Earth observation
Monitoring cocoa plants in Ghana from space Globally, the majority of tropical deforestation is still linked to commodity farming and production. The expanded production of agricultural commodities such as beef, soy, cocoa, palm oil and paper/pulp are the major drivers …
New satellite-driven tech is being used to improve dam safety in Peru.
My dissertation used Earth observation satellite data. But I didn’t know how to code.
17 students across the UK have begun their PhD training this month as part of a new Earth Observation Centre for Doctoral Training
The International Charter: Space and Major Disasters, better known as the Disaster Charter, was formed on 20 October 2000 by the European Space Agency (ESA), French Space Agency (CNES) and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), with the UK joining in …
How one of our projects uses satellites to help solve disputes over water in northern Peru.
Launched 3 weeks ago (16 February 2016), Sentinel-3A has already delivered impressive first images for Europe’s Copernicus programme. The 3 instruments on the satellite will be used to measure Earth’s oceans, land, ice and atmosphere. The image above shows Storm …
This week (23 February 2016), British European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Tim Peake shared this beautiful image of a glowing aurora from the International Space Station (ISS). Tim Peake tweeted, “The @Space_Station just passed straight through a thick green fog …
The third satellite of Europe’s Copernicus programme will focus on Earth’s oceans, measuring the temperature, colour and sea levels. It was recently (16 February 2016) launched from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia at 17:57 GMT. Sentinel-3A’s sensors will measure …
Taken merely 5 days after it arrived in orbit (28 June 2015), Sentinel-2A took this false-colour image of Sudan’s capital and second largest city, Khartoum. Khartoum sits between the Blue Nile River (which can be seen on the upper right …
