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European Space Agency's Climate Team, often posting about ESA's Climate Change Initiative programme - climate.esa.int
New dataset unlocks 120 years of global fire history 🔥
ESA satellites + machine learning reveal wildfire patterns from 1901-2020. The reconstruction reveals century-long trends in global fire activity, with Africa dominating global fire trends throughout the industrial age.
ESA satellites + machine learning reveal wildfire patterns from 1901-2020. The reconstruction reveals century-long trends in global fire activity, with Africa dominating global fire trends throughout the industrial age.
Evolution of wildfires throughout the industrial age revealed by new dataset
For the first time, scientists are now able to trace global fire activity throughout the entire industrial age. A newly published dataset uses a combination of satellite observations from the ESA's Cl...
climate.esa.int
November 26, 2025 at 8:49 AM
New dataset unlocks 120 years of global fire history 🔥
ESA satellites + machine learning reveal wildfire patterns from 1901-2020. The reconstruction reveals century-long trends in global fire activity, with Africa dominating global fire trends throughout the industrial age.
ESA satellites + machine learning reveal wildfire patterns from 1901-2020. The reconstruction reveals century-long trends in global fire activity, with Africa dominating global fire trends throughout the industrial age.
🗨️Tomorrow, @esa.int member states are gathering in Bremen. Decisions made there will help to ensure satellite data records continue to support and reinforce climate policy and steer effective mitigation and adaptation plans. #CM25
Let’s protect the global climate together 🌍: This November, all @esa.int Member States will come together at the Ministerial Council to discuss funding for future projects. Check out Susanne Mecklenburg’s insights into ESA’s plans for the coming years 👇
November 25, 2025 at 8:42 AM
It's time to address challenges & opportunities in ocean carbon research!
Join ESA's Ocean Carbon From Space workshop about characterising the ocean carbon cycle using field & satellite observations as well as ecosystem models.
📅24 to 26 Nov, online
📅 2 to 3 Dec, in-person sessions in Darmstadt:
Join ESA's Ocean Carbon From Space workshop about characterising the ocean carbon cycle using field & satellite observations as well as ecosystem models.
📅24 to 26 Nov, online
📅 2 to 3 Dec, in-person sessions in Darmstadt:
Ocean Carbon From Space 2025
The 2nd Ocean Carbon from Space workshop will support progress towards an integrated approach for characterising the ocean carbon cycle using satellite observations and will advance our understanding ...
oceancarbonfromspace2025.esa.int
November 21, 2025 at 3:37 PM
It's time to address challenges & opportunities in ocean carbon research!
Join ESA's Ocean Carbon From Space workshop about characterising the ocean carbon cycle using field & satellite observations as well as ecosystem models.
📅24 to 26 Nov, online
📅 2 to 3 Dec, in-person sessions in Darmstadt:
Join ESA's Ocean Carbon From Space workshop about characterising the ocean carbon cycle using field & satellite observations as well as ecosystem models.
📅24 to 26 Nov, online
📅 2 to 3 Dec, in-person sessions in Darmstadt:
For decades, the Amazon absorbed our carbon emissions, slowing climate change. That buffer may be weakening. With a combination of drones, aircraft, ground sensors and satellite data scientists determine whether the Amazon is shifting from a carbon sink to a carbon source #COP30
tinyurl.com/yv39abx4
tinyurl.com/yv39abx4
November 21, 2025 at 1:19 PM
For decades, the Amazon absorbed our carbon emissions, slowing climate change. That buffer may be weakening. With a combination of drones, aircraft, ground sensors and satellite data scientists determine whether the Amazon is shifting from a carbon sink to a carbon source #COP30
tinyurl.com/yv39abx4
tinyurl.com/yv39abx4
Let’s protect the global climate together 🌍: This November, all @esa.int Member States will come together at the Ministerial Council to discuss funding for future projects. Check out Susanne Mecklenburg’s insights into ESA’s plans for the coming years 👇
November 21, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Let’s protect the global climate together 🌍: This November, all @esa.int Member States will come together at the Ministerial Council to discuss funding for future projects. Check out Susanne Mecklenburg’s insights into ESA’s plans for the coming years 👇
🏆 The winner of our ‘Forests in a Changing Climate‘ competition is Pinja!
