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Measuring the Earth’s Dry Forests

Forests in drylands are much more extensive than previously reported.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using data courtesy of Bastin, Jean-François, et al. (2017) and MODIS data from LANCE/EOSDIS Rapid Response. Story by Pola Lem and Mike Carlowicz.

Published August 10, 2017
Data acquired 2015

Sources:
Aqua > MODIS
Terra > MODIS