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National Centre for Earth Observation
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NCEO is a Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) research centre which specialises in Earth observation science.
🌍 Starting 2026 by looking ahead to UK Earth Observation Conference 2026!

💡 We’re inviting themes & workshop ideas to help shape the programme 👉https://tinyurl.com/ye29echa

Also looking forward to seeing colleagues at our Staff Meeting on 28 Jan 👋

#EarthObservation #UKEOC2026 #ResearchCommunity
January 8, 2026 at 10:22 AM
As we start to wrap up 2025 at NCEO, we would like to wish our staff and followers a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year🎄

Our head office at Space Park Leicester will be closed from 22nd Dec- 5th Jan 2026!

Thank you for your continued support✨
December 18, 2025 at 2:48 PM
This #NationalTreeWeek, we’re excited to share insights from Professor Mathias Disney (NCEO & @ucl.ac.uk), a member of the GEOTrees scientific advisory board, on the first images captured by the #BIOMASS satellite.

#EarthObservation #SpaceScience #Deforestation #Carbonstocks #TreesMatter
November 27, 2025 at 10:52 AM
🌍 Yesterday at the 2025 CEOS Youth Summit, our Outreach Officer Catherine Fitzsimons chaired a global panel with experts from @ukspaceagency.bsky.social CSIRO & SANSA-engaging students from the UK and around the world in #EO discussions.

#CEOSYouthSummit #EarthObservation #YouthInSTEM
November 5, 2025 at 2:50 PM
We’re excited to showcase applications of climate and satellite EO data for successful climate action in the UK, join us on 12 Nov to get insights from both public sector & industry! Register: bit.ly/4haEDrV #COP30 #Space4Climate #ClimateAction
October 29, 2025 at 1:15 PM
📸 More action from the #CarbonARA team - a @esa.int project led by Earth Observation & Wildfire Research Group and NCEO @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social

🌱 Scientists from the UK, Europe & Brazil are teaming up in the eastern Amazon to study carbon & climate.

🔗 climate.esa.int/en/supportin...
October 8, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Great to host @ukceh.bsky.social our HQ in Leicester — a brilliant day of shared ideas, new connections, and exciting opportunities ahead! Thanks to all who joined the tour and discussions. Looking forward to what’s next!
October 2, 2025 at 11:16 AM
🚀 First light for #MicroCarb!
After its July 25 launch, the satellite captured its first Earth observations over the Amazon on Aug 28 🌍.

👉https://www.nceo.ac.uk/news-media/microcarb-delivers-first-observations-from-space/
@paulipalmer.bsky.social @drrobparker.bsky.social @edinburghup.bsky.social
September 18, 2025 at 4:22 PM
🚀Great couple of days at the #UKSC2025 in Manchester! Connecting with people across the space sector & sharing our latest work in #EO.

Joined by colleagues @space4climate.bsky.social, FSF & the NCEO Airborne Earth Observatory!

Thanks to everyone who stopped by if we missed you, let’s connect! 👋
July 22, 2025 at 2:12 PM
We’re excited to have got off to a great start on Day 1 of the UK Space Conference 2025! Visit us at stand B17 to discover how we’re shaping the future of Earth Observation 🌍from space 🛰️

Let’s connect, collaborate, and explore new frontiers together #UKSC2025
July 16, 2025 at 1:30 PM
@imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social is looking to hire a research scientist.

Closing date: 8th July 2025

Informal enquiries can be directed to Prof helen brindley, [email protected]

For more details: www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...

#Researchjobs #EarthObservation
June 16, 2025 at 3:41 PM
On this day 50 years ago, 10 European countries signed the ESA Convention, creating the @esa.int. Today ESA is made up of 23 member states.

We would like to send our warmest congratulations to everyone at ESA on this special day!

www.esa.int/About_Us/50_...

#50YearsofESA
May 30, 2025 at 10:45 AM
🚨 NERC/UKRI researchers: Apply now for free access to spectroscopic instruments from the NERC Field Spectroscopy Facility!

