Satellites Find Greener Pastures

Brazilian researchers are using satellites to calculate how many cattle can be supported by the country's pasturelands.

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NASA Earth Observatory image and video by Joshua Stevens, using data courtesy of Arantes, A. E., et al. (2018). Story by Kasha Patel.

Published March 12, 2019
Data acquired 1985 - 2017

Sources:

Aqua > MODIS

Terra > MODIS

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Science in Action