weather, volcanic eruptions and even animal behavior. Every week, we take a bird's eye view of Earth, and see how it affects the people living on it.

These are a result of seawater killing coastal trees. NASA Earth Observatory images by Michala Garrison, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. "The closer a forest is to sea level ...

The California weather cleared shortly before lift-off to enable everyone to see Landsat-9's Atlas rocket leave the pad What is arguably the world's most important satellite has launched to orbit ...