Last November 21 the European Severe Storms Laboratory (ESSL) has announced that Blanka Piskala, research fellow at the ESA Science Hub, is the recipient of the Heino Tooming Award 2025. The honour was presented at this year’s European Conference on Severe Storms (ECSS2025), recognising her team’s innovative work on understanding lightning and convective storms through …
Since 2021, the European Space Agency (ESA) and the African Union Commission (AUC) have collaborated on the African Research Fellowship (ARF) program. This initiative is designed to empower emerging African researchers (Postdoc, PhD and master’s degree holders) with significant research experience in Earth Observation (EO). Fellows are challenged to develop innovative and reliable solutions for …
A new article, published in Geophysical Research Letters and led by Sara Jensen from DTU Space, demonstrates how ocean currents and eddies in the Arctic can be resolved at unprecedented resolution using the French (CNES) and US (NASA) Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite. The underlying research, funded in the context of the ESA …
As the COP30 takes place in Brazil, the world’s gaze turns to the Amazon, and to how ESA’s newly-launched BIOMASS satellite can help. This mission, equipped with the first ever P-band synthetic aperture radar capable of penetrating dense forest canopy to measure trunks, branches and stems, opens up a new chapter in assessing carbon storage. …
More than 100 participants from over 20 nations gathered at ESA’s ESRIN centre for the Antarctica InSync Science Planning Workshop, marking a major milestone in shaping the future of international Antarctic research. The four-day event centred on discussions around the seven priority science themes and seven cross-cutting groups, each contributing to the ambitious coordination of …
The BIOMASS mission represents a significant technological and scientific breakthrough. Carrying a novel P-band synthetic aperture radar, the Biomass mission is designed to deliver crucial information about the state of our forests and how they are changing, and to further our knowledge of the role forests play in the carbon cycle. In addition, as a …
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 …
