Last week, on Earth Day, the European Space Agency (ESA) and IBM Research Europe launched the first version of TerraMind, a powerful next-generation artificial intelligence (AI) model, that aims to leverage the world’s satellite data to better understand the planet … Continue reading
Next Tuesday morning, 29th April, should see the scheduled launch of the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Biomass mission, the latest of the Earth Explorer missions. Biomass is focused on improving our understanding of the world’s forests and how they are … Continue reading
Earth Day 2025 takes place next Tuesday, 22nd April, and this year’s theme is ‘Our Power, Our Planet’ which is inviting everyone to unite behind renewable energy and triple the global generation of clean electricity by 2030. This is the … Continue reading
Two articles close to home caught our attention this week. Firstly, a new map of trees outside woodlands in England created using Sentinel-2 data and other sources, and secondly a fantastic cloud-free image of the British Isles acquired last week … Continue reading
Three news items caught our attention this week: a first light image from the Italian Earth Observation (EO) IRIDE satellite constellation, the birth of a new wildfire detection constellation, and a reduction in the number of weather balloon launches. First … Continue reading
