Mapping Missing Mangroves

The Landsat program’s 50 years of Earth observations have revolutionized the study of long-term global change, including the losses and gains of tidal wetlands.

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NASA Earth Observatory image by Lauren Dauphin, using data from Nicholas J. Murray, et al. (2022), Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey and topographic data from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM). Story by Sara E. Pratt.

Published August 6, 2022
Data acquired 1999 - 2019

Sources:

Landsat 5 > TM

Landsat 7 > ETM+

Landsat 8 > OLI

Space Shuttle > SRTM