March 2015
JAXA’s challenge to climate change
... that satellites gather to the world, but to utilise such information as a means of solving the issue of climate change. Climate change is an Earth-bound problem that, today, requires space technology for its solution, and this is a challenge...
October 2017
Colouring our view of the oceans
... downright devastating Ocean colour data have truly global importance as they help monitor climate change: ocean colour is one of the Essential Climate Variables (ECV) listed by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). Phytoplankton pull carbon...
04 November 2022
NASA’s climate change mineral dust detector
... makeup of mineral dust clouds. It will fill a critical gap in our understanding of Earth’s atmosphere and factors driving climate change,” says Senior FPGA, Electronics, and Software Design Engineer David Dolman. “This instrument sets a new standard...
May 2024
Could ICAO be a NewSpace regulator?
... space debris mitigation alone and it requires the willingness of all spacefaring nations. It is a comparable challenge to that of mitigating climate change. For this reason, space scientists and other experts have called for a legally binding treaty...
November 2021
Space in support of sustainable development
... systems as part of the cross-sector discussion. Lastly, awareness raising initiatives about the role of space science on climate change monitoring, satellite imagery and data could inform stakeholders and the general public to undertake actions and...
June 2022
Sunshades in space could help alleviate Earth’s climate crisis
... (GISS). Anthropocene epoch The revolution in oil exploration also caused a new problem on our finite planet: anthropogenic climate change Unfortunately, O’Neill’s vision never came to fruition, and some of the reasons for this were financial. The...
