While the coastal ocean plays a critical role in the ocean carbon cycle, its observation from remote sensing satellites is limited by the optical complexity of coastal waters and other effects, such as sea surface glint and land adjacency, that affect the satellite signal and its atmospheric correction. Therefore, satellite-retrieval algorithms developed to study the …
The THRAC3E project will develop a comprehensive, regionally disaggregated carbon cycle assessment framework for Europe, Africa, and Southeast Asia. The project will integrate novel Earth Observation (EO) data, process-based and data-driven modelling, benchmarking, and low-latency carbon monitoring to address key challenges in understanding how carbon is stored and exchanged across ecosystems and how these processes …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Groundbreaking results published today in Nature Geoscience reveal that fire emissions in the Amazon and Cerrado biomes are largely driven by the smouldering combustion of woody debris. The research, conducted within the framework of the SENSE4FIRE project, highlights how fuel characteristics, such as dead wood, play a critical role in fire emissions. By integrating satellite …
Carbon Observation Strategy from the Group on Earth Observations (GEO)
Outcomes from the FLARE workshop and three challenges for the future of transdisciplinary fire science
