Cloud radar data brought into global forecasting system
EarthCARE. Credit: ESA/ JAXA/ ECMWF. CC BY. World first as the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecast brings cloud radar data into its global forecasting system. New cloud radar data from the ESA-JAXA EarthCARE space mission is being assimilated into...
Danse Macabre! ESO releases new spooky bat image
This image shows a cloud of gas and dust, shaped like a cosmic bat. The image was obtained mostly in visible light with the VLT Survey Telescope (VST), hosted at ESO’s Paranal Observatory in Chile. The intense red glow comes from hydrogen atoms ionised by the intense...
The changing distribution of brown bears in Europe
Brown bear (Ursus arctos) feeding on fruit in a mixed forest. Credit: Vincenzo Penteriani. Climate change and interactions between species are changing the distribution of brown bears in Europe. Trophic relationships are key to understanding changes in the...