WorldCover provides a new baseline global land cover product at 10 m resolution for 2020 based on Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 data, developed and validated in 9 months from last data take. Key end-users, such as FAO, OECD, UNCCD, WRI, CGIAR, and EU DEFIS were an integral part of the project, following the whole project workflow …
Scarcity of water resources is today a real issue in some geographic areas. Temperatures have increased by 0,85°C on average between 1880 and 2012 and could reach 4,8°C increase by 2100 compared to the period 1986-2005, according to the latest IPCC report. As one of the consequences, agriculture and viticulture are facing droughts at the …
Historically, the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) has represented the biggest share of the EU budget. From more than 70 percent of finances in the 1980s to about 40 percent, the CAP provides farmers with direct payments to make their businesses more profitable, reduce risks associated with weather and guarantee food supply chains across the continent. …
Over the 1995—2020 period, around 40% of the Greek coastlines analysed within the coastal erosion project lead by I-Sea have shown progradation, which is the seaward growth of beaches caused by the progressive build-up of sediment. The team found that nearly 10% of the studied coastal areas are subject to erosion greater than 3 m per …
If you couldn’t attend today’s event and missed the introduction to activities in FutureEO Block 4 EO Science for Society, Global Development Assistance (GDA), and Investing in Industrial Innovation (InCubed) programme, don’t miss the chance to replay the recording, available on the EO Open Science YouTube channel. Morning Session 09:00 Welcome and Introduction 09:05 …
The pandemic has been and is still striking hard on cultural heritage: collapse in tourism revenues (according to UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee, as of early April last year, 71% of the 1,121 World Heritage sites had been closed and 18% were only partially open), increased vulnerability to looting, suspension of rehabilitation, conservation and archaeological exploration …
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is a data driven agenda, containing a framework of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 169 targets, supported by 231 indicators. Data is at the core of the 2030 Agenda. Its success depends on the availability of high quality, timely and universally accessible data. Satellite observations have the ability …
An interactive guide to the Atlantic Regional Initiative ecosystem, explaining how to get involved, from participating to the calls to learning about ongoing projects up to taking advantage of the data and services, has just been released. Read it now!
The objective of the call is to provide a framework to rapidly respond to new innovative ideas. The scope of the call covers elements of Block 4 of Future EO-1 Segment 1. The particular focus for innovative activities under each element is as follows: Grand Science Challenges EO for a Resilient Society Artificial Intelligence for …
It is no news that the use of social media by the science community has grown over the recent years. Platforms like Twitter offer a quick and efficient tool to engage/enlarge audiences across the globe to showcase research and findings, but not only… @EO_OPEN_SCIENCE (ESA Twitter account dedicated to Open Science and EO users) reaching …
