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A sample from a larger image of aboveground biomass density (AGBD; Mg ha-1) predictions from the GEDI Level-4A footprint product over Northern California.

GEDI Is Back Online With an Updated Release of Footprint Aboveground Biomass Density

New Level 4A data are the first from the Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) mission since the instrument returned to operation in 2024.

News

June 26, 2025

wetland and coastal distribution of bird data over North America

New Data in Action: Citizen Science and MODIS Data Reveal Patterns of Bird Population Change

Researchers from Cornell's eBird project used observations from amateur birdwatchers and NASA data to better understand the decline in avian populations throughout North America.

News

June 17, 2025

Image of the OPERA Land Surface Disturbance imagery displaying confidence levels of vegetation loss at Grampian National Park, Australia after a bushfire

New Worldview Tour Story on OPERA’s Land Surface Disturbance Product

Explore OPERA’s near-global land surface disturbance at 30-meter resolution.

News

June 13, 2025

Image of vegetation disturbance in shades of red and yellow due to wildfires in South Korea on May 8, 2025 from the OPERA HLS Land Surface Disturbance product

Vegetation Loss Due to South Korea's March Wildfires

Image for May 8, 2025, derived from OPERA's Harmonized Landsat Sentinel-2 Land Surface Disturbance data.

Worldview Image of the Week

May 15, 2025

This true-color image of Kiriwina Island in in Papua New Guinea shows the 55 tracks of ATL24 bathymetry data.

New Global ICESat-2 Bathymetric Data Fills Near-Shore Data Voids

ATL24, a new space-based lidar product, provides bathymetry data that can be used to characterize nearshore habitats and create safer maritime transportation channels.

News

May 2, 2025

Chlorophyll-a concentration of the Gulf of Oman and Arabian Sea on February 15, 2025 from the OCI instrument aboard the PACE satellite

High Chlorophyll a Concentrations in the Gulf of Oman and Arabian Sea

Image captured on Feb 15, 2025, by the OCI instrument aboard the PACE platform.

Worldview Image of the Week

Feb. 20, 2025

This 2024 Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) image from the HLS project shows the degree of land use change in a region of Western Brazil. Green areas with high NDVI values indicate healthy vegetation while tan and brown areas with low NDVI values indicate soil or barren areas.

The Harmonized Landsat Sentinel-2 Project Releases Vegetation Indices

These new vegetation indices offer the same near-global coverage, and 30-meter spatial resolution as the initial HLS products.

News

Feb. 19, 2025

ICESat-2 30-meter gridded canopy height map across the contiguous US based upon ICESat-2 canopy heights and ancillary Landsat, LANDFIRE and topographic variables for 2020.

Laser Altimetry Applications for a Changing World: Working with ICESat-2 Land and Vegetation Height Data

In the second ICESat-2 webinar, learn how to work with land and vegetation height data. A live demonstration will showcase the SlideRule Earth web service which provides on-demand science data processing.

Webinar

Jan. 31, 2025

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