Looking Back Into Earth Observation History

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

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

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