Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center

In July, satellite imagery from Landsat 8 captured a major melting event in Greenland. 

Research Physical Scientist Dean Gesch shares an overview of USGS/EROS surveying efforts in the mangrove forests of Pohnpei.
 

Daytime and nightime imagery from Earth-observing satellites reveal dramatic changes in North Dakota during the Bakken oil boom.
 

Interested in citing data and tools from NASA’s Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center (LP DAAC)? This video will discuss why you should cite the data and data access tools you use in your research and where you can find information on the LP DAAC website to help you with your citation.

To learn more about the data featured in this video, and other data

Downy woodpeckers are commonly found in a residential area, woodlands, river groves, orchards, and parks throughout South Dakota. They are small-sized, with short stubby bill and black spots on the white outer feathers of the tail. Mostly they feed on insects, however, they also eat seeds and berries. They forage at any level of vegetation, live in the cavity of a tree.

Human settlement certainly disrupts wildlife, but the smaller and more adaptable members of a disturbed ecosystem tend to remain, coloring urban landscapes as reminders of the wild from which we came. This handsome katydid stood sentinel for more than an hour over throngs of Saturday shoppers in downtown Sioux Falls, SD on August 10, 2019, perched atop the word "Fargo" on

Iceland had 269 named glaciers as of the year 2000 but ice has retreated in the face of warming temperatures. By 2014, OK Glacier in western Iceland had lost so much mass that it was no longer considered one at all. Icelanders now refer to it simply as OK, the name of the volcano upon which it rests.
 

Nature always displays vibrant colors. It is only a matter of time until you get the chance to witness its beauty. Even more difficult is capturing this beauty through the lens. Here, we see the magnificent beauty of the falls on the Big Sioux River, from which Sioux Falls, SD takes its name, showing the vibrant colors of nature just before sunset.

An interactive display at the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science Center highlighting land change research.

Viewers look through several years of change in an interactive display at the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science Center.

Satellite imagery shows the rupture and shifting of land near Ridgecrest, CA from the July 2019 earthquakes.