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Landsat Satellite Looks Back at El Paso, Forward to a New Mission

06.11.2013
Landsat 8 is operational and producing more than 400 images per day, adding to the deep archive collected since 1972.

Fire in the Xingu River Basin

06.10.2013
Over a recent study period, the Xingu River Basin saw more forests with repeated burning than nearly anywhere else in the Amazon.

Climate Co­nditions Determine Amazon Fire Risk

06.07.2013
Using an new satellite technique, NASA scientists have determined that a previously unmapped type of wildfire in the Amazon rainforest is responsible for destroying more forest than deforestation.

Amazon Forest Fire Risk to Increase in 2013

06.07.2013
University and NASA researchers predict that the severity of the 2013 fire season will be considerably higher than in 2011 and 2012 for many Amazon forests in the Southern Hemisphere.
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Landsat 8 Satellite Begins Watch

05.30.2013
NASA transferred operational control of the Landsat 8 satellite (formerly LDCM) to the U.S. Geological Survey in a ceremony in Sioux Falls, S.D.
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The Biospheric Sciences Laboratory studies terrestrial ecosystems and their interactions with the atmosphere using multiscale remote sensing, mathematical modeling, and advanced analytical techniques. This research allows Laboratory scientists to characterize and predict environmental changes due to natural and anthropogenic processes at local to global scales.

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