Using biomass satellite data, she created a video revealing that Europe's forests are losing their ability to absorb carbon. She discovered that replanted trees cannot instantly restore soil – recovery takes decades🌳
Using biomass satellite data, she created a video revealing that Europe's forests are losing their ability to absorb carbon. She discovered that replanted trees cannot instantly restore soil – recovery takes decades🌳
November 20, 2025 at 3:21 PM
🏆 The winner of our ‘Forests in a Changing Climate‘ competition is Pinja!
Using biomass satellite data, she created a video revealing that Europe's forests are losing their ability to absorb carbon. She discovered that replanted trees cannot instantly restore soil – recovery takes decades🌳
Using biomass satellite data, she created a video revealing that Europe's forests are losing their ability to absorb carbon. She discovered that replanted trees cannot instantly restore soil – recovery takes decades🌳
Ecosystems around the world are reaching critical thresholds. 🌳Using AI and satellite data, researchers provide early warning of climate-driven tipping points in rainforests, boreal forests, and drylands. 🛰️ #COP30 Learn more: climate.esa.int/en/tipping-p...
November 20, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Ecosystems around the world are reaching critical thresholds. 🌳Using AI and satellite data, researchers provide early warning of climate-driven tipping points in rainforests, boreal forests, and drylands. 🛰️ #COP30 Learn more: climate.esa.int/en/tipping-p...
@esa.int's Member States are the backbone of our Climate Change Initiative! 🛰️🌍
Over 40 years, together they've established the Earth observation infrastructure we rely on today. Now, 500+ experts across Europe help improve our knowledge of climate change as support of the Paris Agreement.
#COP30
Over 40 years, together they've established the Earth observation infrastructure we rely on today. Now, 500+ experts across Europe help improve our knowledge of climate change as support of the Paris Agreement.
#COP30
Climate Change Initiative
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November 19, 2025 at 4:08 PM
🔥 State of Wildfires 2024–25 report shows:
Climate change made extreme wildfires up to 35× larger and far more likely.📈
🛰️ @esa.int Climate Change Initiative's fire datasets independently verified burned-area patterns and uncertainties.
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Climate change made extreme wildfires up to 35× larger and far more likely.📈
🛰️ @esa.int Climate Change Initiative's fire datasets independently verified burned-area patterns and uncertainties.
climate.esa.int/en/news-even...
November 19, 2025 at 8:44 AM
🔥 State of Wildfires 2024–25 report shows:
Climate change made extreme wildfires up to 35× larger and far more likely.📈
🛰️ @esa.int Climate Change Initiative's fire datasets independently verified burned-area patterns and uncertainties.
climate.esa.int/en/news-even...
Climate change made extreme wildfires up to 35× larger and far more likely.📈
🛰️ @esa.int Climate Change Initiative's fire datasets independently verified burned-area patterns and uncertainties.
climate.esa.int/en/news-even...
How can satellite data support meeting the Paris Agreement goals? ESA's Climate Change Initiative provides independent datasets to monitor carbon sinks and verify emissions as leaders gather for #COP30. climate.esa.int/en/news-even...
ESA satellites monitor Paris Climate Agreement progress
Satellite observations reveal that the Amazon rainforest – once Earth's most vital carbon sink – is no longer absorbing carbon dioxide as it once did. In some areas, forests have become a net source o...
climate.esa.int
November 18, 2025 at 5:08 PM
How can satellite data support meeting the Paris Agreement goals? ESA's Climate Change Initiative provides independent datasets to monitor carbon sinks and verify emissions as leaders gather for #COP30. climate.esa.int/en/news-even...
