Since 1972, the Landsat program has been continually monitoring the Earth, to now provide
50 years of digital, multispectral, medium spatial resolution observations. Over this time …

Light detection and ranging (lidar) data acquired from airborne or spaceborne platforms
have revolutionized measurement and map** of forest attributes. Airborne data are often …

Algal blooms constitute an emerging threat to global inland water quality, yet their spatial
and temporal distribution at the global scale remains largely unknown. Here we establish a …

Vegetation greening has been suggested to be a dominant trend over recent decades, but
severe pulses of tree mortality in forests after droughts and heatwaves have also been …

The Landsat global consolidated data archive now exceeds 50 years. In recognition of the
need for consistently processed data across the Landsat satellite series, the US Geological …

Degradation of ecosystems can occur when certain ecological thresholds are passed below
which ecosystem responses remain within 'safe ecological limits'. Ecosystems such as …

Aridity, which is increasing worldwide because of climate change, affects the structure and
functioning of dryland ecosystems. Whether aridification leads to gradual (versus abrupt) …

Abstract The Erhai Lake Basin is an area with the active economic and social development
of agriculture and tourism, facing increasingly prominent environmental problems with rapid …

Formal planning and development of what became the first Landsat satellite commenced
over 50 years ago in 1967. Now, having collected earth observation data for well over four …

Arctic warming can influence tundra ecosystem function with consequences for climate
feedbacks, wildlife and human communities. Yet ecological change across the Arctic tundra …