News articles tagged with 'Envisat'
Last 'tango' in space
— 3 Nov 2010 19:10 | EnvironmentAdding to their unique information from previous tandem missions, ESA's ERS-2 and Envisat satellites have been paired up again - for the last time. Data from this final duet are generating…
Oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico nears the coast
— 1 May 2010 10:51 | EnvironmentIn this latest image acquired by ESA's Envisat on Thursday at 16:23 UTC, oil from the massive spill in the Gulf of Mexico can be seen as a dark blue swirl advancing toward the Louisiana…
ESA campaign reveals glimpse of future Sentinel-3 imagery
— 9 Sep 2009 11:50 | EnvironmentAs part of the development process for ESA's Sentinel-3 Earth observation mission, remote-sensing experts carried out an extensive experiment campaign across southern Europe this summer.…
Satellite imagery shows fragile Wilkins Ice Shelf destabilised
— 30 Apr 2009 11:58 | EnvironmentSatellite images show that icebergs have begun to calve from the northern front of the Wilkins Ice Shelf - indicating that the huge shelf has become unstable. This follows the collapse…
Satellites show how Earth moved during Italy quake
— 15 Apr 2009 14:53 | Geology and palaeontologyStudying satellite radar data from ESA's Envisat and the Italian Space Agency's COSMO-SkyMed, scientists have begun analysing the movement of Earth during and after the 6.3 earthquake…
Collapse of the ice bridge supporting Wilkins Ice Shelf appears imminent
— 3 Apr 2009 13:22 | EnvironmentThe Wilkins Ice Shelf is at risk of partly breaking away from the Antarctic Peninsula as the ice bridge that connects it to Charcot and Latady Islands looks set to collapse. The beginning…
Vendee Globe route seen from above
— 15 Dec 2008 16:24 | TechnologyWind and wave data from ESA's Envisat satellite radar are being used to observe meteorological conditions in the track of the Vendee Globe solo round-the-world yacht race…
ESA satellites focusing on the Arctic
— 3 Dec 2008 07:38 | EnvironmentThe Arctic is undergoing rapid transformation due to climate change, pollution and human activity. ESA's ERS and Envisat satellites have been providing satellite data of the region…
Arctic sea ice thinning at record rate
— 29 Oct 2008 13:56 | EnvironmentThe thickness of sea ice in large parts of the Arctic declined by as much as 19% last winter compared to the previous five winters, according to data from ESA's Envisat satellite. Using…
2008 ozone hole larger than last year
— 8 Oct 2008 03:15 | EnvironmentThe 2008 ozone hole - a thinning in the ozone layer over Antarctica - is larger both in size and ozone loss than 2007 but is not as large as 2006. Ozone is a protective atmospheric…