Since 2018, Europe’s forests have been losing 46% more biomass per hectare disturbed forest each year than ever recorded. A new study has determined not just where Europe's forests were disturbed, but how much biomass disappeared along with them.🌲 Read more: climate.esa.int/en/news-even...

ESA is hiring a Climate Applications Scientist at ECSAT, Harwell 🛰️ Lead atmospheric R&D projects in the Climate Team and shape how decades of satellite data get used in climate science. 📍 ECSAT, Harwell, UK | 📅 Deadline 31 August Apply now 👉 climate.esa.int/en/news-even...

Join us at #UKEO2026 🛰️ ESA's Climate Change Initiative will be part of the programme of UK’s leading forum for the Earth Observation community, from tipping point research to AI in Earth Observation. 📅 15–17 September | University of Warwick 🎟 ukeo.org/register/

Join the ESA ECO-MOSAIC online workshop to learn about the challenges of integrating EBVs and ECVs into species distribution models. 📅 4 September. 13:00 CET 👉climate.esa.int/en/supporting-the-paris-agreement/ecomosaic/events/ecomosaic-online-workshop-invitation/

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Register for the ESA ECO-MOSAIC workshop on integrating EBVs and ECVs in species distribution modelling. Experts will discuss challenges, priorities and practical steps to improve biodiversity and cli...

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Wildfires have already affected about 300,000 ha of land across Southern Europe. Over 265,000 people evacuated in France & Spain. @calbergel.bsky.social, Head of ESA’s Actionable Climate Information section, explains how climate change fuels extreme fire events & how satellites help track them.

Over the past weeks, several new and updated climate datasets have been added to the ESA Climate Change Initiative Open Data Portal – Biomass, Fire, Lakes, Vegetation Parameters, and Precursors for aerosols and ozone. Full overview: climate.esa.int/en/news-even...

Satellites don't just explore space - they also help to protect our planet. At the @yorkfestofideas.bsky.social, ESA's Clément Albergel explained how satellite data supports evidence-based climate action and the Paris Agreement. Watch the full panel discussion here: climate.esa.int/en/news-even...

From space exploration to understanding Earth: ESA at the York Festival of Ideas

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Antarctica's algae may not simply be disappearing, they may be changing season. Satellite data shows diatoms rising in spring but falling in summer since 2014–2015, with haptophytes doing the opposite. A regime shift with consequences for krill and the ocean's carbon pump. tinyurl.com/5d5emyfr

Partially disturbed tropical forests recover to 75% of their original carbon after 20 years. Forests regrowing on completely cleared land reach only 38%. A synthesis of 146 studies now gives countries the numbers they need for UN climate reporting. 🌿 climate.esa.int/en/news-even...

One day left to register for our webinar on satellite fire monitoring. Learn how @esa.int's Climate Change Intiative Fire project tracks global burned area and fire emissions and why it matters for climate system, civil protection, and environmental policy.🔥 Register here: t1p.de/xuyrj

Irrigation is the single largest human intervention in the water cycle, yet we struggle to account for it. New research under @esa.int's Climate Change Initiative presents the first long-term datasets of irrigation water use across four major regions: US, India, Australia, and Spain. t1p.de/unbk3

Europe just experienced one of the most intense heatwaves on record – also effecting our soils. This animation shows a global data record of Soil Moisture spanning 1991-2024, produced under @esa.int's Climate Change Initiative. It shows our soils are shifting unevenly and persistently. t1p.de/ror55

Europe is facing extreme temperatures. Monitoring them from space is as critical as ever. In her webinar Abigail Waring explained how Land Surface Temperature is retrieved from satellite observations, including the methods used to validate the data and ensure its quality: tinyurl.com/bhmezycy

Satellite retrievals of land surface temperature & related applications

In the first webinar of the Monitoring Climate from Space series, Michael Buchwitz, Science Leader of the Greenhouse Gas project contributing to ESA's Climate Change Initiative (ESA GHG-CCI), led an ...

