
Copernical Team
A machine learning breakthrough: using satellite images to improve human lives

MDA Tech bridges gap between disparate sensors, fire control systems

Martian global dust storm ended winter early in the south

Meet the Martian meteorite hunters

ALMA images moon-forming disk around alien world

With cutting-edge hypersonics, Russia leads in new arms race

Counting carbon

The Paris Agreement adopted a target for global warming not to exceed 1.5°C. This sets a limit on the additional carbon we can add to the atmosphere – the carbon budget. Only around 17% of the carbon budget is now left. That is about 10 years at current emission rates.
Each country reports its annual greenhouse gas emissions to the United Nations. Scientists then set these emissions against estimates of the carbon absorbed by Earth’s natural carbon sinks. This is known as the bottom-up approach to calculating the carbon budget.
Another way to track carbon sources and sinks is
Week in images: 19 - 23 July 2021

Week in images: 19 - 23 July 2021
Discover our week through the lens
Duneside view of ESA's technical heart

Earth from Space: Tarso Toussidé, Chad

The Tarso Toussidé volcanic massif is featured in this false-colour composite image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission.