European Space Agency

Dire state of England's peatlands revealed in 'global first' mapping project

Biodiversity

Dire state of England's peatlands revealed in 'global first' mapping project

Natural England publishes new open-source England Peat Map, which shows vast majority of carbon-rich habitats are in a dry or degraded state

clock 12 May 2025 • 3 min read
'Unique vantage point': European Space Agency to monitor wildfire carbon impact in 'near-real time'

Science

'Unique vantage point': European Space Agency to monitor wildfire carbon impact in 'near-real time'

BeZero Carbon to collaborate with Dresden University of Technology and the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute to develop next generation of wildfire monitoring tools

clock 21 August 2023 • 3 min read
Eye in the sky: European Space Agency to help fight organic cotton fraud

Supply chain

Eye in the sky: European Space Agency to help fight organic cotton fraud

Partnership between Global Organic Textile Standard and European Space Agency will see AI technology deployed to identify organic cotton cultivation using satellite images

clock 06 June 2023 • 2 min read

Technology

Airbus moves into climate 'superforecasting' with government space contract

Measurements of reflected light from Earth's surface collected by satellites will enable scientists to make more accurate climate forecasts, according to the aerospace giant

clock 03 November 2020 • 2 min read