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#           Eyes on Earth Episode 69 - Thirty Years of Land Change in the U.S.      

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Eyes on Earth is a podcast on remote sensing, Earth observation, land change and science, brought to you by the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center. In this episode, we learn how the landscapes of the U.S. have changed since 1985.

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**Summary**: Land change is a constant. Even land areas that see little major change can see disruptions from storms, heat waves, wildfires, or invasive species. But major changes aren't uncommon, either. Each year in the U.S., farm fields become tracts of suburban homes, wetlands become more permanent bodies of water, and shrublands burn to be replaced with grasslands. A team of researchers with the USGS Land Change Monitoring, Assessment, and Projection initiative (LCMAP) recently released a study documenting land cover class change from 1985-2016. On this episode of Eyes on Earth, we talk to the study’s lead author about what they learned about land change, and about how land change ties in to policy, economic trends, weather patterns and more.

**Guest:**Roger Auch, Research Physical Geographer, USGS EROS Center

**Host:** John Hult

**Producer:** John Hult

**Release date:** March 7, 2022

**More on LCMAP and land change:**
                                - Conterminous United States Land-Cover Change (1985–2016): New Insights from Annual Time Series
                                - USGS Land Change Monitoring, Assessment, and Projection (LCMAP) website
                                - USGS LCMAP Viewer

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##### Chief of Staff

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tglynn@usgs.gov

605-594-6046

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Eyes on Earth is a podcast on remote sensing, Earth observation, land change and science, brought to you by the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center. In this episode, we learn how the landscapes of the U.S. have changed since 1985.

View Media Details

View

Download and Transcript Access

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**Summary**: Land change is a constant. Even land areas that see little major change can see disruptions from storms, heat waves, wildfires, or invasive species. But major changes aren't uncommon, either. Each year in the U.S., farm fields become tracts of suburban homes, wetlands become more permanent bodies of water, and shrublands burn to be replaced with grasslands. A team of researchers with the USGS Land Change Monitoring, Assessment, and Projection initiative (LCMAP) recently released a study documenting land cover class change from 1985-2016. On this episode of Eyes on Earth, we talk to the study’s lead author about what they learned about land change, and about how land change ties in to policy, economic trends, weather patterns and more.

**Guest:**Roger Auch, Research Physical Geographer, USGS EROS Center

**Host:** John Hult

**Producer:** John Hult

**Release date:** March 7, 2022

**More on LCMAP and land change:**
                                - Conterminous United States Land-Cover Change (1985–2016): New Insights from Annual Time Series
                                - USGS Land Change Monitoring, Assessment, and Projection (LCMAP) website
                                - USGS LCMAP Viewer

### Contacts

#### Timothy A. Glynn

##### Chief of Staff

Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 

tglynn@usgs.gov

605-594-6046

### Explore Search

                      - Assessments
                      - Information Systems
                      - Maps and Mapping
                      - land change
                      - land cover
                      - land use
                      - LCMAP
                      - Remote Sensing
                      - podcasts
                      - Eyes on Earth
                      - satellites
                      - earth observation
                      - geography
                      - assessments

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