Over the past 40 years, ESA has developed strong cooperation with several countries in Latin America, particularly Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, and Chile. The first partnership dates back to 1977, with the signing of an agreement between the Brazilian Government and ESA for the establishment and use of tracking and telemetry facilities in Brazil. This agreement …
ESA invites young researchers in ESA Member States to submit scientific proposals to the Living Planet Fellowship Call 2025. The LPF aims at supporting the new generation of scientists in ESA Member States to undertake cutting-edge research in Earth Observation and Earth System and Climate Science that may maximise the scientific impact of ESA missions …
The European Space Agency (ESA) has announced its 2026 Call for Participation for universities interested in joining the next edition of the Science Hub Challenges. The initiative invites institutions with Master’s or PhD programmes in fields such as Earth Observation, Environmental Science, and Remote Sensing to engage students in real-world scientific challenges using ESA’s cloud-based …
The European Space Agency (ESA) is expanding the EarthCODE federation through a new round of Best Practice activities, strengthening Europe’s collaborative ecosystem for FAIR and Open Earth Science. EarthCODE – the Earth Science Collaborative Open Development Environment – is ESA’s initiative to advance Open Science, enabling researchers and scientists to share data, code, and methods …
When the ground trembles during a powerful earthquake, the danger doesn’t end once the shaking stops. Hidden threats like landslides and floods often emerge later, putting lives and infrastructure at risk weeks, months, or even years after the main event. The knowledge gap Collapsed buildings and fast-moving landslides make headlines, but earthquakes destabilise …
Using over a decade of data from ESA’s CryoSat satellite, scientists have identified 85 previously unknown active subglacial lakes beneath Antarctica, bringing the total to 231. These lakes, hidden several kilometres below the surface, periodically fill and drain—movements detected through subtle ice surface height changes measured by CryoSat’s radar altimeter. The discovery also adds 12 …
The POLARIN Network, an international network of polar research infrastructures and their services, has officially launched its Transnational Access (TA) Call for 2025. This presents an excellent opportunity for ESA projects and activities to access polar research infrastructures, enhancing data collection for their initiatives. POLARIN is an EU-funded project that provides researchers with integrated access …
With almost 150 proposals received, the 4th Call for Tandem projects launched by ESA in cooperation with the African Union Commission (AUC) and coordinated by the EO Africa R&D Facility demonstrated the high interest in scientific collaboration between Africa and Europe. The call aimed to leverage Earth observation to tackle present and future challenges in …
On 28 May 2025, a massive rock/ice avalanche detached from the Birch Glacier above the village of Blatten in the Lötschental valley (Valais, Switzerland). About 10 million cubic metres of rock and ice broke free, surged downslope and reached the valley floor, destroying the village and temporarily blocked the Lonza River. The sequence of events …
A new study published in Nature Geoscience reports the first documented case of a subglacial lake draining explosively through Greenland’s ice sheet, blasting a roughly 2 km² area and cutting a 85 m‑deep crater in July-August 2014. The researchers estimate the event released about 90 billion litres of meltwater bursting upward through nearly 85–90 m of ice. The flood …
