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Discover the latest news on the European Space Agency's Earth Observation activities. Learn all about new data availability and how ESA's missions are performing.
News - Thematic area articles
29 Sept 2022How satellite data help to shape society
Title: Current drought situation in Ebro basin Description: The SMOS soil-moisture-based drought monitor is updated monthly
News - Infographics
2 Aug 2022What are the next Earth Explorers?
Four more missions are currently planned - EarthCARE, Biomass, FLEX, and FORUM - which will further our understanding of
News - Thematic area articles
31 Mar 2022Satellite data central to ocean monitoring
microwave monitoring instruments, optical imagers, and infrared radiometers, which can map ocean variables related to ocean currents
News - Spotlight on EO community
22 Sept 2022Meet a young researcher who studies the behaviour of volcanoes worldwide
to apply for a scholarship offered by the Chilean government to pursue PhD studies abroad, and eventually, led me to the current
News - Events and Proceedings
25 May 2022National missions in the spotlight at the Living Planet Symposium
two sessions tomorrow, Thursday 26 May, to introduce attendees to the profusion of national Earth observation missions currently
News - Success Stories
13 Apr 2021Drone-based Laser Scanning of Tropical Forests for Biomass Cal/Val
Additionally, the current GEDI mission on the International Space Station (LiDAR), the SAOCOM, NISAR, ALOS-4, and Tandem-L
News - Success Stories
27 Sept 2022Heritage data trains neural networks to detect urban sprawl
Since they’ve been trained identically, they can help monitor both current and past urban changes.
News - Success Stories
17 Aug 2023Commercial and international data for fire monitoring
The Finnish ICEYE constellation, added to the TPM programme in 2021, currently consists of 27 synthetic aperture radar (SAR
News - Thematic area articles
29 Aug 2023Tracking the world’s forests from space
Deforestation in Brazil Scientist’s understanding of the health of the world’s forests is being further improved through current
News - Thematic area articles
25 May 2023How satellite data empower sustainable urban growth
Some 56% of the world's population currently reside in cities and the number of urban inhabitants is expected to double by
News - Thematic area articles
2 Mar 2022How space data are transforming the global food system
ICEYE, for example, is a constellation currently consisting of 11 X-band Synthetic Aperture Radar satellites – with seven
News - Thematic area articles
18 May 2022How ESA uses space data to explore deep Earth
Swarm maps core dynamics The swirling, conducting iron in Earth’s liquid outer core create powerful electric currents, which
News - Thematic area articles
21 July 2022Space helps monitor Earth’s changing biosphere
Ocean chlorophyll concentrations can change when ocean currents shift, or sea temperature rises - all impacts of climate
News - Success Stories
8 Oct 2021Earth Observation data to improve navigation risk modelling and shipping routes
improve the detection of unreported features in the maritime AIS system and the statistical evaluation of the accuracy of current
News - Spotlight on EO community
30 June 2023Meet the Quality Assurance for EO Team
Cristiano is also currently the Operations Director for Serco Italy and Czech Republic.