Background Quantifying the ocean carbon budget and its response to anthropogenic forcing is a major goal in climate research. The ocean has absorbed about a quarter of anthropogenic CO₂ emissions while the proportion of carbon uptake has increased relative to emissions. However, our understanding of ocean carbon pools, processes that modulate them, and interactions with …

Background The European Space Agency (ESA) is organising the 8th ESA Advanced Course on Radar Polarimetry for training the next generation of Earth Observation (EO) scientists in dual and full polarimetric data for science and applications development The course is part of ESA’s EO Science for Society – the Scientific Exploitation element of EOEP-5 (the fifth cycle of …

Background The EO for Official Statistics and policy indicators reporting Conference is planned to take place from 05 to 07 May 2026 in ESRIN. The conference will facilitate the integration EO into national statistics processes and policy reporting, addressing how EO data can enhance the accuracy, timeliness, and spatial granularity of key metrics used for …