The transformation of Brazil’s tropical savannas into farmland has made western Bahia into a prime area for soybean production.
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Soybeans spread across new frontiers in Mapitoba—a hotspot of soy expansion in the northeast region of Brazil’s Cerrado.
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Brazilian researchers are using satellites to calculate how many cattle can be supported by the country's pasturelands.
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The signs of economic activity around this Brazilian city are easy to see from space.
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Twelves cities in South America’s largest country will host games in the 2014 World Cup of football (soccer).
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The Advanced Land Imager on EO-1 captured these true-color images of the hills north and west of Teresópolis, Brazil, where mudslides devastated the mountainous region in January 2011.
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A series of maps showing land use in 1850 and 1920.
People often say that borders are not visible from space. But the line between Kazakhstan and China couldn't be clearer if it were drawn on the sand.