Due to a planned software maintenance on Tuesday 30 October 2018, the ERS and Envisat (A)SAR On The Fly (OTF) dissemination service will be unavailable from 09:00 to 12:00 CET.

Furthermore, the maintenance activities may impact the OTF data search on the same platform (ERS and Envisat) from 13:00 to 15:00 CET.

Due to a scheduled maintenance, access to the ESAR OADS-OTF instance providing access to the ERS and Envisat (A)SAR data will be unavailable for 3 hours, on Tuesday 28 August 2018, starting from 10:00 CEST.

Due to a scheduled maintenance, access to the ESAR OADS-OTF instance providing access to the ERS and Envisat (A)SAR data will be unavailable for 60/90 minutes, on 21 August 2018, starting from 10:00 CEST.

Over two decades of observations by five radar satellites show the acceleration of ice loss of 30 glaciers in Western Palmer Land in the southwest Antarctic Peninsula.

Five satellites spanning two decades have revealed variations in the timing and pace of glacial retreat in West Antarctica. Some glaciers' thinning spreads up to three times faster than on neighbouring tributaries, and was offset by decades.

Since the launch of the first Earth-observing satellites in the 1970s, numerous missions from international space organisations have taken to the sky. Today, decades of data are helping scientists to build a better picture of changes to our planet.

Satellite readings show that atmospheric methane and carbon dioxide are continuing to increase despite global efforts to reduce emissions.

Antarctica is surrounded by huge ice shelves. New research, using ice velocity data from satellites such as ESA's heritage Envisat, has revealed that there is a critical point where these shelves act as a safety band, holding back the ice that flows towards the sea. If lost, it could be the point of no return.