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The Landsat program does more than just collect data. It helps write Earth's story.
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.
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Wild disturbances are on the rise, while land disturbed by human activity has been decreasing.
The Landsat 10 Spacecraft Draft Request for Proposal (DRFP) is available for review via SAM.gov.
The volcano on Indonesia’s Halmahera Island routinely ejects ash, volcanic gases, and volcanic bombs.
DIST-ALERT, a global land change monitoring system, is revolutionizing forest management.
Once a month during the full Moon, Landsat 9 turns from Earth to image the lunar surface, helping keep the…
In a precursor to Memorial Day, people in Charleston, South Carolina, honored fallen Civil War troops with flowers, songs, and…
The strongest of several twisters to touch down in the southern part of the state in early May 2026 left…
The blaze spread across the southern side of the second-largest island in California’s Channel Islands National Park.
Spring melt along Alaska’s Kuskokwim River caused ice jams and flooding.
Beaver Island is one in a string of verdant and scenic jewels in a northern Lake Michigan archipelago.
A landslide-triggered tsunami stripped vegetation from the shore of the glacial fjord in summer 2025.
Icy, isolated Peter I Island stirred up a show in the atmosphere off the West Antarctic coast.
