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NASA Landsat
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The NASA/USGS Landsat series of Earth-observing satellites has monitored our planet for 50 years. Verification: https://t.co/4p9BhINXeQ
Aug 11, 2021 • 8 tweets • 5 min read
Sizing Up How Agriculture Connects to Deforestation: Using #Landsat data from the past two decades, scientists are starting to pinpoint which crops and farming styles have lasting impacts on forests.

earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/148674/… Every year, scientists at the University of Maryland publish new data about the state of Earth’s forests based on observations from #Landsat satellites. In 2020, Earth lost nearly 26 million hectares of tree cover—an area larger than the United Kingdom.

research.wri.org/gfr/forest-pul…
Dec 12, 2020 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
How did the Landsat mission go from the spark of an idea to a 50-year legacy, with 350 posters & presentations citing the mission at this year’s #AGU20 meeting alone?
Discover in Landsat 9: Continuing the Legacy, narrated by @MarcEvanJackson In the 48 years that @NASA/@USGSLandsat has documented Earth from space, technology has changed dramatically – and the Landsat 9 satellite launching next year carries instruments that will provide an even richer view of the planet than its predecessors.