🗓️ Deadline: 2 June 2025
📩 [email protected]
🔗 fsf.nerc.ac.uk/instruments

#NERC #Spectroscopy #RemoteSensing #UAV #LiDAR #EnvironmentalScience
May 14, 2025 at 2:04 PM
🛰️ #EarthCARE UK Science Meeting is taking place on 6 June at the Univ of Reading 10-15:30pm📍

Giving users the opportunity to connect, collaborate, and contribute to UK research priorities!

📝Register by 15 May: tinyurl.com/3tcxnc9m
🔎Find out more: tinyurl.com/5n6wf6fe

#EarthCARE #ClimateScience
May 8, 2025 at 3:18 PM
🚀 Milestone achieved for @esa.int #BIOMASS mission! the satellite has fully deployed its 12m antenna!

First to use P-band radar in orbit, BIOMASS will help us better understand forest carbon and the global carbon cycle🌳

#EarthObservation #Climate #Forests

@space4climate.bsky.social
May 7, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Yesterday, our staff joined the @spacecentre.bsky.social Centre in celebrating a belated Earth Day!

In our aims to improve our local area and get outside, we have launched monthly litter picks, supporting efforts to keeping our Space City rubbish free.

#EarthDay #Sustainability #PlasticPollution
May 1, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Join Dr Adam Povey, NCEO and Uni of Leicester Professor of Earth Observation for the next Space Park Leicester, Space Park Conversations talk on:

🎙️Smoke and Mirrors: Observing the impact of aerosols on climate
📅 Tue, May 6 | 11AM
🎟️ Register now! tinyurl.com/2ebv6xme

#ClimateScience #FreeEvent
May 1, 2025 at 10:26 AM
ESA's #BIOMASS satellite launches today!

Using radar, it will measure forest mass, track carbon storage, and help scientists monitor climate change.

You can watch the launch live on ESA Web TV from 10:00AM (BST).

#SpaceForClimate #EarthObservation #ClimateAction #NCEO
April 29, 2025 at 9:08 AM
In two weeks, #Biomass launches with the first-ever P-band radar in space! It maps forests and subsurface features, enabling global forest monitoring. Fully open-source data and algorithms empower the science community to better understand and protect our planet. #ESA #EarthObservation
April 15, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Join us as a Research Associate in Tropical Methane with the EOS group at Uni of Leicester🏛️

You will be working with @drrobparker.bsky.social team on a cutting-edge Environmental Digital Twin to study wetland methane & climate change🌍

📍 Apply by 4 May
🔗 tinyurl.com/mrxzkzya

#ClimateJobs #NCEO
April 10, 2025 at 10:38 AM
🚀 We’re Hiring for a Finance Manager!

Join us at NCEO to oversee and enhance our financial processes, management & reporting in a dynamic research environment. Ideal for a finance professional looking to step up!

🔹 Full-time role
🔹 Based at Space Park Leicester

Apply now! 🔗 tinyurl.com/mrtt3hn6
January 29, 2025 at 1:45 PM
🌍 New Call for Urban Climate Solutions 🌆

@esa.int invites proposals for its CLIMATE SPACE: Climate and Cities Activity, leveraging Earth observation data to tackle urban climate impacts and risks.

📅 Submit by: 19 Feb 25

For more info>> tinyurl.com/3kzxmwac

#ClimateAction #UrbanResilience #ESA
January 23, 2025 at 10:32 AM
NCEO scientists contribute to a groundbreaking peer-reviewed study revealing the true scale of the 2022 #NordStream methane leak – the largest single release ever recorded. Learn more: www.nceo.ac.uk/news-media/c... @unep.org @space4climate.bsky.social
January 15, 2025 at 4:14 PM
NCEO Prof Martin Wooster was interviewed on #SkyNews Breakfast with Anna Jones this morning (8.40am if you watch the recording) discussing the wildfires in California - news.sky.com/watch-live @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social @space4climate.bsky.social
January 10, 2025 at 8:58 AM
We are thrilled to join @bsky.app and can't wait to connect with the #Earth Observation and #climate science community!

At NCEO we use satellite data to understand our changing planet. From monitoring #climatechange and #land use to studying #airquality and natural hazards.

Follow us for updates🚀
January 9, 2025 at 1:14 PM