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Promotional banner for the CMIP 2026 Community Workshop, 9–13 March, Kyoto, Japan. The image shows Mount Fuji with a snow-capped peak, a traditional red Japanese pagoda on the right, and cherry blossom trees in the foreground. A stylised red sun and the event title are overlaid in the upper left corner.

The CMIP Community Workshop 2026 is underway in Kyoto! 🌍 Scientists discuss advances in climate modelling & the observation-modelling interface. Close to home: the CMIP project office has been co-located with ESA's Climate Office at ECSAT since 2022 🛰️
More information: cmip2026.org

Quote from scientist Anny Cazenave about sea level rise on a blue background

Join us for our sea level webinar and meet Anny Cazenave! She is a scientist at University Toulouse and has spent her career using satellite data to reveal what the oceans tell us about our changing climate. Register here to hear her insights: tinyurl.com/4bc6ez6b

Four-panel visual: top row Sentinel‑3 SLSTR surface directional reflectances in blue; bottom row derived land surface temperatures in yellow–green.

Combine climate data sources like never before to gain deeper insights! New example applications show how Climate Change Initiative data integrates with data from the Copernicus Dataspace Ecosystem. Find out more: github.com/esa-cci/ect-...

Insights from our greenhouse gas webinar with Michael Buchwitz:
🔎Satellite observations help us to monitor atmospheric concentrations and to identify emission sources and sinks
➡️Algorithms power climate services, turning satellite data into actionable climate intelligence
Recording available here:

ESA Webinar poster: aerial view of rocky coastline and waves with text 'Sea level rise and climate change', date 18/03/2026, and a call to action to register.

Coastal cities, island nations, millions of people: all affected by a number measured in millimetres. On 18 March, scientist Anny Cazenave will show how satellites track sea level rise on a global, regional and coastal scale, and what it tells us about our changing climate: tinyurl.com/4bc6ez6b

Two researchers in colorful winter gear work on snow-covered Antarctic terrain next to a red twin-propeller aircraft under a clear blue sky. Footprints lead through the snow toward a small equipment stand in the foreground.

Job alert! @northumbriauni.bsky.social is hiring a researcher to investigate tipping points in Antarctica's ice sheets – funded by ESA's Climate Change Initiative 🧊🌍

📍 Newcastle, UK | 14-month position
📅 Apply by 13 March 2026
🔗 work4.northumbria.ac.uk#en/sites/CX_...

As part of @esa.int's Climate Change Initiative Snow project, @unibe.ch developed a 45-year global daily snow cover record, spanning from 1979 to 2023.❄️

The dataset will support climate modelling and permafrost research to better understand the Earth's climate system.

Read more here: t1p.de/n5h6v

Ocean Sciences Meeting 2026 Join AGU, TOS, and ASLO for the Ocean Sciences Meeting, held 22-27 February 2026, in Glasgow, Scotland. The meeting is the flagship conference for the ocean sciences community and the larger ocean-con...

How has our understanding of the oceans been shaped by Earth observation?
Join @connorssl.bsky.social at #OSM26 for the Town Hall 'Advances in Earth Observation at the Midpoint of the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science'.
📅 27 February, 12:45–1:45 pm
📍 SEC, Room Alsh
www.agu.org/ocean-scienc...

Ocean Sciences Meeting 2026 Join AGU, TOS, and ASLO for the Ocean Sciences Meeting, held 22-27 February 2026, in Glasgow, Scotland. The meeting is the flagship conference for the ocean sciences community and the larger ocean-con...

Learn more about the Ocean Science Meeting: www.agu.org/ocean-scienc...

A view of the Scottish Event Campus beside the River Clyde with its curved, shell-like auditorium and a cable-stayed pedestrian bridge in the foreground

🌊Attending #OSM26 in Glasgow? Don't miss the ESA Forum!
Learn about @esa.int's latest ocean EO activities, upcoming calls & funding opportunities for 2026–2028, plus info on fellowships & programmes for early-career scientists.🛰️
Tag a colleague & spread the word!
📆 26 Feb | 4-5 pm
📍 SEC, Hall 1

Present your latest Land Surface Temperature research at the next User Workshop 📊

📝 Submit your abstract for the fourth Land Surface Temperature workshop by 6 March 2026.

The workshop will take place
📅 12-14 May 2026
📍 Reading, UK (Met Office)

Find out more👇
climate.esa.int/en/projects/...

Grand merci to the Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées for hosting @calbergel.bsky.social, who spoke about @esa.int's Climate Change Initiative's mission to develop long-term, global satellite data to better understand the climate system and guide international action.🛰️🌍

With knowledge comes evidence-based decisions and action. The '10 New Insights in Climate Science' is a collaborative effort between @futureearth.bsky.social, the EarthLeague, and @wcrpclimate.bsky.social, with data contributions from ESA's Climate Change Initiative. 🌍

Atmospheric methane trends 2003-2025 from satellite data showing rising global concentrations

Atmospheric carbon dioxide trends 2003-2025 from satellites showing steady global rise

1 day to go! Tomorrow at 16:00 CET, Michael Buchwitz will guide you through two decades of satellite-based greenhouse gas observations. This webinar is open to anyone interested in satellite observations of greenhouse gases, and no prior expertise is required. Secure your spot now: tally.so/r/RGPlvQ

💻Join our webinar 'Satellite retrievals of carbon dioxide and methane & related applications' with Michael Buchwitz on 18 Feb and learn about past, present and ongoing activities of ESA's Greenhouse Gas Climate Change Initiative project from retrieval algorithms to applications: tally.so/r/RGPlvQ

Webinar: Satellite retrievals of carbon dioxide and methane & related applications

Join the webinar on 18 February : tally.so/r/RGPlvQ

Quote from climate scientist Michael Buchwitz about satellite greenhouse gas monitoring

Meet Michael Buchwitz! Since 1993, he has been pioneering satellite retrievals of greenhouse gases (GHG) at Bremen University. As former Science Lead of ESA's GHG Climate Change Initiative project, he developed algorithms that transform satellite data into climate intelligence.

