Landsat Topic

At Land’s Edge – Tracking Coastal Ecosystem with Landsat

Landsat-based National Land Cover Database (NLCD) helps predict hurricane wind risk to homes and other structures.

Annual NLCD’s Insights Rely on Long Landsat Record

The Landsat satellite program, with its unparalleled 53-year historic record, can reveal changes through the Annual National Land Cover Database…

Celebrating 53 Years Since Landsat 1’s Launch

When the first Landsat satellite launched in 1972, it posed the following question: could we manage our natural resources using…

Shifting Coastlines in the Arctic

The Arctic is changing rapidly. Recent research unveiled a new dataset of 40 years of coastlines shifting across the Arctic.

Undamming the Klamath

Between October 2023 and October 2024, the four dams of the Klamath Hydroelectric Project were taken down, opening more than…

Saudi Arabia’s Desert Agriculture

In this animation of 2024 and January 2025, crop fields in Saudi Arabia cycle through their growing seasons.

Landsat at Work: Conserving Water and Growing High Quality Grapes

Using Landsat’s thermal imagery, researchers at Gallo Winery have been able to better understand vineyard water needs and optimize irrigation.

Forty Years of Change in Louisiana’s Wetlands

Landsat images show that in the past 40 years alone, Louisiana’s coastal wetlands have undergone substantial changes.

Hispaniola’s Changing Forests

Haiti lost nearly half of its primary forests between 1996 and 2022, with fires and tree-cutting being major drivers of…