During the ESA Living Planet Symposium 2025 in Vienna, Austria, a key milestone in the roadmap towards implementing FAIR Open Science in support of the ESA Science Strategy was marked with the Open Science Partnership Ceremony, held on Thursday, 26 June. The event brought together representatives from ESA, ESA Member States and international partners to …
The European Space Agency’s Earth System Science Hub Challenges 2025 have kicked off with a first workshop organized from 7-11 July 2025 with students from the University of Leicester and Sorbonne University/IPGP during the week of 7–11 July 2025. The Science Hub Challenges, organised twice per year by the European Space Agency, offer a unique opportunity for …
The Space Academy is maintained by the EO AFRICA R&D Facility to sustain capacity building actions in Africa. One of the pillars of the Academy are the Webinars, covering topics related to the use of EO to assess and monitor the state of water and food security-related spatial components. Each Webinar consists of three sections: theoretical …
Using data from ESA’s SMOS satellite, scientists collaborating in the Southern Ocean Freshwater (SO Fresh) project have discovered a surprising reversal in the Southern Ocean: instead of becoming fresher as Antarctic sea ice melts, surface waters are growing saltier, particularly south of 50° S, with salinity rising even as ice cover rapidly retreats. This unexpected trend …
The European Space Agency has welcomed the first International Visiting Experts under the new Integrated Policy Expert Scheme (IPES). This innovative scheme aims to bridge the gap between cutting-edge Earth observation (EO) solutions and international and European policies on environment and sustainable development. The scheme fosters collaboration and further ensures that EO solutions are policy …