Greenhouse gases beyond CO2 and CH4 play a key role in climate change. 🌍 A workshop in Bologna today by ESA's Climate Change Initiative LOLIPOP project explores how satellite observations support climate research and atmospheric modelling:
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LOLIPOP User Workshop 2025
The LOng-LIved greenhouse gas PrOducts Performances (LOLIPOP) project, part of the European Space Agency’s Climate Change Initiative (CCI), invites you to a two-day user workshop in Bologna, Italy, on...
climate.esa.int
November 18, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Greenhouse gases beyond CO2 and CH4 play a key role in climate change. 🌍 A workshop in Bologna today by ESA's Climate Change Initiative LOLIPOP project explores how satellite observations support climate research and atmospheric modelling:
climate.esa.int/en/projects/...
climate.esa.int/en/projects/...
A new study is combining two types of measurements to estimate soil carbon storage more accurately and on a global scale. 🌏
Results show largest losses of soil carbon storage occur from agricultural land use in the dry tropics, leading to a small net sink at a global scale: t1p.de/ihh34
Results show largest losses of soil carbon storage occur from agricultural land use in the dry tropics, leading to a small net sink at a global scale: t1p.de/ihh34
November 17, 2025 at 4:12 PM
A new study is combining two types of measurements to estimate soil carbon storage more accurately and on a global scale. 🌏
Results show largest losses of soil carbon storage occur from agricultural land use in the dry tropics, leading to a small net sink at a global scale: t1p.de/ihh34
Results show largest losses of soil carbon storage occur from agricultural land use in the dry tropics, leading to a small net sink at a global scale: t1p.de/ihh34
🎌ESA-Japan cooperation takes the stage at #COP30! Frank Martin Seifert presents on greenhouse gas observations from space and providing the data to policymakers in Japan, promoting global decarbonization efforts.
📆 Today I 10:00 BRT
📍 Japan Pavilion
More about our Greenhouse Gas project:
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📍 Japan Pavilion
More about our Greenhouse Gas project:
Greenhouse Gases (GHGs)
The Greenhouse Gas (GHG) CCI+ project aims to further develop retrieval algorithms needed to generate new high quality satellite-derived CO2 and CH4 atmospheric data products.
climate.esa.int
November 17, 2025 at 12:53 PM
🎌ESA-Japan cooperation takes the stage at #COP30! Frank Martin Seifert presents on greenhouse gas observations from space and providing the data to policymakers in Japan, promoting global decarbonization efforts.
📆 Today I 10:00 BRT
📍 Japan Pavilion
More about our Greenhouse Gas project:
📆 Today I 10:00 BRT
📍 Japan Pavilion
More about our Greenhouse Gas project:
Have you checked out @esa.int's new tender to exploit a rescued archive of high-resolution satellite data covering a crucial period before modern instrument?
Two more weeks to apply!
esastar-publication-ext.sso.esa.int/ESATenderAct...
Two more weeks to apply!
esastar-publication-ext.sso.esa.int/ESATenderAct...
Let's get the most out of 45 years of Earth observation for climate research!
A new @esa.int tender calls for the development of prototype Climate Data Records from AVHRR satellite data in various domains, such as land, sea or lakes, cryosphere, and atmosphere.📅Submission deadline Nov 28, 13:00 CET
A new @esa.int tender calls for the development of prototype Climate Data Records from AVHRR satellite data in various domains, such as land, sea or lakes, cryosphere, and atmosphere.📅Submission deadline Nov 28, 13:00 CET
New tender to develop prototype Climate Data Records from rescued satellite radiometer archive
climate.esa.int
November 14, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Have you checked out @esa.int's new tender to exploit a rescued archive of high-resolution satellite data covering a crucial period before modern instrument?
Two more weeks to apply!
esastar-publication-ext.sso.esa.int/ESATenderAct...
Two more weeks to apply!
esastar-publication-ext.sso.esa.int/ESATenderAct...
