Neil Fletcher

It's #MetopSGA1 LAUNCH DAY! 🚀

Teams at the European Spaceport in Kourou are making final preparations for lift off at 21:37 local time (00:37 UTC, 02:37 CEST on August 13). 🛰️

Stay tuned with us for updates - and for all you night owls, watch the action live here: bit.ly/45bv6N3

Multiple plumes of smoke can be seen over Portugal & Spain in this video captured from space by Meteosat‑12 between 28-30 July.

Parts of Europe have already experienced many wildfires this summer, made worse by recent high temperatures & low humidity/high winds, making the fires harder to contain.

🛰 One satellite, two missions, 15 years of development: expert spotlight underway!

Our partners at ESA, TAS, OHB, DLR & Airbus take the stage to reflect on the years of collaboration and innovation that are about to take flight! #MTGS1 #Copernicus #Sentinel4

Starting very shortly!
Watch the LIVE launch of #MTGS1 here: www.eumetsat.int/watch-launch...

Did somebody say LAUNCH DAY? 🚀
MTG-S1 is leaving Earth today! Join us live with all the action from 21:15 CEST via our official stream: bit.ly/4kj4YEk

Use #MTGS1 to jump into the conversation.
Follow us here all day for updates, behind-the-scenes, and more! 🛰️

MTG-S1-satelliitin laukaisua voi seurata tänään illalla suorassa lähetyksessä. 🚀

Striimi ▶️ bit.ly/4kj4YEk

Satelliitilla saadaan lähes reaaliaikaista tietoa ilmakehän tilasta Euroopan ja Afrikan pohjoisosan yltä. Euroopan yltä voidaan ensimmäistä kertaa mitata ilmanlaatua useita kertoja päivässä.

New #OA paper on SEASCAPE CONNECTIVITY: Evidence, knowledge gaps and implications for temperate coastal ecosystem restoration practice and policy. Check it out! nature.com/articles/s44...

Is the ocean ‘having a moment’? This was the UN summit where the world woke up to the decline of the seas A slew of global leaders met in the south of France to discuss the future of the oceans. There was ‘momentum’ and ‘enthusiasm’, but there were critical voices too

"Never before have so many heads of state and governments met to discuss the seas" - UNOC2025 in Nice #highseastreaty #EUOceanPact www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Dragging heavy nets across the seafloor isn’t protection—it’s destruction. So why is bottom trawling allowed across Europe's "protected" areas?

At #UNOC3, we're calling on governments to ban bottom trawling in marine protected areas. Ocean protection must be real protection.

YouTube video by EUMETSAT Monitoring the oceans from space

How do satellites help protect our oceans? 🌊

@eumetsat.int marine expert Hayley Evers-King explains how data from Copernicus ocean-monitoring satellites support everything from weather forecasts to ocean policy and ocean health 🛰️

📑 #NewStudy by Gooden et al. looked at how the suitable habitat for White Sharks will alter under different #climatechange scenarios.

This will help predict changing interactions between humans and #sharks 🦈

👀 doi.org/10.1093/ices...

See How Marine Heat Waves Are Spreading Across the Globe

As politicians from around the world discuss the ocean in Nice this week for #UNOC3, the ocean itself continues to warm from climate change. My latest story dives into the toll this takes on marine wildlife and fisheries: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/c...

The ocean is the blue heart of our planet.

But its rhythms are disrupted by pollution and exploitation.

This week, we tabled the 🇪🇺 Ocean Pact.

Our strategy to turn the tide towards lasting protection.

Monday, our ambitions are going global at the UN Ocean Conference.

Europe invests in the health of the ocean!

With €1 billion to promote sustainable fisheries and regenerate maritime ecosystems.

Knowledge is key for ocean conservation.

So an important part of these funds will support researchers in helping us understand and protect the seas.

Great to be at #UNOC3 in Nice where the ocean is on every street corner, as it deserves to be

🌊🤝 EUMETSAT and Mercator Ocean International strengthen ties for a sustainable ocean future!

A future agreement will enhance access to and use of satellite and oceanographic data, supporting EU Ocean policies and global sustainability.
#UNOC3 #CopernicusEU #MarineData #OceanScience #BlueEconomy

🌊 Great to be part of the EU Digital Ocean Pavilion at the UN Ocean Conference in Nice!

Visit La Baleine to explore the pavilion - a dynamic space to connect, learn, and co-create solutions for a more sustainable blue future. #unoc3
Follow online - www.digitaloceanpavilion.eu/content/live

OTD in 2018, the Copernicus Sentinel-3B satellite launched to join -3A in orbit to monitor the oceans, land, ice, & atmosphere. 🛰️
Next year, this duo will become a trio when Sentinel-3C launches 🚀
Find out more about the mission here: www.eumetsat.int/sentinel-3

🌍🌐 Register now for the 4th #DestinE User eXchange on 25 and 26 June in Vienna. Hosted by @esa.int and co-organised by #ECMWF and @eumetsat.int, this User eXchange will spotlight user engagement, practical applications, and technical developments across DestinE. ➡️ destine.ecmwf.int/news/registe...

Octopus jumps shark and goes for a ride on its back Researchers spot orange Maori octopus clinging to back of large shark off coast of New Zealand in December 2023

Octopus jumps shark and goes for a ride on its back www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Appropriate use of humor can make science communication more effective, study suggests Authoritative, intelligent, responsible, serious—if you were asked to describe the general figure of a scientist, you would probably use adjectives like these. However, "funny" would likely not be the...

phys.org/news/2025-03...

🚨 ESA Research Call on #Biodiversity & #Climate 🚨

Submit proposals on use of satellite climate records to study #ecosystem health & climate dynamics - to improve #nature positive action and support #UNFCCC Paris Agreement

📅 Deadline 27/2/2025
More climate.esa.int/en/news-even... #IPCC #IPBES

Small satellites are monitoring ocean conditions from space The innovative satellite is providing researchers with unparalleled data on ocean phenomena, particularly algae blooms.

🔭 Small satellites are creating a big opportunity for ocean conservation! By monitoring ocean conditions from space, researchers can gain critical insights to protect marine life and the state of our oceans. https://bit.ly/4jMhNIe 🌊💙
Via @earthdotcom.bsky.social

Just been looking at the world's biggest iceberg #A23a 🧊 from the lofty heights of Meteosat-12 🛰️, 36,000km above the Earth.

Imagery is updated every 10 minutes and you can access the viewer here shorturl.at/zTpbV @eumetsat.bsky.social

Our Image of the Week shows the world’s largest iceberg, A23a, near the island of South Georgia in the Southern Ocean.

Captured by one of the @CopernicusEU #Sentinel3 satellites.

Learn more: bit.ly/40V9odO

"It's like a glimpse of a world before people arrived" – vast marine sanctuary declared in middle of Pacific Ocean

www.discoverwildlife.com/environment/...

🚨📢 Call for short and tiny Papers 🚨📢

for the third Machine Learning for Remote Sensing workshop at ICLR 2025 in Singapore!

Deadline in 3 weeks on February 3rd!

Check the website ⬇️ for submission details
ml-for-rs.github.io/iclr2025/

@iclr-conf.bsky.social

📢Exciting news! The latest version of the #CopernicusMarine Toolbox is now available‼️

Thanks to valuable feedback from our user community, we've updated the Toolbox to improve performance and overall user experience🌊

Read more at👇
marine.copernicus.eu/news/new-rel...

Red List Status & Extinction Risk of the World’s Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises published in Conservation Biology showed that 1 in 4 cetacean species (26% of 92) were assessed as threatened (Critically Endangered, Endangered, Vulnerable)
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...