20,000 years ago, Earth was in an Ice Age! Most of our planet was covered in ice, in…
Oil is an essential part of modern life. Without this precious fuel, cars and lorries would stay off…
Millions of people in the southern United States are watching with bated breath as a huge, brown monster…
Many cars are now being fitted with satellite navigation devices, which tell the driver how to get from…
With only a few weeks to go before the start of the Beijing Olympics, Chinese officials have been…
A new global portrait taken from space details Earth’s land cover with a resolution never before obtained. ESA,…
To celebrate Europe Day, ESA is offering you a chance to win a poster showing Europe as seen…
Dust is a great traveller. It is not uncommon for a fine coating of dust from Africa’s Sahara…
The mountain gorilla is one of our closest relatives in the animal world. Unfortunately, these intelligent apes are…
Imagine everyone in Glasgow, Turin or Lyons being forced out of their homes. This is the scale of…
Forests cover almost a third of world’s land surface. Many of them are so vast that the only…
Mountain gorillas are close human relatives. However, hunting and the destruction of forests are threatening them with extinction.…
Every year, between 1 and 2 million people die from malaria. This deadly disease is spread from infected…
Clouds of choking smog; beaches coated in oil; rivers turned red by chemicals. All of these are obvious…
Based on 18 months of Envisat observations, this high-resolution global atmospheric map of nitrogen dioxide pollution makes clear…
