Image: Copernicus Sentinel-2 captured wildfires burning in northern Portugal on Wednesday, 30 July.

OBSERVER: How the EU Space Programme supports healthy forests sonia Thu, 31/07/2025 – 11:30 Forests are an important natural resource. They are home to 60,000 tree species worldwide, absorb carbon dioxide, and help regulate both local and global temperatures. They also sustain millions of people who rely on them for food, medicine, and materials such as…

Europe’s forests play a crucial role in removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, but research led by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre has found their capacity to absorb carbon dioxide has declined in the past decade.

Using data from several Earth-observing satellites, including ESA’s CryoSat and the Copernicus Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 missions, scientists have discovered that a huge flood beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet surged upwards with such force that it fractured the ice sheet, resulting in a vast quantity of meltwater bursting through the ice surface.

EU Ocean Decade Series – Webinar #4: “Making sense of the ocean: from observation to actionable knowledge” sonia Tue, 29/07/2025 – 11:57 Registration is now open for the fourth and final webinar of the EU Ocean Decade Series, “Making Sense of the Ocean: From Observation to Actionable Knowledge”, taking place on 25 September 2025 from 14:00 to…

EU Ocean Decade Series – Webinar #4: “Making sense of the ocean: from observation to actionable knowledge” sonia Tue, 29/07/2025 – 11:57 Registration is now open for the fourth and final webinar of the EU Ocean Decade Series, “Making Sense of the Ocean: From Observation to Actionable Knowledge”, taking place on 25 September 2025 from 14:00 to…

The International Competition “Ecoview” sonia Tue, 29/07/2025 – 10:36 Do you care about global warming in Antarctica or deforestation in the Amazon Rainforest? Are you eager to learn more about oceans and the state of the atmosphere? Do you enjoy studying the natural sciences? Would you like to create your own project in this field?…

The International Competition “Ecoview” sonia Tue, 29/07/2025 – 10:36 Do you care about global warming in Antarctica or deforestation in the Amazon Rainforest? Are you eager to learn more about oceans and the state of the atmosphere? Do you enjoy studying the natural sciences? Would you like to create your own project in this field?…

Video: 01:00:00 Watch the replay of the MetOp-SG-A1 and Copernicus Sentinel-5 pre-launch media briefing. This session provides information about these two missions. Speakers include: Simonetta Cheli, Director of Earth Observation Programmes at ESA Phil Evans, Director-General at Eumetsat Simon Brown, Managing Director for Products and Services at the UK Met Office Following on from the…

Image: The turquoise waters southeast of the Kuwaiti island of Failaka are captured in this image acquired by the Φsat-2 mission.