Landsat News
Since 1972, Landsat satellites have systematically documented our planet's changing surface, from shifting agricultural patterns and urban expansion to forest loss and coastal erosion. This continuous record provides scientists with invaluable data to understand long-term environmental change.
Mission Success! Celebrating Landsat 9’s Five-Year Design Life Milestone
On September 27, 2026, Landsat 9 achieved its Five-Year Design Life Milestone. The benefits of this satellite and its data to scientific discovery and human health are immeasurable.
Separating Wheat from Chaff — from Space
Landsat imagery is helping researchers map Maryland's winter cover crops, verifying conservation efforts that reduce soil erosion and protect Chesapeake Bay water quality.
Eric Vermote, Landsat Science Team Member, Wins Pecora Award
In May, Landsat Science Team member and atmospheric correction expert Eric Vermote won the William T. Pecora Award for his outstanding contributions set global standards for atmospheric correction and data validation.
In Pursuit of Precision: Remembering John Barker
John L. Barker, who passed away on July 6, 2026, at age 88, was a seminal force who fundamentally transformed Landsat into a rigorous science mission through his relentless pursuit of precision remote sensing calibration standards.
Moving Marshes in the Puget Sound
A major restoration in the Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge returned the estuary's natural processes.
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Surrounded by wetlands, Manitoba's northernmost farmland near The Pas turns from green to brown over the 2026 growing season.
Carpets of wildflowers burst from arid, ochre-colored land in Western Australia following winter rains.
Snow drought and unusually warm temperatures in the Colorado Basin in 2026 helped drive down reservoir water storage in the…
An amateur astronomer scouting online satellite maps for campsites in Quebec found an impact crater instead.
Reds, yellows, and oranges are already sweeping across tundra landscapes in Nunavut.
A powerful eruption from the Indonesian volcano lofted ash into the atmosphere, disrupting thousands of flights and degrading air quality.
Layers of sedimentary rock that jut from the Soledad Basin at surprising angles have long enthralled television and film producers,…
With austral winter nearing its end, clouds cleared for a satellite view of volcanic activity in the remote South Atlantic.
In summer 2026, a substantial iceberg calved from Petermann Glacier in northwest Greenland and swiftly drifted into Nares Strait, colliding…
One narrowing icefall remains the linchpin for the Alpine glacier—and it may not be long for this world.
The meandering Congaree River sustains towering forest ecosystems and fashions oxbow lakes as it shifts across its floodplain.
Back-to-back winter storms in August 2026 brought snowfall to northern Chile, from the Andes to near the Pacific coast.
