5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (167+ words) The project offers different levels of complexity: Climate Detectives Kids – for teams of younger learners (recommended for 5 to 13 years old) to complete fun, hands-on activities and earn badges. Climate Detectives Teens – for teams of older students (recommended for 14 to 19 years…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (940+ words) The European Space Agency’s Draco mission will measure and film its own fiery demise as it reenters the atmosphere. This raises the question: how can we still collect its data after such violent destruction? The answer involves a heat shield…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (736+ words) Europe’s Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission has captured a dramatic change at Petermann Glacier in northwest Greenland, where a 76 sq km section of the glacier’s floating ice tongue broke away on 4 August 2026. The event marks the glacier’s largest loss of floating ice…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago   (171+ words) These Copernicus Sentinel-2 images over southeast Norway show the reduced water levels along the country’s longest river, the Glomma, and Sarp Falls. The images are false-colour and were created using Sentinel-2’s near-infrared channel. This shows vegetation in red, water…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago   (331+ words) Earth observation satellites help us monitor phenomena such as wildfires, drought and heatwaves from space. This page is updated on a regular basis with a selection of ESA’s most recent news-related images showing how the effects of climate change are…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago   (197+ words) These Copernicus Sentinel-2 images show a stretch of the Danube river about 45 km north of the Hungarian capital, Budapest. On the left is a satellite’s view from 9 August 2025, showing the river running through a summer landscape, with both yellow and…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (440+ words) Europe’s forests are losing more biomass than previously thought, with disturbances such as drought and pests causing increasingly large losses from some of the oldest forests in Europe. This situation has deteriorated markedly since 2018. These are the findings of a…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (218+ words) European Space Agency Surface water over South America from HydroGNSS Thank you for liking You have already liked this page, you can only like it once! The European Space Agency's two-satellite HydroGNSS Scout mission has completed commissioning and is now…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (97+ words) European Space Agency Pacific Ocean salinity June 2026 Thank you for liking You have already liked this page, you can only like it once! As the Pacific Ocean moves into an El Niño phase, scientists are monitoring changes in sea-surface temperature,…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (154+ words) This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image, captured on 26 July, shows a wide view over the wildfires to the west of Madrid, Spain. The area around the town of Ávila, about 100 km northwest of the Spanish capital was one of the worst affected…...