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Ravenous Mites Devastate Puerto Rico’s Palms

It all began with a single, pregnant mite. Within a few years, thousands of acres of bright green forests would yellow and wither.


NASA Earth Observatory map by Joshua Stevens, using NDVI data courtesy of Sara Lubkin/Unversity of Mary Washington. Caption by Pola Lem.

Published October 6, 2016
Data acquired January - March 2016

Source:
Landsat 8 > OLI