the location and the carbon storage of forests in the United States.

Published Jan 11, 2012

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The Many Hues of London
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The Many Hues of London

While a typical digital camera takes one picture of a scene based on information from the visible spectrum, Landsat generates multiple views of everything it images.

Published Aug 1, 2012

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Hot and Cold in the Arizona Desert
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Hot and Cold in the Arizona Desert

The Thermal Infrared Sensor on the newest Landsat provides insight into something invisible to human eyes: the temperature of the land surface.

Published Apr 18, 2013

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Arid Iran in False Color
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Arid Iran in False Color

False-color satellite imagery offers insight that goes beyond what the human eye can see.

Published Mar 6, 2016

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Florida Landscapes
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Florida Landscapes

The variety of landscapes in southeastern Florida and the northern Everglades illustrates why you might want to see the world in false color.

Published Apr 1, 2014

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Forest Change on New Ireland, Papua New Guinea
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Forest Change on New Ireland, Papua New Guinea

In June 2008, scientists published the country’s first detailed assessment of the type, extent, and health of Papua New Guinea’s forests, documenting the wide-spread deforestation and degradation of lowland rainforest on the islands east of the mainland, including the island of New Ireland.

Published Jun 19, 2008

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