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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
The Earthnet Programme: 40 years of evolution and future challenges
Giuseppe Ottavianelli Title: Current Earthnet TPM Programme Manager Description: Giuseppe Ottavianelli, Earthnet TPM Programme
News - Thematic area articles
How 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
What 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
Satellite data central to ocean monitoring
microwave monitoring instruments, optical imagers, and infrared radiometers, which can map ocean variables related to ocean currents
News - Success Stories
Drone-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 - Thematic area articles
Tracking 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
How 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
Space data support Earth’s ecosystems
Currently, it is not possible to measure photosynthetic activity from space, but the forthcoming FLuorescence EXplorer (FLEX
News - General News
Introducing the Newest ESA Third Party Missions
changes in ice sheets and glaciers, near-surface and underground water storage, as well as changes in sea level and ocean currents
News - Thematic area articles
Space helps monitor Earth’s changing biosphere
Ocean chlorophyll concentrations can change when ocean currents shift, or sea temperature rises - all impacts of climate