23 June 2021
ESA and EU embark on a new space programme
... urgent user needs and to guarantee enhanced continuity of current data. Such missions will monitor various aspects of climate change and will support the implementation of key EU policies, such as the Green Deal. This places Europe at the...
January 2023
Portugal’s sustainable space strategy
... of a constellation of small satellites dedicated to investigating and monitoring the Atlantic Ocean, responding to climate-change challenges, increased pressure of anthropogenic activities and the need to foster a sustainable economy sector. The...
12 July 2017
MODIS satellite confirms massive ice shelf rift
...research project, have been investigating the effects of a warming climate on the Larsen C ice shelf in West Antarctica for...event, and we’re not aware of any link to human-induced climate change, this puts the ice shelf in a very vulnerable position. ...
23 July 2020
China's Tianwen-1 Mars mission launches successfully
... agency writer Jiang Li. “With an explosion of human population, declining natural resources and a daunting global challenge of climate change on Earth, the ultimate goal of space exploration to planets like Mars is to secure the longer-term survival...
August 2016
High-resolution Earth observation data is changing the character of war
... of the closed society of North Korea. Similarly, environmental monitoring satellites allow users to monitor the impact of climate change in generally inhospitable regions such as the Arctic and Antarctic. From access flows the strategic attribute...
April 2020
Evolutionary lessons for an interplanetary future
... action. Distinguished scientists Peter and Rosemary Grant witnessed evolutionary changes in the beaks of Galapagos finches from just one year to the next in response to climatic changes. We now know that evolution is still operating today among all...
