Download this page in PDF format 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 … Continue reading
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Why We All Need To Plant Trees Now!
Download this page in PDF format 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 … Continue reading
Panama Canal Suffering From Drought
Download this page in PDF format 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 … Continue reading
State of UK Space and Satellite Industry
Download this page in PDF format 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 … Continue reading
Earth Observation Launches, Repairs & Weather Stations
Download this page in PDF format 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 … Continue reading
New Earth Observation Strategy for Canada
Download this page in PDF format 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 … Continue reading
All About Competitions!
Download this page in PDF format 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 … Continue reading
Earth Observation & Climate Change
Download this page in PDF format 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 … Continue reading
Warm Snow!
Download this page in PDF format 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 … Continue reading
Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Launches
Download this page in PDF format 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 … Continue reading