The Pacific hurricane season officially finished on 30 November, after a particularly active few months. While the Atlantic was relatively quiet, the Eastern Pacific saw 20 named storms, making it all the way to "V" in t ...
Read MoreMasters student Christa Stipp’s childhood interest in space and the stars led to her undertaking work experience at EUMETSAT. Taking part in EUMETSAT's work experience programme triggered Christa Stipp's decision to s ...
Read MoreHalf a century ago, NASA launched the Nimbus-1 satellite. It was designed to test key instruments for the weather satellites that would come after it, and it worked for just under one month. A successful series of Nimbus ...
Read MoreSatellites need to be kept in the right position in their orbits, at the same time as they travel very quickly around the Earth. Although the launch and initial insertion into orbit give the satellite a lot of energy to ...
Read MoreAbout 60 students from Schulfdorf International School in Seeheim-Jugenheim have risen to the challenge of illustrating their ideas on how best to respond to climate change and now their thought-provoking artwork is on d ...
Read MoreAirglow looks similar to the aurorae, but can be seen all over the world. Light from cities and towns often prevents us from seeing features in the night sky, which is never completely dark. As well as escaping light ...
Read MoreIn the 1980s, scientists discovered that the layer of ozone (O3), a protective layer that shelters all life on Earth and is located in the stratosphere, was thinning. The destruction of ozone led to what is called “the o ...
Read MoreEleven years after her first visit to EUMETSAT as a student, Anna-Meagan Fairley, a young researcher with a big aim - to help prevent the spread of infectious diseases - made a trip back to the future. What does Anna’ ...
Read MoreOn some satellite images taken near mountains or islands you can see spiral patterns – these are called Von Kármán Vortex Streets or Von Kármán Vortices. Von Kármán Vortices are a physical manifestation of the large s ...
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