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.@esa.int and @egu.eu have kicked off a new round of their Mentoring Scheme, pairing PhD candidates one-to-one with professionals for a year of dedicated career advice. 📅Applications are open until 31 July. Read more about what former candidates say and why you should apply: t1p.de/jw0j9

In our next webinar on 22 July, Emilio Chuvieco will present the aims and key results of ESA's Climate Change Initiative Fire project, which produces burned area datasets at up to 250 m resolution, providing one of the most detailed and consistent long-term records of fire activity: t1p.de/xuyrj

Earth's energy is out of balance. It absorbs more energy than it releases and getting worse, driving more extreme events. ESA’s Climate Change Initiative combines satellite data across land, ocean, ice and atmosphere to estimate Earth’s energy imbalance & surface air temperature. t1p.de/xsbti

Learn from one of the top 2% most influential scientists worldwide... Ranked in this category and recipient of the Rei Jaume I Award for Environmental Protection, Emilio Chuvieco has spent his career mapping fire from space.🔥🛰️ Benefit from his expertise in our webinar on 22 July: t1p.de/xuyrj

Many European cities recorded their highest ever temperatures last month. 🌡️ Explore satellite derived Land Surface Temperature data from ESA’s Climate Change Initiative and see how cities heat up more than rural areas. Our notebook guides you from data access to Urban Heat Islands: t1p.de/gyz84

More than 8 million km2 burn every year, giving fires a big share in global greenhouse gas emissions. 🔥 In our next webinar, Emilio Chuvieco presents the aims and satellite data products of the Fire project and how various stakeholders can use them. 🔗 Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Satellite data is most powerful for climate adaptation as part of an integrated evidence system – combining satellites, modelling, in-situ data and local knowledge. Key finding from a joint ESA & @ec.europa.eu workshop in Harwell. climate.esa.int/en/news-even...

Arctic permafrost is slumping 23 times faster than in the 1960s and winter warming is the main driver. 📈 ESA's Climate Change Initiative high-resolution Land Cover Map made it possible to pinpoint exactly where slumps cluster across the tundra. Find the study here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

New: You can now sort your dataset searches by publication date. It is even easier to find the latest data products released to the ESA Climate Change Initiative Open Data Portal. Check it out now: climate.esa.int/search

The @esa.int Climate Office & @egu.eu Mentoring Scheme is now open for PhD candidates in Earth observation and climate science, offering a year of one-on-one career mentoring from ESA professionals across academia, industry, and policy. 📅 Apply by: 31 July climate.esa.int/en/news-even...

From July 2026, @esa.int will co-host the @wcrpclimate.bsky.social CORDEX International Project Office, with Dr Rachel McInnes joining as its new Director. She brings over 15 years of experience in climate science and modelling to the role: tinyurl.com/2xux95tp

This new dataset offers an enhanced, globally consistent view of lakes as key climate indicators: t1p.de/evpyh Developed as part of @esa.int's Climate Change Initiative, it covers over 2,000 lakes from 1992–2023, capturing e.g. water levels, ice cover, and, for the first time, lake storage change.

New multi-sensor, jointly retriefed dataset of effective LAI and fAPAR released by the ESA Climate Change Initiative. 2000–2020 time series at 1 km resolution covering a Finland to South Africa transect, the Mediterranean, and LAND validation sites. t1p.de/wbmpv

Missed our webinar on vegetation parameters? Find out how satellite observations have tracked the way in which vegetation drives the Earth's carbon cycle, with a resolution of 1 km – precise enough to detect forest fires and gradual changes in seasonal phenology. Watch the recording: t1p.de/tg6bh

Satellite retrievals of vegetation parameters

In the first webinar of the Monitoring Climate from Space series, Michael Buchwitz, Science Leader of the Greenhouse Gas project contributing to ESA's Climate Change Initiative (ESA GHG-CCI), led an ...

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This new dataset provides monthly mean level 3 tropospheric nitrogen dioxide concentration over a standard grid, based on observations from the Tropospheric Monitoring Instrument sensor on the Copernicus Sentinel-5P between May 2018 and Dec 2021. Access the dataset here: tinyurl.com/7nm8ecz2

New dataset: Harmonised Medium Resolution Burned Area product, version 6.0. It provides global data from 2003–2024 and harmonises an older MODIS-based and a newer Sentinel-3 based burned-area record, detecting 20% more burned area. Open access here: climate.esa.int/en/catalogue...

Last call: Register now for our webinar, 'Satellite retrievals of land surface temperature & related applications', with Abigail Waring. 👉 us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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New webinar: Join Abigail Waring to learn about land surface temperature: what it is, how satellites measure it, and why it is important for climate research. Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...