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Remote Sensing

Tools such as Landsat, Earth-observing satellites, allow USGS scientists to lead the way in monitoring long-term changes in climate that impact Earth’s surface, oceans, and atmosphere. The technology can be used to map and monitor specific Earth changes and the scientific data collected is used to further understand climate change, its potential effects on the world and to improve projections of future change.