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FLEX and Sentinel-3C being sealed from view

FLEX and Sentinel-3C sealed within Vega-C fairing

02/09/2026 266 views 8 likes

Petermann Glacier calves huge iceberg

Sentinel-1 captures major ice loss from Greenland glacier

21/08/2026 10698 views 87 likes

Safey is paramount when fuelling a satellite

ESA’s photosynthesis satellite fuelled

20/08/2026 1748 views 46 likes

Pennine Alps glacier retreat

Wildfires, drought and extreme heat, 2026

18/08/2026 5209 views 69 likes

Absolute severity measures the loss of above-ground biomass after a disturbance, such as wind, fire or insect damage, or after tree harvesting.

Europe’s forests losing more biomass since 2018

05/08/2026 3047 views 59 likes

Surface water over South America from HydroGNSS

HydroGNSS data open for new insights into Earth’s water

31/07/2026 3612 views 49 likes

Pacific Ocean salinity June 2026

SMOS salinity could offer early indicator of El Niño

30/07/2026 2428 views 50 likes

This view of Xingu Indigenous Park and surrounding area, in the state of Mato Grosso in Brazil, shows above-ground biomass (AGB) increases and decreases between 2005 and 2024.

Improved reporting needed on forest carbon emissions

22/07/2026 1545 views 38 likes

FLEX and Sentinel-3 head to launch site

FLEX and Sentinel-3C arrive at Europe’s Spaceport

16/07/2026 1942 views 41 likes

Advancing Earth science

Watch: Earth Explorer 12 User Consultation Meeting

02/07/2026 1015 views 6 likes

EarthCARE White Dragon improves weather forecasts

A first: EarthCARE cloud data sharpen weather forecasts

25/06/2026 1702 views 38 likes

Advancing Earth science

Don’t miss the Earth Explorer 12 User Consultation Meeting

18/06/2026 1234 views 15 likes

El Niño 2026 begins

Pacific warming signals El Niño has stirred

15/06/2026 13748 views 60 likes

Earth’s stormy heart

Insights into Earth’s molten outer core from space

21/05/2026 8945 views 80 likes

Scout missions

Greenlight for next two ESA Scout missions

20/05/2026 3949 views 56 likes

Airship over Sodankylä

Putting the ‘super’ into a supersite for Earth observation

06/05/2026 2561 views 59 likes

Gallery forests of the Angola–DRC borderlands

Stunning images from Biomass mark its one year in orbit

29/04/2026 5526 views 87 likes

Not your normal commute

Braving the Arctic for upcoming polar-focused satellites

24/04/2026 2827 views 54 likes

Despite accelerating loss of ice through glacier melt, exceptionally heavy snowfall in recent years is adding to the mass of the icy continent.

Why is Antarctica’s mass increasing?

23/04/2026 18578 views 47 likes

Desert locust

Turning data from space into action for Earth

22/04/2026 2877 views 33 likes

FLEX, Sentinel-3C and MTG-I2 on show at TAS cleanrooms

Three ESA-built satellites on show in France

16/04/2026 4429 views 59 likes

Salps

Antarctica’s vanishing sea ice transforms marine life

15/04/2026 2931 views 62 likes

Medicane Jolina from MSG

Getting to the core of a medicane

27/03/2026 5279 views 46 likes

Mackenzie River

Tracking Arctic freshwater flow from space

23/03/2026 1951 views 34 likes

CryoSat views a geomagnetic storm

How does an ice satellite detect a geomagnetic storm?

16/03/2026 2901 views 54 likes

HydroGNSS: Scouting for water

ESA’s HydroGNSS on track to scout for water

12/03/2026 1450 views 17 likes

Mediterranean Sea heatwaves

Revealed: 10 new insights in climate science

18/02/2026 8284 views 66 likes

Changes in methane concentration 2019–2022

The curious case of why methane spiked around Covid

06/02/2026 7737 views 89 likes

Map of forest carbon from ESA’s Biomass mission

ESA’s Biomass goes live with data now open to all

26/01/2026 14015 views 113 likes

High-energy protons during solar storm over the North Pole

Swarm detects rare proton spike during solar storm

11/12/2025 10131 views 79 likes

EarthCARE improves estimates of how clouds influence Earth’s energy balance

EarthCARE lifts the clouds on climate models

03/12/2025 5442 views 70 likes

HydroGNSS launched to ‘scout’ for water

ESA’s HydroGNSS mission launched to ‘scout’ for water

28/11/2025 4736 views 45 likes

HydroGNSS

Watch: HydroGNSS, IRIDE and Greek mission satellites launch

26/11/2025 6339 views 65 likes

Climbing high to measure greenhouse gas flux

ESA investigates high-stakes Amazon tipping point

17/11/2025 3708 views 44 likes

Forest floor and forest canopy

Brazil gears up to harness ESA’s Biomass data

13/11/2025 4598 views 44 likes

Amazon rainforest

ESA satellites track progress on Paris Agreement goals

07/11/2025 3290 views 23 likes

HydroGNSS satellite twins ready for launch

ESA’s HydroGNSS Scout satellites ready for launch

06/11/2025 3199 views 36 likes

FutureEO: pioneering Earth observation for a better world

FutureEO at ESA’s Ministerial Council 2025

23/10/2025 4050 views 33 likes

South Atlantic Anomaly 2025 compared to 2014

Swarm reveals growing weak spot in Earth’s magnetic field

13/10/2025 100397 views 319 likes

Sea state

Satellites reveal the power of ocean swell

08/10/2025 7571 views 61 likes

HydroGNSS

HydroGNSS: ESA’s first Scout begins launch preparations

29/09/2025 2177 views 21 likes

WIVERN

ESA selects WIVERN as 11th Earth Explorer mission

23/09/2025 10174 views 96 likes

Antarctic subglacial lake inventory

85 new subglacial lakes detected below Antarctica

19/09/2025 13108 views 94 likes

Global map of vegetation optical depth, 2018

SMOS adds long-term view on carbon stored in forests

01/08/2025 3575 views 57 likes

Harder Glacier, northern Greenland

Greenland subglacial flood bursts through ice sheet surface

30/07/2025 7778 views 43 likes

Southern Ocean sea ice

Antarctic waters getting saltier as sea ice wanes

04/07/2025 5868 views 54 likes

Arriving at Living Planet Symposium

Living Planet Symposium highlights in pictures

27/06/2025 3899 views 18 likes

Cold atom interferometry experiment

Quantum sensing: the next frontier in sensor performance

27/06/2025 858 views 6 likes

Atmospheric hot flush during a solar storm

Swarm in tune with atmospheric hot flushes

27/06/2025 1448 views 37 likes

Scout missions

Four new candidate Scout missions

26/06/2025 588 views 0 likes

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