Mud clouds much of the Chesapeake Bay in this image from September 13, 2011.
Published Sep 16, 2011
While the amount of pollution that wastewater treatment plants contribute to the Bay is declining, the spread of asphalt, pavement, and other impervious surfaces in suburbs and cities is increasing stormwater pollution.
Published Sep 20, 2016
Despite the bay’s calm waters, constant reminders of the city break through.
Published Oct 5, 2017
A drop of water that falls in central New York takes a long ride to the sea. It flows past some extraordinary natural features that help tell the story of how the Chesapeake Bay came to be.
Published Jul 22, 2016
Rising waters are swallowing up another island in Chesapeake Bay.
Published Dec 2, 2019
50 trillion pixels of Landsat data give researchers a lot of opportunities to look at Earth processes on scales from days to decades.
Published Apr 16, 2015
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
LDCM extends an unprecedented four-decade record of global land observations.
Published Feb 12, 2013
Few people live around the Ulbanskiy Bay. Whales, however, are plentiful.
Published Apr 9, 2017
A composite view of the United States represents one of the ways scientists are exploring Landsat 8’s capabilities.
Published Feb 11, 2014
What does Landsat have in common with the Gutenberg Bible, Tolstoy’s personal library, and the Book of Kells?
Published Nov 24, 2011
