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A Global Water Hyacinth Invasion

A new study found that the abundance of these floating plants has increased due to urbanization.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Lauren Dauphin, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey and using data from Kleinschroth, Fritz, et al. (2020). Story by Kasha Patel.

Published September 2, 2020
Data acquired January 9, 2020

Sources:
Landsat 5 > TM
Landsat 7 > ETM+
Landsat 8 > OLI