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A study led by USGS outlines a multifaceted climate-driven crisis facing communities along the Southeast Atlantic coast of the United States. As sea...

The previously announced interruption to USGS EROS product distribution systems has been postponed.

UPDATE: This has been delayed - see below.

On Friday, December 6, 2024, USGS EROS Center product distribution systems will be taken offline starting at...

You can’t talk about forests without talking about fire, noted James Lutz of Utah State University, a self-described forest guy.

Access to Landsat products and other data held in the USGS EROS archive will be unavailable from 6:00 am to 8:00 pm CST on Monday, November 25, 2024...

For two decades now, and counting, the LANDFIRE program continues to assemble the most easy-to-use, intuitive and complete clearinghouse of remote...

Even on the ground, detecting algae type by color is not a sure bet. It takes lab testing to tell whether the skim of algae on the surface of a lake...

Tutorials are now available to provide guidance and help users access, query, and use Landsat data directly from the USGS cloud storage location. 

On your next drive, really look at what covers the landscape: Sprawling housing developments? Crowded skyscrapers? Parking lots? Farm fields? Forests...