Let's talk about mapping permafrost thawing at #COP30
Our Permafrost project team is presenting new datasets, including gridded ones of ground temperature and of active layer thickness.
📆 Today, 14 Nov I 15:30 BRT
📍 Cryosphere Pavilion, Belém
Explore the data here: climate.esa.int/en/projects/...
Our Permafrost project team is presenting new datasets, including gridded ones of ground temperature and of active layer thickness.
📆 Today, 14 Nov I 15:30 BRT
📍 Cryosphere Pavilion, Belém
Explore the data here: climate.esa.int/en/projects/...
November 14, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Let's talk about mapping permafrost thawing at #COP30
Our Permafrost project team is presenting new datasets, including gridded ones of ground temperature and of active layer thickness.
📆 Today, 14 Nov I 15:30 BRT
📍 Cryosphere Pavilion, Belém
Explore the data here: climate.esa.int/en/projects/...
Our Permafrost project team is presenting new datasets, including gridded ones of ground temperature and of active layer thickness.
📆 Today, 14 Nov I 15:30 BRT
📍 Cryosphere Pavilion, Belém
Explore the data here: climate.esa.int/en/projects/...
At #COP30, ESA showcases the latest advances in Amazon forest monitoring. Discover how space technology and mission results are vital for tackling deforestation & achieving Paris Agreement goals. 🛰️🌎
📅 Sat, 15 Nov | 13:15-14:45 BRT | Side Event Room 3
📅 Sat, 15 Nov | 13:15-14:45 BRT | Side Event Room 3
November 14, 2025 at 8:31 AM
At #COP30, ESA showcases the latest advances in Amazon forest monitoring. Discover how space technology and mission results are vital for tackling deforestation & achieving Paris Agreement goals. 🛰️🌎
📅 Sat, 15 Nov | 13:15-14:45 BRT | Side Event Room 3
📅 Sat, 15 Nov | 13:15-14:45 BRT | Side Event Room 3
How is permafrost mapped from space and on the ground?
Find out at #COP30! Frank Martin Seifert from the Permafrost project team of ESA's Climate Change Initiative will present new insights on permafrost satellite datasets.
📆 14 Nov I 15:30 BRT
📍Cryosphere Pavilion
Read more here: t1p.de/ybdh8
Find out at #COP30! Frank Martin Seifert from the Permafrost project team of ESA's Climate Change Initiative will present new insights on permafrost satellite datasets.
📆 14 Nov I 15:30 BRT
📍Cryosphere Pavilion
Read more here: t1p.de/ybdh8
November 13, 2025 at 5:43 PM
How is permafrost mapped from space and on the ground?
Find out at #COP30! Frank Martin Seifert from the Permafrost project team of ESA's Climate Change Initiative will present new insights on permafrost satellite datasets.
📆 14 Nov I 15:30 BRT
📍Cryosphere Pavilion
Read more here: t1p.de/ybdh8
Find out at #COP30! Frank Martin Seifert from the Permafrost project team of ESA's Climate Change Initiative will present new insights on permafrost satellite datasets.
📆 14 Nov I 15:30 BRT
📍Cryosphere Pavilion
Read more here: t1p.de/ybdh8
The Committee on Earth Observation Satellites & the Coordination Group for Meteorological Satellites delivered a statement to @UNFCCC at #COP30 on how satellite observations advance climate knowledge in key areas like sea level rise projections. Full statement: tinyurl.com/38kswy3e
November 13, 2025 at 3:39 PM
The Committee on Earth Observation Satellites & the Coordination Group for Meteorological Satellites delivered a statement to @UNFCCC at #COP30 on how satellite observations advance climate knowledge in key areas like sea level rise projections. Full statement: tinyurl.com/38kswy3e
🌳 Let's discuss Biomass at #COP30: Martin Herold features Biomass progress at Global Climate Observing System "Forests, Finance & Fairness" event - using satellite data to track forest regrowth & carbon removals for national climate reporting.
