🌍🔥The 2023 wildfire season saw the fourth largest burnt area on record in the European Union, at a total of around 500,000 ha.

Read more about wildfires in 2023 in the #ESOTC report 👉climate.copernicus.eu/esotc/2023/wil…

#InternationalFirefightersDay

My column on Conservatives who voted for voter ID not having voter ID

theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Pocket Meadow special offers are still available from the website for May sowing - order here meadowinmygarden.co.uk/products/pocke…
And if you're visiting Toby's Garden Fest on 3-4 May, join the project and visit our stall for a freebie! #PocketMeadows

Recent request from Business and Trade Committee to National Audit Office to investigate Teeside Freeport turned down as NAO has limit statutory powers, & no request from a Govt Minister.

Darren Jones MP would The Labour Party under Keir Starmer commit to update National Audit Act of 1983 ?

bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

New Zealand is on course to associate to Horizon Europe’s successor in 2028, science minister MP Judith Collins has said, as she tries to reorientate the country’s partnerships towards states that respect intellectual property laws tinyurl.com/yfwk8fwa

The fifth round of the West of England Combined Authority's Business Innovation Fund is open for applications📝

Successful applicants could receive a grant of up to £25,000 (match funded) to help them progress research and development activity🤩

Find out more > shorturl.at/uxMO2👀

View a series of maps of the Mount Ruang volcanic eruption in Indonesia: bit.ly/3JozUCY
Though clouds obscure our view in some of the optical imagery, these maps compare the area before and after the eruption and estimate pyroclastic debris on the island.

DYK?

EUMETSAT has recently published the #Earth Observation “Data Visualisation Good Practice” guide to help users craft impactful stories using #Copernicus #OpenData

Read more in this week's #Copernicus Observer 👇
e.copernicus.eu/OBS_EoData_Sto…

Our first two WorldView Legion spacecraft deployed their solar arrays and started receiving and sending signals! Now we’ll begin commissioning them for collecting imagery. Thanks SpaceX for the ride to orbit!
More details here: maxar.com/press-releases…

#satelliteimagery …

🇬🇧 researchers - the COST programme is a great #funding opportunity to expand your research network 👩‍🔬🕸️!

Consider signing up for the #COSTactions newsletter to stay informed ⬇️, and don't forget to📩 [email protected] for free advice!

#UK #collaboration #AcademicTwitter

Everything is about local election results today.

But there’s a looming problem for politicians to address.

‘Late general election puts government spending on ‘cliff edge’

Find out more in our new Institute for Government paper, reported in today’s The Times and The Sunday Times

thetimes.co.uk/article/fe64c7…

Dam collapse and death toll rises in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Disasters Charter activated.

This part of S America is not part of Copernicus EU #Sentinel1 acquisition plan. Maybe Umbra, ICEYE or Capella Space can acquire a view of the floods ?

bbc.co.uk/news/world-lat…

BREAKING: We have a new Police & Crime Commissioner for Avon & Somerset Police..

Follow the local election & PCC results here ➡️ bbc.in/3QsYgPL

Quite something when former PM Boris Johnson - who introduced voter ID requirement - is turned away from his polling station after forgetting to bring his 🤦. Sky News

Digital Earth took us from #Africa to the #Pacific and back to Africa with the recent ACP-EU Development Minerals Programme workshop.
Digital Earth Africa & Digital Earth Pacific use Earth Observations to detect illegal mining. The pilot phase with the #Fiji gov has been a resounding success!

Shameful and shocking ...

'45% of Gaza's farmland shows significant damage due to the ongoing conflict'

Simon Proud Pallab Ghosh Copernicus EU Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt

Ouch.

UK Govt Ministers using the wrong time series data to fit their own argument is a form of misinformation.

I hope the next incoming Govt commit to provide a lot more honesty and transparency around facts and figures.

The HyImpulse Technologies SR75-1 mission is scheduled to launch tomorrow, 3 May at 2.30pm ACST from Southern Launch's Koonibba Test Range in South Australia.

This is the first high power rocket permit to be issued under Australian law.

📸Southern Launch