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FLEX-Fluorescence 2026 Workshop

March 3, 2026 - March 6, 2026
Electoral Palace, Kurfürstliches Schloss
Bonn, Am Hof 1, 53113 Germany

Background This International Workshop follows a series of events addressing remote sensing of vegetation fluorescence. With the Fluorescence Explorer (FLEX) – Sentinel-3 tandem mission close to being launched and fluorescence measurements becoming increasingly available from missions like OCO-2 and Sentinel-5 P and other platforms such as UAVs and ground-based instruments, the FLEX 2026 workshop will …

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2nd Ocean Carbon from Space workshop

November 24 @ 09:00 - November 26 @ 17:00 UTC+2

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 …

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3rd ESA Carbon Science Cluster Meeting

November 17 - November 18

Background The carbon cycle is central to the Earth system, being inextricably coupled with climate, the water cycle, nutrient cycles and the production of biomass by photosynthesis on land and in the oceans. Understanding the patterns of exchanges of carbon between the atmosphere, ocean and land and the processes associated to them such as CO2 …

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Third High-Level Expert Group Meeting on Big Data 2025

July 8 - July 10
ESA-ESRIN, Largo Galileo Galilei, 1
Frascati, RM 00044 Italy

Summary and Outcome of the meeting: Summary Report, Frascati, Italy Frascati Principles and Pathways GEDS inputs In a rapidly shifting geopolitical context—marked by trade tensions, challenging energy transitions landscape, and policy uncertainty—the need for high-quality environmental data is greater than ever. Digitized, transparent, and independently verifiable environmental metrics can serve as stabilizing assets. High-integrity environmental …

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High-resolution mapping reveals ocean carbon sink detail

A new, higher resolution, version of the OceanSODA‑ETHZ was presented at ESA’s Living Planet Symposium. This product, developed through a creative blend of machine‑learning methods, reveals how oceans absorb (and sometimes release) carbon dioxide on a fine-scale, 25 × 25 km grid every eight days, a thirtyfold improvement over previous monthly, 100 × 100 km datasets. This allows capturing rapid and …

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New carbon and water cycles model boosts EO data assimilation

When it comes to climate change, the land surfaces are where the vast majority of impacts happen. The task of monitoring those across the globe is formidable and must necessarily rely on satellites – at a significant cost: the measurements are only indirect and require comprehensive physical understanding. ESA’s Carbon Cluster projects LCC and TCCAS …

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SUP – Advancing the MRV of European Forests Entering Nature Markets (FOCIS)

Prime company: NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY (NPL) (GB)

The objective is to develop and demonstrate a carbon information product for Europe to support carbon sequestration projects and carbon markets, which is in line and timely with respect to the European Green Deal and the overall effort within Europe to achieve a net-zero carbon balance by 2050. This encompasses a critical need to accurately …

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EOWetMet: EO‐Driven Insights for Advancing Arctic Wetland and Lake Methane Emissions Monitoring

Prime company: C-CORE (CA)

Arctic wetlands and lakes are integral components of the Arctic region’s methane emissions, primarily due to their association with permafrost and the unique environmental conditions they provide for methane production. Wetlands, encompassing various types, such as bogs, fens, and marshes, are particularly abundant in the Arctic landscape (Albuhaisi et al. 2023). These wetland ecosystems thrive …

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Extreme heat weakens land’s power to absorb carbon

A recent study, outcome of the research under the Carbon-RO1: NRT Extremes project, highlights a significant decline in the land carbon sink in 2023, a year marked by record-breaking global temperatures and severe climate events. The research team found that the CO₂ growth rate soared to 3.37 parts per million (ppm) at Mauna Loa Observatory, …

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Thin cool surface skin boosts ocean’s carbon uptake

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. …

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