Why did methane spike during COVID? The atmosphere lost its ability to break down methane while wetlands released more due to wetter La Niña conditions. New study exposes gaps in climate models. climate.esa.int/en/news-even...

Webinar: Satellite retrievals of carbon dioxide and methane & related applications

How do satellites measure invisible greenhouse gases from space? Join our webinar ‘Satellite retrievals of carbon dioxide and methane & related applications’ on 18 February to discover two decades of CO₂ and methane observations and what they reveal about our climate.
Registration is now open:

As fires contribute up to 35% of GHG emissions, tracking burned areas is essential for climate research.

An extended version of Sentinel-3 SYN Burned Area products is available through the ESA Climate Change Initiative Open Data Portal.

Grid product: t1p.de/7lwut
Pixel product: t1p.de/sbc1g

RECCAP-2 Climate Space The ESA-funded Climate Space RECCAP-2 project refines greenhouse gas budgets for key global regions like the Amazon, Siberia, Europe, and Northern peatlands, using high-resolution satellite imagery a...

Congrats to Philippe Ciais – named world's best environmental scientist 2025/26 by Research.com! 🎉
He leads a research project investigating global greenhouse gas budgets using satellite and atmospheric data as part of the ESA Climate Change Initiative: climate.esa.int/en/supportin...

© Leclercq et al. (2026). Detection of a change in trend in the sum of components (thermosteric plus 464 barystatic) time series over 2005-2020 using the BEAST tool. (a) Original sum of components 465 time series. (b) Probability of trend change with a peak at 2012.25 (black cross) and a total 466 probability of 100% between 2012.09 and 2012.82. (c) Linearly detrended time series. (d) 467 Probability of trend change with a peak at 2012.25 (black cross) and a total probability of 99% 468 between 2012.09 and 2012.85. Orange lines represent linear trends.

Global sea level rise is not steady – it jumps🌊
A study in @natcomms.nature.com reveals an abrupt leap in sea level rise rates between 2010–2012, challenging assumptions of gradual trends & linking the shift to natural climate cycles and human activity. climate.esa.int/en/news-even...

27 years of data to help us understand Permafrost warming!

@esa.int's Climate Change Initiative has released version 5.0 of their Permafrost datasets - the most comprehensive collection so far, spanning from 1997 to 2023.

Find the data here: t1p.de/ybdh8

Read about all 10 new insights in the paper: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Graphs illustrating global trends in sea surface temperature and the causes of ocean warming from 1985 to 2023.

Insight from '10 New Insights in Climate Science 2025': our climate system is under increasing strain, with accelerating ocean warming and the warmest sea surface temperatures. @sophiehebden.bsky.social & Chris Merchant contributed as co-authors with ESA Climate Change Initiative data expertise.

In Conversation With the European Space Agency team: Breakfast with Dr Clement Albergel, PhD, Head of the Actionable Climate Information Join us for an exclusive event featuring Dr Clement Albergel, PhD, Head of the Actionable Climate Information Programme at the European Space Agency.

How are satellite data and AI reshaping climate intelligence, sustainability, and business resilience?

@calbergel.bsky.social, Head of ESA's Actionable Climate Information Programm, will join a discussion on the issue, hosted by the French Chamber of Great Britain:

📅21 January
📍London

You can find the dataset that the scientists used for the study here: climate.esa.int/en/catalogue...

Aerial view of burned area landscape with dirt road crossing charred terrain and distant mountains

🔥 Scientists significantly improved estimates of fire emissions and carbon stocks by entering satellite-based burned area data from the European Space Agency Climate Change Initiative into Dynamic Global Vegetation Models.
➡️ link.springer.com/article/10.1...

HE Space Operations - Leading manpower services partner to the European space sector HE Space Operations, part of CS GROUP, is specialised in personnel recruitment with its focus exclusively on space agencies and the space industry.

📢The @wcrpclimate.bsky.social seeks a Director for the CORDEX International Project Office – based at @esa.int UK centre.
Key tasks: manage a global team, engage scientists worldwide, and shape the future of regional climate model projections.
📅 Closes: 13 Feb 2026
🔗 www.hespace.com/vacancies/di...

Jakobshavn Glacier velocity map from Sentinel-1 showing one of world's fastest outlet glaciers

How do we track ice flow movements?🧊
The Antarctic Ice Sheet Climate Change Initiative project is advancing ice velocity algorithms – improving data coverage & preparing for upcoming missions like ROSE-L. Essential work for understanding change in sea-level.
👉 climate.esa.int/en/news-even...