One of the most surprising (and exciting!) things about first getting into Carto/GIS work was discovering how accessible* NOAA, NWS, Landsat, Sentinel, etc. were.
Like yeah you had to find and learn how to process them, but all this data, yours to discover and use.
Moriarty Maps
I’m delighted to share that our new paper is now out in @natclimate.nature.com! Our long-term, monthly Antarctic-wide dataset of surface meltwater shows that the East Antarctic Ice Sheet is becoming increasingly prone to surface meltwater ponding.
Algal vortex in The Baltic Sea.
Image taken by Landsat-8 on July 18, 2018.
This study provides a continent-wide assessment of surface meltwater area in Antarctica between 2006 and 2021, highlighting recent increases in magnitude and variability in East Antarctica, with indic...
www.nature.com
WHY WE LOOK? Because the final image captured by the recently decommissioned Landsat 7 satellite shows how Las Vegas, "Sin City," has nearly doubled in size during the iconic spacecraft's 25-year lifespan.
www.livescience.com/planet-earth...
The final image captured by the recently decommissioned Landsat 7 satellite shows how "Sin City" has nearly doubled in size during the iconic spacecraft's 25-year lifespan.
Remembering its quarter-century of faithful Earth observation, the USGS and NASA have announced the decommissioning of Landsat 7 from active service. Landsat 8 and Landsat 9 continue to collect images every day. Read more about Landsat 7: ow.ly/nz9k50W5CAQ
Nov 14, 2014: This Landsat 8 image highlights Egmont National Park in New Zealand, revealing the contrast between its protected forests and surrounding pasturelands.
www.nasa.gov/image-article/exploring-worlds-protected-areas-from-space/
#Landsat 8 collected new images of these Canada fires on June 5, 2025. Image A shows a wildfire near the Petitot River in northeastern British Columbia. The Saskatchewan fire in image B is burning east of Mari Lake. More than 200 fires are currently active across Canada.
Pete Tuckett
Landsat Images from "Mission to Earth", 1976.
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Come along as we visit a #Landsat validation test site on the latest Eyes on Earth podcast episode. We’ll learn about why validation is important to maintaining Landsat’s gold standard, as well as hazards of the test site (ticks are one!). Listen: ow.ly/CEnh50W8muN
Landsat Images from "Mission to Earth", 1976. (2)
Pentagon will no longer share satellite data that tracks hurricanes overnight, @byscottdance.com: www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025...
Marvin Heiferman
Eyes on Earth is a podcast on remote sensing, Earth observation, land change and science, brought to you by the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center.
Scientists were initially given less than a week to prepare for the loss of microwave observations that are key in detecting rapid intensification of storms.
