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\nNearly every aspect of our lives is fundamentally tied to the land on which we live. Citizens using GLOBE Observer can observe land cover in much greater detail and more frequently than scientists can using satellite data alone.But why...\nNearly every aspect of our lives is fundamentally tied to the land on which we live. Citizens using GLOBE Observer can observe land cover in much greater detail and more frequently than scientists can using satellite data alone.

But why do scientists use land cover observations from satellites, and why do they need help from citizen scientists?

Find out the answer to these questions in Why Observe?: Land Cover and learn what is land cover and about the questions scientists are looking to answer. Learn more about GLOBE Observer at: observer.globe.gov

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\"Life Choices\" - Instrumental (Full Length) Eric Chevalier [SACEM]; Koka Media/Universal Publishing Production Music; Universal Production Music
\"Evolution of Life\" - Instrumental (Full Length) David Stephen Goldsmith [PRS]; Atmosphere; Universal Production Music
\"Time Ticking Away\" - Instrumental (Full Length) Adam Paul Courtenay Burns [PRS] and Jez Burns [PRS]; Atmosphere; Universal Production Music
\"Shadow Lands\" - Instrumental (Full Length) Anthoney Edwin Philips [PRS] and Samuel Karl Bohn [PRS]; Atmosphere; Universal Production Music
\"The Remaining Shadows\" Mark Russell [PRS]; Atmosphere Ltd.; Universal Production Music
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Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Lead Producer: Liz Wilk (USRA)
Interviewees: Eric C. Brown De Colstoun (NASA/GSFC) Peder Nelson (Oregon State University) Amita Mehta (UMBC)
Project Support: Heather Mortimer (SSAI) Holli Riebeek Kohl (SSAI)
Narrator: Liz Wilk (USRA)
Technical Support: Aaron E. Lepsch (ADNET) \n
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2020
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