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Copernicus Sentinel-3 captured a plume from the eruption of Anak Krakatau on Saturday, 5 September.

EarthCARE’s view of volcanic plume boosts air safety

01/10/2026 1100 views 26 likes

Advancing Earth science

Three Earth Explorer candidates go forward

25/09/2026 3909 views 45 likes

Thwaits Glacier, Antarctica

Faster-flowing glaciers fuel decades of polar ice loss

16/09/2026 4062 views 34 likes

Vega-C takes FLEX and Sentinel-3C into orbit

FLEX and Sentinel-3C launched

15/09/2026 8218 views 53 likes

FLEX and Sentinel-3C ready for launch

FLEX and Sentinel-3C ready for liftoff on Vega-C

14/09/2026 2192 views 27 likes

Detecting plant stress from space

Ten quirky facts about plant fluorescence

10/09/2026 1346 views 34 likes

Vega-C fairing opens to reveal Sentinel-3C and FLEX

Watch: FLEX and Sentinel-3C launch on Vega-C

09/09/2026 7665 views 50 likes

FLEX and Sentinel-3C being sealed from view

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

02/09/2026 2595 views 51 likes

Petermann Glacier calves huge iceberg

Sentinel-1 captures major ice loss from Greenland glacier

21/08/2026 12006 views 90 likes

Safey is paramount when fuelling a satellite

ESA’s photosynthesis satellite fuelled

20/08/2026 2216 views 47 likes

Pennine Alps glacier retreat

Wildfires, drought and extreme heat, 2026

18/08/2026 6220 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 3353 views 60 likes

Surface water over South America from HydroGNSS

HydroGNSS data open for new insights into Earth’s water

31/07/2026 3944 views 50 likes

Pacific Ocean salinity June 2026

SMOS salinity could offer early indicator of El Niño

30/07/2026 2620 views 51 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 1655 views 39 likes

FLEX and Sentinel-3 head to launch site

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

16/07/2026 2332 views 43 likes

Advancing Earth science

Watch: Earth Explorer 12 User Consultation Meeting

02/07/2026 1102 views 6 likes

EarthCARE White Dragon improves weather forecasts

A first: EarthCARE cloud data sharpen weather forecasts

25/06/2026 1879 views 39 likes

Advancing Earth science

Don’t miss the Earth Explorer 12 User Consultation Meeting

18/06/2026 1336 views 15 likes

El Niño 2026 begins

Pacific warming signals El Niño has stirred

15/06/2026 15448 views 62 likes

Earth’s stormy heart

Insights into Earth’s molten outer core from space

21/05/2026 9409 views 80 likes

Scout missions

Greenlight for next two ESA Scout missions

20/05/2026 4191 views 56 likes

Airship over Sodankylä

Putting the ‘super’ into a supersite for Earth observation

06/05/2026 2644 views 59 likes

Gallery forests of the Angola–DRC borderlands

Stunning images from Biomass mark its one year in orbit

29/04/2026 5768 views 87 likes

Not your normal commute

Braving the Arctic for upcoming polar-focused satellites

24/04/2026 2959 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 25127 views 51 likes

Desert locust

Turning data from space into action for Earth

22/04/2026 3017 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 4705 views 59 likes

Salps

Antarctica’s vanishing sea ice transforms marine life

15/04/2026 3084 views 62 likes

Medicane Jolina from MSG

Getting to the core of a medicane

27/03/2026 6173 views 48 likes

Mackenzie River

Tracking Arctic freshwater flow from space

23/03/2026 2000 views 34 likes

CryoSat views a geomagnetic storm

How does an ice satellite detect a geomagnetic storm?

16/03/2026 2961 views 54 likes

HydroGNSS: Scouting for water

ESA’s HydroGNSS on track to scout for water

12/03/2026 1514 views 17 likes

Mediterranean Sea heatwaves

Revealed: 10 new insights in climate science

18/02/2026 8545 views 66 likes

Changes in methane concentration 2019–2022

The curious case of why methane spiked around Covid

06/02/2026 7830 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 14392 views 114 likes

High-energy protons during solar storm over the North Pole

Swarm detects rare proton spike during solar storm

11/12/2025 10239 views 79 likes

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

EarthCARE lifts the clouds on climate models

03/12/2025 5576 views 70 likes

HydroGNSS launched to ‘scout’ for water

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

28/11/2025 4804 views 45 likes

HydroGNSS

Watch: HydroGNSS, IRIDE and Greek mission satellites launch

26/11/2025 6401 views 65 likes

Climbing high to measure greenhouse gas flux

ESA investigates high-stakes Amazon tipping point

17/11/2025 3788 views 44 likes

Forest floor and forest canopy

Brazil gears up to harness ESA’s Biomass data

13/11/2025 4673 views 44 likes

Amazon rainforest

ESA satellites track progress on Paris Agreement goals

07/11/2025 3343 views 23 likes

HydroGNSS satellite twins ready for launch

ESA’s HydroGNSS Scout satellites ready for launch

06/11/2025 3246 views 36 likes

FutureEO: pioneering Earth observation for a better world

FutureEO at ESA’s Ministerial Council 2025

23/10/2025 4129 views 33 likes

South Atlantic Anomaly 2025 compared to 2014

Swarm reveals growing weak spot in Earth’s magnetic field

13/10/2025 103772 views 330 likes

Sea state

Satellites reveal the power of ocean swell

08/10/2025 7717 views 63 likes

HydroGNSS

HydroGNSS: ESA’s first Scout begins launch preparations

29/09/2025 2206 views 22 likes

WIVERN

ESA selects WIVERN as 11th Earth Explorer mission

23/09/2025 10628 views 97 likes

Antarctic subglacial lake inventory

85 new subglacial lakes detected below Antarctica

19/09/2025 13417 views 94 likes

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