Articles about space for climate monitoring
The European Space Agency ESA is offering support and funding to companies developing services to help alleviate water scarcity problems. THE CHALLENGE Water is one of the most important substances on Earth and covers 70% of the planet. However, freshwater makes up a very small fraction with 97% being saline and ocean-based. While the amount […]Read More
For many of us it is the first thing we look at when getting our smartphone in the morning: the weather! Satellites play a crucial role in modern weather forecasts and developments in space technology will help improve these forecasts even more in the future. This week the Netherlands Space Office (NSO) published an interview […]Read More
Space technologies can make a decisive contribution to fulfilling the EU Green Deal, with the full support of the German space sector. On December 11, 2019, the European Commission presented the European Green Deal to the citizens of the European Union with the aim of addressing the challenges of climate change and making Europe the […]Read More
A recent Netherlands Space Office (NSO) call has lead to 27 ideas for the use of satellites for climate adaptation and mitigation! The conclusions of the recent IPCC report were unmistakable: Climate change continues unabated and leads to weather extremes. Satellites are important for understanding the climate system and keeping an eye on weather and climate. But […]Read More
Satellites play an increasingly important role in detecting methane leaks from oil exploitation around the world. New satellites, both from government programmes like Copernicus, but also from commercial operators show that methane emissions are on the rise. Satellites can help pinpoint the problem spots with increasing accuracy though, as illustrated by below examples: Methane emissions […]Read More
Commissioned by the Netherlands Space Office, dotSPACE is launching a new initiative to support the Dutch space sector in finding relevant Horizon Europe and other European funding calls. This initiative will be organised under the name OpenCalls.Space. The project includes a portal with all relevant calls, including factsheets, and a series of information webinars. dotSPACE […]Read More
Cruise ship maintenance in the middle of Amsterdam In April 2021 a group of 250 fathers from Amsterdam had enough of the inconvenience they experienced from a docked cruise ship. Since mid-March, clouds of smoke had been coming from the ship and were blowing over Amsterdam. Because the people of Amsterdam wanted to know what […]Read More
“All CO2 emissions to date may already lead to a warming of more than 2 degrees”, a new study shows. “Future emissions are added to that. Such a high level of warming has major consequences for the Netherlands”, warns Professor of Physical Geography Maarten Kleinhans of Utrecht University. Last Thursday, Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI) […]Read More
In our monthly webinar series, Eurisy and dotSpace bring together research, government and industry experts to talk about innovative solutions and funding opportunities. This week the focus is on Space for Forestry. This multidisciplinary initiative provides an open networking and knowledge sharing platform where space and non-space professionals exchange ideas, discover opportunities and meet each […]Read More
After a successful series of webinars this winter, Eurisy and dotSpace continue their ‘Space for Climate’ webinars into spring and summer 2021! Organised every first Wednesday of the month, these webinars bring together specialists on different topics related to space solutions for climate challenges. Monthly theme All the webinars follow the same ‘Open Campus’ format. […]Read More
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