The systematic bulk processing of the MERIS Level 2 Full Resolution Full Swath dataset has been completed, and the FRS Level 2 products (MER_FRS_2P) have been made available to users on the ESA centralised dissemination server together with the previously released MERIS FRS Level 1 data (MER_FRS_1P).

The MERIS FRS online dataset now comprises the complete FRS Level 1 and Level 2 data archive for the entire Envisat mission spanning from 17 May 2002 to 08 April 2012.

The previously announced hardware maintenance on the virtual infrastructure system has been completed.

All systems and applications are now up and running.

Due to system problems following the announced hardware maintenance on the virtual infrastructure system, the downtime has to be extended.

Work is ongoing to restore systems and applications availability as soon as possible.

A new study using satellite data suggests that Europe's vegetation extracts more carbon from the atmosphere than previously thought.

Lovers of architecture and history can rest easy: the stability of historical buildings can now be monitored in real time by a new technique with its roots in space.

Scientists are using satellite data to improve understanding of the time it takes for a carbon atom fixed in a plant by photosynthesis to return into the atmosphere as carbon dioxide – known as ‘carbon turnover'.

Data from ESA's veteran Envisat satellite show ups and downs in the concentrations of the air pollutant nitrogen dioxide and the climate-relevant greenhouse gas carbon dioxide across the globe.

As ESA and China mark a decade of cooperation, imagery over China's Poyang lake is testament to the new Sentinel satellite's promise of continued radar data acquisition for a multitude of applications.