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OBSERVER: Antarctic ozone hole closes early, indicating signs of recovery
OBSERVER: Antarctic ozone hole closes early, indicating signs of recovery enora@ALSOcons… Thu, 11/12/2025 – 09:59 Data from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) confirmed the closure of the 2025 Antarctic ozone hole on 1 December, marking the weakest and shortest‑lived ozone hole in five years. For the second year in a row, the average extent…
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From the Minoans to satellite metrology
Video: 00:06:15 The Minoans were a sophisticated Bronze Age civilization (c. 3100–1100 BC) on Crete and widely regarded as Europe’s earliest advanced culture. They are best known for their impressive palace complexes, most notably Knossos, and for their far-reaching maritime trade, which most likely relied on celestial navigation and a detailed understanding of the constellations.…
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ROSE-L given the shakes
A structural model of the upcoming Copernicus Radar Observing System for Europe at L-band satellite, or ROSE-L for short, has recently been put through a series of demanding tests – including intense vibration – to demonstrate that the satellite will be able to withstand the stresses of launch and operations in orbit. Once in orbit,…
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Earth from Space: Singing dunes and mysterious lakes
Image: This Copernicus Sentinel-1 image features part of the Badain Jaran Desert in northwestern China.
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Teams selected for the March 2026 test window
Following a call for proposals launched in September 2025, TRACE team from TU Darmstadt Space Technology and GIFTS team from University College Dublin have been selected for the March 2026 test window of ESA’s Fly Your Satellite! Test Opportunities programme. The proposal evaluation and selection were carried out by Fly Your Satellite! experts and CubeSat…
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Webinar AfrHySpace – African Space Hydrology Capacity Building Workshop
Webinar AfrHySpace – African Space Hydrology Capacity Building Workshop FlorianZedek Wed, 03/12/2025 – 19:03 As part of the African Space Hydrology Capacity Building Workshop, a special webinar will be held on the 5th of December 2025 online. Focus on a key project aimed at strengthening capacity in space hydrology and improving water management in Africa…
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EarthCARE lifts the clouds on climate models
True to its promise, the European Space Agency’s EarthCARE satellite is now being used to calculate directly how clouds and aerosols influence Earth’s energy balance – the all-important balance that regulates our climate. In doing so, EarthCARE is poised to sharpen the accuracy of climate models, the very tools that guide global climate policy and…
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OBSERVER: Seven things we learned from the UN World Urbanization Prospects
OBSERVER: Seven things we learned from the UN World Urbanization Prospects enora@ALSOcons… Wed, 03/12/2025 – 10:01 Urbanisation is reshaping the world at a pace which has surpassed earlier expectations, altering how people live and how societies plan for housing, transport, and essential services. A new analysis from the UN World Urbanization Prospects 2025, drawing on…
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Flooding in Sri Lanka
Image: Puttalam district in North Western Sri Lanka is currently facing severe flooding, landslides and rockfalls, caused by heavy monsoon rains across the region. Copernicus Sentinel-2 captured an image over the region yesterday, 30 November 2025, as well an image one month ago, showing the extent of flooding.
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Italian mission adds to growing IRIDE space fleet
The Italian programme IRIDE, which provides public sector services based on data from its fleet of Earth observation constellations, has added eight satellites to its second constellation, Eaglet II.
