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Smart Decisions for Sustainable Forest Management

Posted on: 16 November, 2023 Last updated on: 13 June, 2024 Written by: jps48 Categorized in: News

OptFor-EU is working together with forest managers and stakeholders to create a Decision Support System (DSS). This tool will offer science-backed choices for optimising forest ecosystem services (like reducing carbon) and improving forest resilience.

Methane leak in the UK detected using satellites

Posted on: 17 September, 2023 Last updated on: 13 June, 2024 Written by: jps48 Categorized in: News

An international collaboration led by the National Centre for Earth Observation scientists at the University of Leeds discovered a substantial methane leak from a faulty gas pipe near Cheltenham, Gloucestershire while using GHGSAT’s high-resolution data in March 2023.

UK associates with Copernicus €5.8bn Earth observation programme

Posted on: 8 September, 2023 Last updated on: 13 June, 2024 Written by: jps48 Categorized in: News

In a new deal announced by UK Government today, the UK will associate with Copernicus, the European Earth Observation programme in which the UK has been prominent since its inception.

More severe wet and dry extremes as rapid warming of climate continues

Posted on: 11 August, 2023 Last updated on: 13 June, 2024 Written by: jps48 Categorized in: News

The UK weather has recently been characterised by large swings between wet and dry periods, with heatwave and drought in summer 2022 followed by a series of very wet conditions with localised flooding then very dry periods with water deficits in some regions and heightened wildfire risk

UK Space Agency announces funding for EO technology

Posted on: 2 August, 2023 Last updated on: 13 June, 2024 Written by: jps48 Categorized in: News

The £15 million UK Space Agency funding announced will support the research and experimental development of space-based instruments, aimed at supporting a range of environmental services, which could include meteorology, climate monitoring, environmental management, agriculture and urban planning, and improving scientific knowledge.

Bug hotel at Plymouth Marine Laboratory.

Net-Zero Week – Biodiversity within NCEO

Posted on: 2 July, 2023 Last updated on: 13 June, 2024 Written by: jps48 Categorized in: News

During Net Zero Week we want to explore the role biodiversity has to play in helping us to reach a global net-zero, and the work NCEO and our partner institutions are doing to improve biodiversity across our centre.

UK’s AI ‘twin’ will use big data to show the way to net zero

Posted on: 14 June, 2023 Last updated on: 13 June, 2024 Written by: jps48 Categorized in: News

Professor Ashiq Anjum from the University of Leicester is leading the artificial intelligence research at the Space Park Leicester and will lead the digital twin investigations in the new project.

NCEO joins Sustainable Labs programme – LEAF

Posted on: 1 June, 2023 Last updated on: 27 June, 2024 Written by: jps48 Categorized in: News

The National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO) have joined the Laboratory Efficiency Assessment Framework (LEAF) for laboratory accreditation at its headquarters site, Space Park Leicester.

An inevitable climate breach?

Posted on: 25 May, 2023 Last updated on: 13 June, 2024 Written by: jps48 Categorized in: News

Latest inventory of Earth’s heating rate using state of the art Earth Observation measurements,

Satellite data reveals source of increased global atmospheric methane between 2020-2021

Posted on: 27 April, 2023 Last updated on: 27 June, 2024 Written by: jps48 Categorized in: News

On Monday, the 22nd of April, the National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO) and Space Park Leicester proudly commemorated their inaugural Earth Day celebration.

Drivers and impacts of Eastern African rainfall variability

Posted on: 21 March, 2023 Last updated on: 13 June, 2024 Written by: jps48 Categorized in: News

Rainfall variability in Eastern Africa is associated with considerable social and environmental impacts, including threats to water, energy and food security.

220 000 tonnes of methane likely released from Nord Stream gas leak

Posted on: 15 November, 2022 Last updated on: 7 November, 2024 Written by: Tara Thompson Categorized in: News