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Atchafalaya Delta, Louisiana, USA
Atchafalaya Delta, Louisiana, USA

The Mississippi River Delta region in southern Louisiana is losing lan...

Ayeyarwady Delta, Myanmar
Ayeyarwady Delta, Myanmar

The Ayeyarwady Delta—also called the Irrawaddy Delta—is a vast alluvia...

Bahrain
Bahrain

The most noticeable land change in these Landsat images is simply the ...

Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA
Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA

Along some coastlines, long, narrow islands stand guard. These barrier...

Doha, Qatar
Doha, Qatar

Doha, the capital of Qatar, used to be a small fishing and pearl divin...

Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Dubai, United Arab Emirates

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) holds about 6% of the world’s total oil...

Gulf of Fonseca, Honduras and Nicaragua
Gulf of Fonseca, Honduras and Nicaragua

Honduras is one of Latin America’s top producers of cultured shrimp. S...

Huang He Delta, China
Huang He Delta, China

The Huang He River in China is a wanderer. Its lower reaches have chan...

IJsselmeer, Netherlands
IJsselmeer, Netherlands

For centuries, people living in what is now the Netherlands have used ...

Isahaya Bay, Japan
Isahaya Bay, Japan

This series of images of southwestern Japan shows how one change can h...

Isle de Jean Charles, Louisiana, USA
Isle de Jean Charles, Louisiana, USA

Is Louisiana falling into the sea, or is the sea inundating Louisiana?...

Kīlauea, Hawaii, USA
Kīlauea, Hawaii, USA

In 2018, Hawaii was in the news as fresh lava covered 13.7 square mile...

Knife River Delta, Canada
Knife River Delta, Canada

These images show devegetated shoreline along Hudson Bay in central Ca...

Pearl River Delta, China
Pearl River Delta, China

In 1978, the Pearl River Delta (PRD) region in southern China had a po...

Sabah Al Ahmad Sea City, Kuwait
Sabah Al Ahmad Sea City, Kuwait

In southeastern Kuwait, on the coast of the Persian Gulf, a fascinatin...

Saloum River, Senegal
Saloum River, Senegal

The estuaries of the Saloum River, near the coast in Senegal, are surr...

Selkirk Island, Chile
Selkirk Island, Chile

In September 1999, engineers at EROS were reviewing Landsat 7 sensor o...

Shanghai, China
Shanghai, China

A megacity is a region that has a population greater than 10 million. ...

Singapore
Singapore

“Buy land,” a wise man once said. “They’re not making any more.” Not s...

Sydney, Australia
Sydney, Australia

Sydney, Australia, is a growing cosmopolitan city. Besides its recent ...