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The images are false-colour and were created using Sentinel-2’s near-infrared channel.

Wildfires, drought and extreme heat, 2026

10/08/2026 2039 views 39 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 2623 views 57 likes

Surface water over South America from HydroGNSS

HydroGNSS data open for new insights into Earth’s water

31/07/2026 3223 views 45 likes

Pacific Ocean salinity June 2026

SMOS salinity could offer early indicator of El Niño

30/07/2026 2263 views 48 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 1424 views 37 likes

FLEX and Sentinel-3 head to launch site

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

16/07/2026 1751 views 40 likes

Advancing Earth science

Watch: Earth Explorer 12 User Consultation Meeting

02/07/2026 985 views 5 likes

EarthCARE White Dragon improves weather forecasts

A first: EarthCARE cloud data sharpen weather forecasts

25/06/2026 1644 views 38 likes

Advancing Earth science

Don’t miss the Earth Explorer 12 User Consultation Meeting

18/06/2026 1204 views 15 likes

El Niño 2026 begins

Pacific warming signals El Niño has stirred

15/06/2026 12690 views 57 likes

Earth’s stormy heart

Insights into Earth’s molten outer core from space

21/05/2026 8335 views 79 likes

Scout missions

Greenlight for next two ESA Scout missions

20/05/2026 3885 views 55 likes

Airship over Sodankylä

Putting the ‘super’ into a supersite for Earth observation

06/05/2026 2538 views 59 likes

Gallery forests of the Angola–DRC borderlands

Stunning images from Biomass mark its one year in orbit

29/04/2026 5334 views 86 likes

Not your normal commute

Braving the Arctic for upcoming polar-focused satellites

24/04/2026 2763 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 15821 views 45 likes

Desert locust

Turning data from space into action for Earth

22/04/2026 2787 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 4133 views 59 likes

Salps

Antarctica’s vanishing sea ice transforms marine life

15/04/2026 2866 views 62 likes

Medicane Jolina from MSG

Getting to the core of a medicane

27/03/2026 5173 views 46 likes

Mackenzie River

Tracking Arctic freshwater flow from space

23/03/2026 1915 views 34 likes

CryoSat views a geomagnetic storm

How does an ice satellite detect a geomagnetic storm?

16/03/2026 2879 views 54 likes

HydroGNSS: Scouting for water

ESA’s HydroGNSS on track to scout for water

12/03/2026 1392 views 17 likes

Mediterranean Sea heatwaves

Revealed: 10 new insights in climate science

18/02/2026 8111 views 66 likes

Changes in methane concentration 2019–2022

The curious case of why methane spiked around Covid

06/02/2026 7680 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 13791 views 113 likes

High-energy protons during solar storm over the North Pole

Swarm detects rare proton spike during solar storm

11/12/2025 10074 views 79 likes

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

EarthCARE lifts the clouds on climate models

03/12/2025 5371 views 70 likes

HydroGNSS launched to ‘scout’ for water

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

28/11/2025 4702 views 45 likes

HydroGNSS

Watch: HydroGNSS, IRIDE and Greek mission satellites launch

26/11/2025 6314 views 65 likes

Climbing high to measure greenhouse gas flux

ESA investigates high-stakes Amazon tipping point

17/11/2025 3643 views 44 likes

Forest floor and forest canopy

Brazil gears up to harness ESA’s Biomass data

13/11/2025 4555 views 44 likes

Amazon rainforest

ESA satellites track progress on Paris Agreement goals

07/11/2025 3263 views 23 likes

HydroGNSS satellite twins ready for launch

ESA’s HydroGNSS Scout satellites ready for launch

06/11/2025 3177 views 36 likes

FutureEO: pioneering Earth observation for a better world

FutureEO at ESA’s Ministerial Council 2025

23/10/2025 4001 views 33 likes

South Atlantic Anomaly 2025 compared to 2014

Swarm reveals growing weak spot in Earth’s magnetic field

13/10/2025 99647 views 317 likes

Sea state

Satellites reveal the power of ocean swell

08/10/2025 7485 views 61 likes

HydroGNSS

HydroGNSS: ESA’s first Scout begins launch preparations

29/09/2025 2163 views 21 likes

WIVERN

ESA selects WIVERN as 11th Earth Explorer mission

23/09/2025 10020 views 96 likes

Antarctic subglacial lake inventory

85 new subglacial lakes detected below Antarctica

19/09/2025 12966 views 94 likes

Global map of vegetation optical depth, 2018

SMOS adds long-term view on carbon stored in forests

01/08/2025 3559 views 56 likes

Harder Glacier, northern Greenland

Greenland subglacial flood bursts through ice sheet surface

30/07/2025 7671 views 43 likes

Southern Ocean sea ice

Antarctic waters getting saltier as sea ice wanes

04/07/2025 5781 views 54 likes

Arriving at Living Planet Symposium

Living Planet Symposium highlights in pictures

27/06/2025 3875 views 18 likes

Cold atom interferometry experiment

Quantum sensing: the next frontier in sensor performance

27/06/2025 777 views 5 likes

Atmospheric hot flush during a solar storm

Swarm in tune with atmospheric hot flushes

27/06/2025 1427 views 37 likes

Scout missions

Four new candidate Scout missions

26/06/2025 560 views 0 likes

The global ocean conveyor belt

New ESA gravity mission to detect weakening ocean conveyor

26/06/2025 6625 views 47 likes

Tango satellites imaging Earth

Development contract for Scout Tango awarded to ISISPACE

26/06/2025 353 views 0 likes

Ocean acidification is detrimental to coral reefs

High-resolution mapping reveals ocean carbon sink detail

25/06/2025 1973 views 28 likes

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