📅Nov 13 | 13:15–14:45 BRT | WMO Pavilion | Belém
📅Nov 13 | 13:15–14:45 BRT | WMO Pavilion | Belém
November 13, 2025 at 11:46 AM
🌳 Let's discuss Biomass at #COP30: Martin Herold features Biomass progress at Global Climate Observing System "Forests, Finance & Fairness" event - using satellite data to track forest regrowth & carbon removals for national climate reporting.
📅Nov 13 | 13:15–14:45 BRT | WMO Pavilion | Belém
📅Nov 13 | 13:15–14:45 BRT | WMO Pavilion | Belém
What's happening to our northern forests? 🌳 @calbergel.bsky.social explains how satellite data revealed unexpected changes in forest carbon storage and what this means for our climate. Check it out! 👇 #COP30
November 12, 2025 at 4:41 PM
What's happening to our northern forests? 🌳 @calbergel.bsky.social explains how satellite data revealed unexpected changes in forest carbon storage and what this means for our climate. Check it out! 👇 #COP30
Evidence suggests the Amazon and northern hemisphere forests are weakening carbon sinks, with some areas now emitting more carbon than they absorb. ESA satellites track these shifts as leaders gather for #COP30. Only 235 gigatonnes left in our carbon budget. climate.esa.int/en/news-even...
November 12, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Evidence suggests the Amazon and northern hemisphere forests are weakening carbon sinks, with some areas now emitting more carbon than they absorb. ESA satellites track these shifts as leaders gather for #COP30. Only 235 gigatonnes left in our carbon budget. climate.esa.int/en/news-even...
How can we tell if climate adaptation efforts work? Study shows how satellites help assess risks and track progress. Satellite data could transform how we track progress on global climate resilience for the Paris Agreement’s framework of the Global Goal on Adaptation. climate.esa.int/en/news-even...
November 11, 2025 at 4:06 PM
How can we tell if climate adaptation efforts work? Study shows how satellites help assess risks and track progress. Satellite data could transform how we track progress on global climate resilience for the Paris Agreement’s framework of the Global Goal on Adaptation. climate.esa.int/en/news-even...
At #COP30 Earth Information Day @esa.int's @calbergel.bsky.social explains how Earth Observation can support quality control of national greenhouse gas reporting for reliability, transparency & accountability. New satellite missions will provide much denser sampling of atmospheric CO2 & CH4.
November 11, 2025 at 8:39 AM
At #COP30 Earth Information Day @esa.int's @calbergel.bsky.social explains how Earth Observation can support quality control of national greenhouse gas reporting for reliability, transparency & accountability. New satellite missions will provide much denser sampling of atmospheric CO2 & CH4.
The global climate system & advances in systematic observation today at #COP30 Earth Information Day: @calbergel.bsky.social of @esa.int & Thais M. Rosan from @uniofexeternews.bsky.social explain how observations advance greenhouse gas inventories & reporting supporting the Paris Agreement.
November 10, 2025 at 1:37 PM
The global climate system & advances in systematic observation today at #COP30 Earth Information Day: @calbergel.bsky.social of @esa.int & Thais M. Rosan from @uniofexeternews.bsky.social explain how observations advance greenhouse gas inventories & reporting supporting the Paris Agreement.
#COP30 starts today in Belém, Brazil! Over the coming days, @esa.int will showcase Earth Observation's crucial role in climate science & action incl. state-of-the-art forest monitoring in the Amazon, discussions on cryosphere, national greenhouse gas inventories with atmospheric observations & more.
November 10, 2025 at 10:56 AM
#COP30 starts today in Belém, Brazil! Over the coming days, @esa.int will showcase Earth Observation's crucial role in climate science & action incl. state-of-the-art forest monitoring in the Amazon, discussions on cryosphere, national greenhouse gas inventories with atmospheric observations & more.