Younger trees champion carbon capture

2023-10-05, 11:56 ESA

Thanks to their ability to absorb and store carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, forests have long been recognised as a key tool in the fight against climate change ? but not all forests are equal. ...

Ozone hole goes large again

2023-10-04, 18:20 ESA

Measurements from the Copernicus Sentinel-5P satellite show that this year?s ozone hole over Antarctica is one of the biggest on record. The hole, which is what scientists call an ?ozone depleting ...

Earth from Space: Southern Patagonian...

2023-09-29, 10:59 ESA

Part of the Southern Patagonian Ice Field with its white glaciers and aquamarine lakes is featured in this Copernicus Sentinel-2 image from 10 January 2023.Zoom in to explore this image at its full ...

Seeking Euclid's hidden stars:...

2023-09-26, 18:16 ESA

From Euclid's fine guidance sensors intermittently losing track of stars to stray sunlight getting in the way of observing the Universe and X-rays appearing in instrument images, the issues raised do ...

Earth from Space: Scorched Rhodes

2023-09-22, 11:29 ESA

This summer, Europe experienced a relentless heatwave, fuelling wildfires in several countries. This Copernicus Sentinel-1 image shows the burn scars left by fires on the Greek island of Rhodes.Zoom ...

Trio of Sentinel satellites map...

2023-09-20, 12:00 ESA

In the quest to address climate change and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, detecting methane leaks ? a potent contributor to global warming ? has become increasingly vital. Researchers are ...

Juice: why?s it taking sooo long

2023-09-19, 16:26 ESA

Track the motion of planets and moons and stars and galaxies, and you?ll see they?re always in motion around another object. When a mission launches, it doesn?t leap from a still Earth but off a ...

Earth from Space: Blooms in the Gulf...

2023-09-15, 11:55 ESA

This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image features swirls of vivid, emerald green algal blooms in the Gulf of Finland.Zoom in to explore this image at its full 10 m resolution or click on the circles to ...

Sentinel-1 reveals shifts from...

2023-09-14, 15:17 ESA

Following the devastating earthquake that struck Morocco on 8 September, satellite data have been made available through the International Charter ?Space and Major Disasters? to help emergency ...

Showcase your climate data...

2023-09-13, 13:53 ESA

Are you a creative visionary with a passion for climate action? Enter ESA?s latest competition to showcase your talent by transforming decades of satellite climate data into impactful visuals to help ...