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  ESA's Climate Change Initiative
 
Climate change is arguably the greatest challenge facing mankind in the twenty-first century. Observations from space provide unique information which greatly assists the successful understanding and management of climate change.

ESA's Climate Change Initiative (CCI) is making full use of Europe’s Earth observation space assets to exploit robust long-term global records of essential climate variables, such as greenhouse-gas concentrations, sea-ice extent and thickness, and sea-surface temperature and salinity.

 
   
 
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Preparations under way for IGARSS 2012
 
One of the biggest conferences on geoscience and remote sensing will be held this summer in Europe. The deadline for abstract submissions for the July symposium is fast approaching.
 
   
 
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Climate talks underway in South Africa
 
International delegates are convening in South Africa for this year’s UN Climate Change Conference. ESA representatives are attending the talks to stress the importance of continuing climate observations from space.
 
   
 
Arctic ice nears record low
 
A new record low could soon be set for ice in the Arctic. The past five years have seen the lowest extent of sea ice since satellite measurements began in the 1970s.
 
   
 
Record loss of ozone over Arctic
 
ESA’s Envisat satellite has measured record low levels of ozone over the Euro-Atlantic sector of the northern hemisphere during March.
 
   
   
 
Last update: 13 January 2012
 
 


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