Permafrost thaw could release bacteria and viruses
When considering the implications of thawing permafrost, our initial worries are likely to turn to the major issue of methane being released into the atmosphere and exacerbating global warming or …
Month: October 2021
Living Planet Symposium 2022: time for abstracts
ESA’s next Living Planet Symposium is set to take place on 23–27 May 2022 in Bonn, Germany. In gearing up for this prestigious event, it’s now time to submit abstracts …
Unveil the new WorldCover 2020 live today!
WorldCover provides a new baseline global land cover product at 10 m resolution for 2020 based on Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 data, developed and validated in 9 months from last data …
Fancy a satellite video challenge?
Don’t miss the first VANTAGE coding challenge on The Urban Environment! VANTAGE is a new, online, cloud-based platform for analysis and exploitation of video from space. It includes a repository …
Artificial intelligence for Earth observation: monitoring of wildfires
Wildfires are a natural component of the Earth system, important for nutrient release and vegetation growth. Climate change, however, is contributing to more frequent, more destructive and less predictable wildfires …
Working towards a Digital Twin of Earth
How can a digital replica of Earth help us understand our planet’s past, present and future? As part of the fourth edition of Φ-week, a group of European scientists have …
AI for Space and Earth Observation side event @phi-week
Learning AI is one of the fastest growing technology fields. Organisations are already starting to implement modifications to their business models due to AI and Machine Learning being widely adopted …
Live updates from Φ-week 2021
Focusing on the New Space economy and innovations in Earth observation, ESA’s fourth Φ-week kicks off on Monday 11 October. A number of articles will be published on ESA web …
Enabling EO Platforms session @phi-week
Cloud-based EO platforms are an integral element for facilitating the paradigm change in Earth Observation (“bringing the algorithm to the data” et al.). Digital EO platforms are “Enablers” as they can …
EO for Security side event @phi-week
Technological innovation is a critical asset in the security and law enforcement domain. The Earth Observation-based services market is constantly changing and evolving, taking advantage of the increasing data sources …