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NEWS

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 - Success Stories

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    10 Jan 2018

    Oceans and atmosphere interlinked

    ESA's Climate Change Initiative is compiling data from Earth Observation satellites across multiple oceans and atmosphere parameters.

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    23 Feb 2018

    Carbon cycle

    Satellites and ESA’s Climate Change Initiative are helping to improve our understanding of the carbon cycle and its role in climate change.

  • News - Data Release news

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    21 Mar 2018

    New Ocean Monitoring Indicators provide key reference for climate change

    Copernicus Marine Service has released a new ocean information product. The Ocean Monitoring Indicators (OMIs) are free downloadable datasets.

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    22 Mar 2018

    ESA forms new Earth observation advisory group

    ESA forms new Earth observation advisory group on matters concerning Earth sciences included in ESA's Earth observation science programme.

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    20 June 2018

    New ERS-2 GOME Level 1 v5.1 dataset available online

    A new GOME Level 1b dataset has been generated for the 16-year mission period bringing relevant quality improvements for the revised calibration approach, compensating aging and instrument degradation, and provide enhanced accessibility.

  • News - Operational News

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    22 Nov 2018

    Climate analysis toolbox updated

    ESA's climate analysis toolbox updated, and can supercharge climate-change research studies for scientists and degree-level students.

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    5 Dec 2018

    Copernicus Sentinel-5P ozone boosts daily forecasts

    Measurements of atmospheric ozone from Sentinel-5P are now being used in daily forecasts of air quality.

  • News - Operational News

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    4 Jan 2019

    Envisat-ERS (A)SAR - Enhanced Dissemination Service

    ESA is pleased to announce the release of several new features as part of the ESA On-The-Fly data processing and dissemination service.

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    23 Jan 2019

    Changing lands

    Animation shows how satellite data and ESA's Climate Change Initiative are mapping land cover around the globe.

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    4 Mar 2019

    Methane and ozone data products from Copernicus Sentinel-5P

    Sentinel-5P used to produce global maps of atmospheric gases, methane and ozone, to give insight into where these gases are coming from.

  • News - Events and Proceedings

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    10 May 2019

    Living Planet Live

    Re-watch the opening session of ESA’s Living Planet Symposium. Held in Milan, Italy, on 13–17 May 2019, it is the world’s biggest conference on Earth observation to date.

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    13 May 2019

    ESA's Earth Explorers surpassing expectations

    In this video, learn how each Earth Explorer mission is contributing to Earth science, and changing the way we look at our beloved planet.

  • News - Data Release news

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    6 June 2019

    TerraSAR-X ESA archive dataset now available

    TerraSAR-X and TanDEM-X products are available to the scientific community.

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    12 July 2019

    Updated Precise Orbit data (POD) for the full ERS-1 and ERS-2 mission available

    The Precise Orbit files (ERS.ORB.POD) for the entire ERS-1 and ERS-2 mission periods have been reprocessed with up-to-date standards.

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    6 Aug 2019

    GOSAT-2 on-line dataset now available

    ESA is pleased to announce the availability of GOSAT-2 products to the scientific community.

  • News - Events and Proceedings

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    21 Oct 2019

    Special event for 10th anniversary of SMOS

    Earth Explorers for Climate - The contribution from SMOS - an event to mark the 10th anniversary of SMOS mission.

  • News - Events and Proceedings

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    13 Jan 2020

    EO for Polar Science Workshop

    The EO for Polar Science Workshop will be held in Copenhagen, Denmark, from 17 to 19 June 2020.

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    1 Apr 2020

    New life for Landsat historical data

    45 years of data, more than 1.8 million images, these are the numbers of an adventure started 48 years ago with the launch of the first Landsat satellite.

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    8 Apr 2020

    CryoSat still cool at 10

    Today marks 10 years since a Dnepr rocket blasted off from an underground silo in the remote desert steppe of Kazakhstan

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    22 Apr 2020

    Earth Day: taking the pulse of our planet

    While news of COVID-19 dominates headlines and many of us practice social distancing, there still remains the need for action on climate change - and satellites are vital in providing the key facts on this global issue.