October 2017
Tracking air pollution and monitoring climate change
.... In addition, TROPOMI will measure total atmospheric column concentrations of methane, the second most potent man-made greenhouse gas (after CO2). Understanding the processes affecting its lifetime and distribution in the atmosphere will improve...
February 2018
Our space future lies in innovation
... issue is climate and in that of course, France is leading the way with key programmes to limit the emissions of greenhouse gas, reduce carbon dioxide and monitor methane levels. Our third priority is exploration - because exploration is the...
June 2018
Space 2080 a future perspective
... in those numerous places where salt water is present in summer. They would produce oxygen which will generate a greenhouse effect within half a century and could thus make the planet habitable, ultimately without the need...
August 2018
UAE’s ambitious plans for space sector growth
..., such as university programmes, university missions and also several environmental missions, that will be aimed at detecting greenhouse gases. Our second key programme is the Emirates Mars Exploration programme, which is managed jointly between...
January 2019
Saving humanity – is space up to the job?
... cancer threats and reduce global warming effects for some decades to come. Given the ongoing build-up of greenhouse gases (GHGs), ‘dirty’ human manufacturing and use of carbon-based energy sources, this is not a permanent solution...
January 2019
Preparing for a robotic revolution in Earth orbit
...of nearly 100 percent, not suffering from intermittencies experienced by terrestrial solar and wind power; it produces no greenhouse gases, radioactive waste, pollution, or scarring of the Earth for resources; and from geostationary orbit, it is most...
