Last week, the White House allocated a $25.4 billion budget to NASA for the 2025 financial year, which runs from the 1st October 2024 to 30th September 2025, and this includes its Earth Observation ambitions. This represents $2.3 billion less than … Continue reading
This is not a warning, but an oxymoron for two key weather stories over the last week. Firstly, the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) announced that 2020 was the planet’s joint warmest year on record – tied with 2016. It … Continue reading
Two interesting articles came out recently about the increase in temperatures in the Arctic, and the impact that this is having on the region and its ecosystems. Firstly, at the end of last month, ESA reported that the Arctic had … Continue reading
Phytoplankton are microscopic organisations that live in both fresh and seawater and form one of the lowest levels of the aquatic food chain, with many marine creatures eating them. Phytoplankton contain chlorophyll, like plants, and therefore require sunlight to survive … Continue reading
Earlier this month the Copernicus Climate Change Service issued its July report, which showed that every month during 2019 has ranked within the top four warmest on record for that particular month. In June European average temperatures were the warmest … Continue reading
Everyone knows the British like to talk about the weather. But last week even NASA was talking about the British weather – so you know something must be happening! Well, it’s been hot. Now I know many readers from other … Continue reading
Algae have been making the headlines in the last few weeks, which is definitely a rarely used phrase! Firstly, the Lake Erie freshwater algal bloom has begun in the western end of the lake near Toledo. This is something that … Continue reading
Monitoring fires from space has significant advantages when compared to on-ground activity. Not only are wider areas easier to monitor, but there are obvious safety benefits too. The different ways this can be done have been highlighted through a number … Continue reading
What is ocean acidification? Since the industrial revolution the oceans have absorbed approximately 50% of the CO2 produced by human activities (The Royal Society, 2005). Scientists previously saw this oceanic absorption as advantageous, however ocean observations in recent decades have … Continue reading
Being able to look back at how our planet has evolved over time, is one of the greatest assets of satellite remote sensing. With Landsat, you have a forty year archive to examine changes in land use and land cover. … Continue reading
