The 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 21/CMP 11) is being held in Le Bourget, Paris, France, until 11 December. The conference objective is for all the nations of...

The third ESA-developed satellite carrying four Earth-observing instruments has been launched, ready to provide a ‘bigger picture’ for Europe’s Copernicus environ...

Changes in the extent and thickness of glaciers, ice sheets and snow cover are indicators of temperature changes and thus climate change. If all the ice covering Greenland, the Arc...

Our society is facing many complex challenges. Climate change is related to many issues today’s governments are having to deal with. Think of food security, migration, social...

Solar parks, wind farms and biomass are examples of renewable energy sources. Use of such not only improves air, water and soil quality, but also brings economic and social benefit...

Scientists at the British Antarctic Survey have been working with a host of international collaborators to present the most detailed map yet of Antarctica’s landmass. Bedmap2...

Operation IceBridge completed its 2014 Antarctic field campaign, the sixth in a row, at the end of November. The campaign was aimed at recapturing a part of the Antarctic ice sheet...

Surveyors have a role to play in helping the Paris Climate Agreement to become reality. How come? For the first time in history, 195 countries have adopted a universal, legally bin...