In some parts of Africa, trees are being grown instead of being cut down.
Published Mar 14, 2017
In recent decades, industrial logging has intensified in the dense tropical forests of central Africa, but few data sets exist that can help ecologists and policymakers monitor the occurrence and impact of logging over wide areas in that part of the world.
Published Jul 5, 2007
Gishwati Forest suffered severe deforestation, evident in these true-color images.
Published Jun 9, 2009
Forests in drylands are much more extensive than previously reported.
Published Aug 10, 2017
By changing a percentage, institutions can take some forested lands off the map.
Published Dec 18, 2015
Differences in how international and national institutions classify forests can lead to large discrepancies in measurements of land cover.
Published Nov 17, 2015
Landsat observed the loss of 3.7 million hectares (14,000 square miles) of tropical forest.
Published Sep 26, 2012
A twenty-year effort to plant millions of trees in Minas Gerais is visible to Landsat.
Published Jul 23, 2019
Mass tree die-offs in California’s Sierra Nevada mountains are sparking worries of fire in the region.
Published Jul 20, 2016
Dry weather in the Northeast has triggered an explosion in the populations of gypsy moth caterpillars, which are voracious eaters of forest canopies.
Published Jul 15, 2016
The opening of the Landsat data archive and a partnership with Google has allowed researchers to track the fine details of forest change around the world.
Published May 7, 2015
Roughly one-third of the world’s naturally occurring sequoias grow in 75 groves in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks.
Published Sep 27, 2016
