High-resolution images collected over a mixed forest ecosystem with the HyPlant sensor, deployed as an airborne demonstrator of the forthcoming ESA-FLEX satellite have been exploited in this study to explore the potential of a novel metric based on far-red sun-induced chlorophyll fluorescence (F760) to map the functional diversity of terrestrial ecosystems. Plant functional diversity, defined …
TIGER was launched by ESA in 2002 as a direct response to a call for action in Africa stressed by the Johannesburg World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD). The objective of the initiative was to assist African countries to overcome problems faced in the collection, analysis and use of water related geo-information by exploiting the …
Earth’s oceans help to slow global warming by absorbing carbon from our atmosphere – but fully observing this crucial process in the upper ocean and lower atmosphere is difficult, as measurements are taken not where it occurs, the sea surface, but several metres below. New research uses data from ESA, NASA and NOAA satellites to …
Registration is open as from today for the Horizon 2020 European Green Deal Call, a €1 billion call for research and innovation projects that respond to the climate crisis and help protect Europe’s unique ecosystems and biodiversity. Ten areas will be covered. Eight thematic areas reflecting the key work streams of the European Green Deal: Increasing …
On 19 August 2020, the world’s largest and longest polar research expedition – known as MOSAiC – reached the North Pole after making an unplanned detour owing to lighter-than-usual sea ice conditions. The expedition is now entering its final stage, during which researchers will study the last piece of the Arctic puzzle: the growth of …
A recent report confirms that ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica, whose mass-loss rates have been rapidly increasing, are matching the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s worst-case sea-level rise scenarios. Read the full story.
The IPCC Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in Changing Climate (2019) includes “permafrost carbon and greenhouse gas emissions” as one of the cases characterised by deep uncertainty. The report states that even if there is a very high confidence that “permafrost temperatures have increased to record high levels including the recent increase by …
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 …
Is the pandemic disrupting the growth and harvest of staple crops and the food supply chain? Read the full story.
Online workshop, July 29 2020 10:30-16:30 CET EO information services are undergoing a major change due to rapid technological developments. Cloud computing is now a central element of broadening the use of satellite imagery, such as Earth observation data (EO), for scientific, social and economic purposes. This shift to platform-based economy has implications concerning …
