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Spotting Disruptions to Earth’s Vegetation

Using NASA data, researchers can track vegetation changes around the planet, not just in forests but also in grasslands and savannas like the Brazilian Cerrado.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Wanmei Liang, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey and OPERA data courtesy of Zhen Song at University of Maryland Global Land Analysis and Discovery (GLAD) laboratory. Data are available from the Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center. Story by Emily Cassidy.

Published March 11, 2025
Data acquired June 16, 2000 - June 26, 2024

Sources:
Landsat 5 > TM
Landsat 9 > OLI-2
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