The European Space Agency (ESA) is calling on universities offering Master’s or PhD programs in Earth Observation, Environmental Science, Remote Sensing, and related fields to apply for Science Challenges 2025 at ESA’s ESRIN facility in Frascati, Italy. Selected students will experience a 1-week, hands-on workshop, exploring cutting-edge EO technologies, collaborating with ESA experts, and showcasing …
Broad scope effort, under the umbrella of the EC-ESA joint Earth System Science Initiative (ESSI), to address specific activities in the land-ocean interface, with a specific interest on coastal carbon and dynamics, and also on the deposition of pyrogenic aerosols and their impact on ocean biology. Distinctive focus on high-resolution and multi-modal (EO, modelling, in-situ …
Global efforts to improve forest monitoring took a significant step forward at the recent Informed use of biomass maps in MRV procedures workshop held in Potsdam, Germany, from 23 to 25 October 2024. Organized by the Global Forest Observations Initiative (GFOI) and hosted by the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ-Potsdam) with support from the European …
Climate extremes, including heatwaves, droughts, and storms, have severe societal impacts, making reliable predictions crucial in a warming world. The demand for accurate forecasts, particularly on timescales ranging from weeks to decades, is growing among policymakers and stakeholders. However, traditional climate models face limitations in predicting such events due to the inherent complexity of weather …
The ocean annually absorbs about a quarter of all anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. A recently published paper, partially outcome of the Atlantic Meridional Transect Ocean Flux from satellite campaign (AMT4OceanSatFlux) project, reveals that accounting for vertical temperature gradients near the ocean surface significantly increases estimates of oceanic CO₂ absorption, potentially impacting global carbon budgets. …
This presents an excellent opportunity for ESA projects and activities to access polar research infrastructures, enhancing data collection for their initiatives. The POLARIN Network, an international network of polar research infrastructures and their services, has officially launched its Transnational Access (TA) Call for 2024. This call invites the global scientific community to submit proposals addressing …
The aims of the EarthCARE+ Innovation project include, to develop a solid scientific understanding of EarthCARE data in the context of different scientific, operational and applications domains beyond the EarthCARE primary mission objectives. To develop and validate novel retrieval methods and prototype products beyond the mission primary products and demonstrate their feasibility on a number …
For the 6th year running, ESA, ECMWF and EUMETSAT joined forces to further the knowledge of keen early career scientists on atmospheric composition monitoring and modelling. The course brought 30 students and expert lecturers from all over the world to NILU, a Norwegian climate research institute, to train students on the fundamentals of Earth Observation …
An Internal Research Fellow opportunity is currently open for applicants who have recently completed, or are close to completing a PhD in physics, engineering or Earth system science with research experience and peer-reviewed publications in relevant topics within the field of Polar Science. During the two-year period you will be involved in scientific activities focused …
A new paper has been recently published on PNAS Nexus as a result of the work of two Living Planet Fellows, John Gittings with his POSEIDON project and Joan Llort with the PYROPLANKTON activity. The research explores the linkages between global warming, desertification, dust emissions and ocean fertilisation. In particular, the study shows that dust …
