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CM22 proposals support the UN SDGs

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Watch live: Global Space Conference on Climate Change

22/05/2023 2444 views 74 likes
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Sea-surface temperature January to mid-May 2023
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Our oceans are in hot water

17/05/2023 10023 views 107 likes
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Systematic Threat Analysis Radiation from Space key visual

ESA is calling for Citizen Scientists

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Reducing debris creation
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Making space more sustainable, one rating at a time

27/03/2023 4168 views 47 likes
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Gaia mapping the stars of the Milky Way
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Amateur astronomers needed: help classify stars with Gaia's…

21/03/2023 15202 views 239 likes
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Above ground biomass
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Recovering forests regain a quarter of carbon lost from def…

15/03/2023 9250 views 74 likes
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Rare 7.6kg meteorite
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Copernicus Sentinel-2 helps explorers unearth rare meteorite

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Blaze at Türkiye's Iskenderun port

20/02/2023 664 views 3 likes
Blaze at Türkiye's Iskenderun port
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Destruction in Turkish city of Antakya

20/02/2023 3054 views 33 likes
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Marine plastic litter detection at Deltares

Video: Can marine plastic litter be spotted from space?

Investigating the concept of marine plastic litter detection from orbit

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Hibernation. We research. You benefit.

25/01/2023 2708 views 52 likes
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Wireless power from space

09/11/2022 18827 views 242 likes
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Pakistan inundated

01/09/2022 50589 views 309 likes
Data captured from space by Copernicus Sentinel-1 on 30 August was used to map the extent of flooding that is currently devastating Pakistan.
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Drought causes Yangtze to shrink

24/08/2022 16913 views 150 likes
A record-breaking drought has caused parts of the Yangtze River to dry up – affecting hydropower, shipping routes and limiting drinking water supplies. Images captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission show a comparison of the Yangtze and Jialing rivers, near Chongqing, over the last three years.
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    Webinar recap: Space solutions to ocean problems

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    Space supports a rapid and resilient response to crises

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    The role of cybersecurity in disaster management

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    Satellite technology to help fight crime

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    Join ESA webinars to discover space solutions to ocean problems

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    All 1200 islands that make up the Republic of Maldives are featured in this spectacular image captured by Copernicus Sentinel-3.
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    World Environment Day: ESA supports shift to a greener world

    03/06/2022 2093 views 40 likes
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    Space for a Green Future
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    'Spot the difference' to help reveal Rosetta image secrets

    05/05/2022 11477 views 192 likes
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    Satellites for safer seas… and a safer world!

    08/11/2021 2075 views 60 likes
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    Space for Earth: How ESA supports the SDGs
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    ESA and the Sustainable Development Goals

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