Earth observation as a subject isn’t new. Although satellites have taken it to a new level, observations of the planet have been around for hundreds or even thousands of years. This week two articles on historic Earth observation have caught … Continue reading
An interesting new research paper, published in Nature Geoscience, has used satellite data to determine that young trees are actually more effective at capturing and storing carbon dioxide than older ones. Researchers used data from European Space Agency’s Earth Explorer … Continue reading
Wildfires, storms and flooding have hit the headlines numerous times this year with climate change a key factor, but the latest impact is on the Panama Canal that has had to reduce the number of ships passing through it. The Panama … Continue reading
Last week the UK Government’s Science and Technology Committee published its report into the ‘UK Space Strategy and UK Satellite Infrastructure’. At over ninety-pages in length, there is a lot of detail and interesting comments within the document, with the … Continue reading
Last week saw the launch of seven new Earth Observation (EO) satellites, the remote repair of an EO satellite in space and the potential establishment of the world’s highest weather station. China Starting with launches, the China National Space Administration … Continue reading
At the end of last week the Government of Canada outlined its strategy for Earth Observation (EO) for the next 15 years with the release of ‘Resourceful, Resilient, Ready: Canada’s Strategy for Satellite Earth Observation’.  This outlines the way forward … Continue reading
We’re delighted to start this week’s blog with the news that last Thursday Pixalytics won the Pixalytics won the Future Tech Award category of the Tech South West Awards! It was an amazing night for us for many reasons! Firstly, … Continue reading
A briefing paper for the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP26, titled Space-based Earth Observations For Climate Security by Bamber & Bates et al was published by the COP26 Universities Network earlier this month. COP26 is … 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
The latest satellite of the Copernicus Sentinel family was launched last Saturday, 21st November, at 17.17 GMT. Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich was taken into orbit by SpaceX via the Falcon 9 rocket from the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, USA, … Continue reading
