This week we’re highlighting some recent satellite launches, the first of which is the launch by China of a climate satellite monitoring greenhouse gases; and secondly recent Portuguese launches that have literary connections. China Launch On Friday 17th April, China … Continue reading
Earth Day 2026 takes place on Wednesday, 22nd April, and the overall theme remains the same as last year, ‘Our Power, Our Planet’, as environmental progress is sustained by daily actions of communities, educators, workers, and families protecting where they … Continue reading
Earlier this week we hosted a webinar titled ‘Climate Adaptation in Agronomy with Satellite Technology’ as part of the 2025 Agri-Tech Week, which is run by Agri-TechE. With almost one hundred attendees signed up it was shaping up to be … Continue reading
Pixalytics is delighted to announce its participation in a critical research project about forecasting a major climate tipping point – the potential collapse of the Atlantic Subpolar Gyre. Sitting just south of Greenland and Iceland, the Atlantic Subpolar Gyre is … Continue reading
Last week the World Economic Forum published a report entitled ‘Amplifying the Global Value of Earth Observation’. The report, produced in conjunction with Deloitte, certainly has eye catching headlines indicating that by 2030 the Earth Observation (EO) industry is projected … Continue reading
Last week I attended the June member meeting of the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) in Huntsville, Alabama, USA. OGC is a consortium of geospatial experts committed to improving access to geospatial information, and supporting data exchange through standards. We were … Continue reading
Tomorrow is World Ocean Day! June 8th is the annual global celebration where people unite with the common goal of restoring our shared oceans and creating a stable climate for our planet. World Ocean Day 2023 is once again focused … Continue reading
Last month the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published its latest assessment report on how the planet is being impacted by climate change. The Working Group 1 report is the first instalment of the IPPC’s Sixth Assessment Report (AR6), … Continue reading
Last week, whilst Europe’s Earth Observation (EO) community was focussed on the successful launch of Sentinel-5P, over in America Tuesday 10th October was Earth Observation Day! This annual event is co-ordinated by AmericaView, a non-profit organisation, whose aim to advance … Continue reading
Two new Earth observation satellites were launched last week from European Space Centre in Kourou in French Guyana, although you may only get to see the data from one. Venµs and OPTSAT-3000 were put into sun synchronous orbits by Arianespace … Continue reading
