With this ITT ESA aims to start a project addressing scientific priorities and user needs related to agriculture. The focus is on monitoring of multiple stressors with a particular focus on crop pests and diseases. It aims at exploring and exploiting the huge synergistic opportunities offered by the increasing European EO capacity from space together …
The coming Sentinel Expansion and Next Generation mission will radically change our capacity to observe and understand the Earth system as never before. The unprecedented potential offered by the huge synergistic opportunities offered by the combined use of the complementary data sets provided by different missions will open a new era in the way we …
Telespazio UK has launched the second Invitation to Tender through the esa-star Best Practice for the selection of subcontractors for EarthCODE – Earth Science Collaborative Open Development Environment of European Space Agency – ESA. What is EarthCODE? EarthCODE is an ambitious project aimed at implementing the Open Science vision set forth in the 2024 ESA …
A study published today in Nature reports the results of the Glacier Mass Balance Intercomparison Exercise (GlaMBIE) project. It provides the most comprehensive comparison of glacier mass loss estimates to date, integrating multiple satellite and in situ observational techniques, including glaciological measurements, satellite-derived digital elevation model (DEM) differencing, altimetry and gravimetry measurements. By systematically assessing …
The conference report from ATMOS2024 has just been released, a comprehensive document detailing highlights of the talks and posters presented at the conference held in Bologna, Italy, in July 2024. Fundamentally, the outcomes of this conference were used to develop a series of community-derived recommendations to ESA which are included in the report. This year’s …
Groundbreaking results published today in Nature Geoscience reveal that fire emissions in the Amazon and Cerrado biomes are largely driven by the smouldering combustion of woody debris. The research, conducted within the framework of the SENSE4FIRE project, highlights how fuel characteristics, such as dead wood, play a critical role in fire emissions. By integrating satellite …
The anthropogenic emissions of methane (CH4), after those of carbon dioxide (CO2), are the second most important man-made source of greenhouse gases contributing to global warming. Over a 20-year timescale, each kilogram of methane emitted has a global warming potential more than 80 times more potent than carbon dioxide. Reducing methane emissions would help to …
Scientists from the ESA Hydrology Science Cluster gathered at ESA-ESRIN in Frascati from 25 to 27 November to enhance collaboration in Earth Observation for Hydrology and Water Cycle science. This event brought together scientists from 22 ESA and European Commission-funded projects to enhance synergies in Earth Observation (EO) for hydrology and the water cycle. The …
From October 30 to November 6, 2024, the Science Hub of the European Space Agency (ESA) in Frascati, Italy, hosted an international workshop titled Grounding Lagrangian particles in satellite-derived oceanic flow fields. Organized in the framework of the 4DMED-Sea project the event convened 16 participants, including 11 senior experts and 5 early-career researchers from France, …
A recently published paper, titled ALBATROSS: Advancing Southern Ocean Tide Modelling with High Resolution and Enhanced Bathymetry, introduces an advanced tidal model specifically tailored to the unique dynamics of the Southern Ocean and Antarctic regions. This research is the outcome of the ALBATROSS project, and combines high-resolution bathymetry data from the reprocessing of a decade-long CryoSat-2 …
