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    ESA for climate

    ESA's Climate Change Initiative is making full use of Europe's Earth observation space assets by exploiting global records of essential climate variables.
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    COP18: Doha, 2012

    ESA joined international delegates in Doha, Qatar, to discuss how satellite observations show our planet’s most sensitive areas reacting to climate change.
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    Climate – the hot topic in Doha06 December 2012

    Climate – the hot topic in Doha06 December 2012 ESA joined international delegates in Doha, Qatar, to discuss how satellite observations show our planet’s most sensitive areas reacting to climate change – and how this information is useful to the people living there.

    Snow-bound Italy

    Snow cover hits record lows03 December 2012

    Snow-bound Italy

    Snow cover hits record lows03 December 2012 Santa Claus may someday need wheels for his sleigh – satellites show a decreasing amount of snow in the Northern Hemisphere.

    Clearest evidence yet of polar ice losses30 November 2012

    Clearest evidence yet of polar ice losses30 November 2012 After two decades of satellite observations, an international team of experts brought together by ESA and NASA has produced the most accurate assessment of ice losses from Antarctica and Greenland to date. This study finds that the combined rate of ic...

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