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Scientists at the USGS are tracking mercury pollution in the Bay using remote sensing technology, creating detailed maps to monitor mercury pollution...

“How much money did that save our community by making these investments?” said Keith Brooks, general manager of the Douglas Electric Cooperative. “It...

Groundwater is a crucial source of water for California, especially for its $59 billion agriculture industry.

But even when the water is underground...

The USGS/NASA Calibration/Validation Team has recently discovered that over 44,000 Landsat 2 and Landsat 3 Multispectral Sensor (MSS) Level-1 products...

Landsat’s mission isn’t communications, but its data is helping shape the networks we rely on every day. 

Imagine the task of designing clear paths for...

Over 50 years ago, the first Landsat archive satellite imagery arrived at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Earth Resources Observation and Science...

Landsat Collection 2 data have been available ‘in the cloud’ since 2020 — but what does that mean to you as a user?  If you are unsure, an upcoming...

From April 7-10, 2025, USGS EROS Landsat processing systems, data distribution, and many online tools will be unavailable due to planned maintenance...