The eyes of the sporting world have turned towards France, and we thought it was a good opportunity to look at some venues from space. Last weekend saw the conclusion of the Tour de France with a stunning victory for … Continue reading
This week hopes to see the launch of NASA’s Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) mission. It will be launched by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, however, the original schedule of a launch … Continue reading
It’s not often that satellite ground-based calibration methodology hits the headlines, but it happened last week. This was because the United States Bureau of Land Management announced that following a request from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), approximately … Continue reading
It is the start of an exciting few weeks for the Earth Observation (EO) satellite industry with a number of launches in the coming weeks including the delayed Oceansat-3 which we’ll talk about next week, the UK’s first satellite launch … 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
Two interesting articles came out recently about the increase in temperatures in the Arctic, and the impact that this is having on the region and its ecosystems. Firstly, at the end of last month, ESA reported that the Arctic had … Continue reading
Phytoplankton are microscopic organisations that live in both fresh and seawater and form one of the lowest levels of the aquatic food chain, with many marine creatures eating them. Phytoplankton contain chlorophyll, like plants, and therefore require sunlight to survive … Continue reading
Over the last few months, we’ve been using satellite data to develop products that measure Evapotranspiration – this is the total loss of water from the soil and plants through the two processes of evaporation and transpiration. Evaporation is the … Continue reading
The Arctic currently has hundreds of wildfires stretching across northern Russia, northern Scandinavia, Alaska and Greenland. It’s strange to think that one of the coldest places on the planet is on fire, but it is! Fires are not unusual in … Continue reading
Two separate reports about the use of space data to enhance understanding of how the plant-water cycle operates caught our attention this week, as they relate to products and services we provide. The first was the announcement that from the … Continue reading
