Next Tuesday morning, 29th April, should see the scheduled launch of the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Biomass mission, the latest of the Earth Explorer missions. Biomass is focused on improving our understanding of the world’s forests and how they are … 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
Whilst most of Europe, and other parts of the world, go into various levels of lockdown and many people will not venturing far outside, this weekend marks two international celebrations: International Day of Forests takes place on Saturday 21st March; … Continue reading
This week Sentinel-2A celebrated its 4th birthday, as it was launched on the 23rd June 2015 from French Guiana. It was followed by its twin, Sentinel-2B, which was launched almost two years later on the 7th March 2017. These two … Continue reading
There have been some interesting first steps within the Earth Observation industry this week. Firstly, NASA provided the first data from it’s Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) mission – pronounced Jedi!! The mission was sent up to the International Space … Continue reading
Forests cover one third of the Earth’s land mass and are home to more than 80% of the terrestrial species of animals, plants and insects. However, 13 million hectares of forest are destroyed each year. The United Nations International Day … Continue reading
Being able to visualise the changing face of the planet over time is one of the greatest strengths of satellite remote sensing. Our previous blog showed how Dubai’s coastline has evolved over a decade, and last week NASA described interesting … Continue reading
