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May 25
EO AFRICA R&D FORUM 2026 – Achievement and Future Pathways
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May 25
Satellite remote sensing of air quality
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Jun 11
ESA’s 2026 InSAR Training Course
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GTIF evolves: new services, national uptake, and platform transition

Since the latest updates on the Green Transition Information Factories (GTIF) initiative, significant progress has been achieved across multiple fronts, reinforcing the role of Earth Observation in supporting the Green Transition. This update highlights key developments, including new GTIF instances, operational services, national-level consolidation efforts, and the evolution toward Information Factory projects. It also announces …

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Scientists

Braving the Arctic for upcoming polar-focused satellites

As Arctic sea ice continues to decline at an alarming rate, improving how we observe and understand the polar regions has never been more critical. ESA is currently supporting an ambitious Arctic field campaign to prepare three next-generation Copernicus missions: Copernicus Imaging Microwave Radiometer (CIMR), Copernicus Polar Ice and Snow Topography Altimeter (CRISTAL) and Copernicus …

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Scientists

Clearing the air: improving satellite measurements of tropospheric ozone

Ozone in the lower atmosphere can reach harmful levels, especially during summer pollution events. Prolonged exposure irritates the respiratory system and worsens lung diseases. Beyond health, it reduces agricultural productivity and harms ecosystems. Importantly, it is also the third most significant human-driven greenhouse gas, trapping heat and intensifying climate change. Tracking its global distribution over …

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Invitations to Tender Users

Invitation to Tender: “EO FOR ESSENTIAL BIODIVERSITY VARIABLES GBF INDICATORS”

This activity is designed to directly support Parties of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) by developing Earth Observation (EO)-integrated workflows for the development of key Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs) and their transformation into selected indicators of the Global Biodiversity Framework’s (GBF) monitoring framework. By integrating EO data and providing practical monitoring and assessment tools, …

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Scientists

Amazon wildfire emissions up to three times higher than estimated

A recently published paper, outcome of the Sense4Fire project, highlights a significant gap in how we understand the climate impact of Amazon wildfires. Using combined observations from the Copernicus Sentinel-2, Sentinel-3 and Sentinel-5P missions, scientists have discovered that emissions from the 2024 fire season may have been up to three times higher than previously estimated. …

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Scientists

AI meets climate forecasting: a new era for seasonal predictions

Predicting climate conditions months in advance remains one of the most difficult problems in Earth science. A recent study, published in npj Climate and Atmospheric Science proposes a new approach, combining artificial intelligence with probabilistic modelling to improve seasonal forecasts. Traditional methods rely on general circulation models (GCMs), which simulate atmospheric and ocean dynamics. While …

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Scientists

Tracking Arctic freshwater flow from space

Satellites are transforming the monitoring of freshwater flows into the Arctic Ocean, a critical but poorly observed component of the climate system. Vast amounts of freshwater from rivers, melting ice and runoff influence ocean salinity, sea-ice formation and global circulation, yet ground-based measurements in the region are declining and remain incomplete. By using Earth observation …

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Capacity building EO Africa Invitations to Tender Partnership R&D Scientists

African Research Fellowships: Call 2026

Shape the future of Earth Observation for Africa The African Research Fellowship (ARF) programme—part of the EO AFRICA flagship initiative of the European Space Agency (ESA), in partnership with the African Space Agency (AfSA), an organ of the African Union, and in coordination with the African Union Commission (AUC)—empowers the next generation of African Earth …

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Scientists

Building a long-term view of the mesosphere

Understanding how Earth’s upper atmosphere is changing is essential for reliable climate assessment. Yet for decades, scientists have lacked a consistent, long-term record of ozone and temperature in the mesosphere, the atmospheric region between roughly 50 and 100 km altitude. This layer plays a key role in atmospheric chemistry, solar interaction, and vertical coupling with …

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