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CarbonARA: International Climate Science Team Launches Groundbreaking Campaign in the Amazon

Posted on: 2 October, 2025 Last updated on: 2 October, 2025 Written by: fp86 Categorized in: News

European Space Agency (ESA) has launched the CarbonARA project, led by the Earth Observation and Wildfire Research Group and the National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO) at King’s College London. CarbonARA brings together a skilled, interdisciplinary team of UK, European, and Brazilian partners to deliver an ambitious field campaign in the eastern Amazon.

Canadian Wildfires Campaign

Posted on: 24 January, 2024 Last updated on: 28 January, 2025 Written by: fp86 Categorized in: Research Insights

Earth observation is vital in air quality modelling and assessments, particularly in regions where substantial and reliable ground networks are unavailable. The King’s NCEO team have produced algorithms that utilise satellite observations of active fires to estimate emissions of fire-sourced particulate matter.

Thermal Hotspots & Haze over Northern Thailand, Laos and Vietnam on April 6th, 2023 (Source: NASA Worldview)

Air Quality Research in Southeast Asia

Posted on: 23 January, 2024 Last updated on: 28 January, 2025 Written by: fp86 Categorized in: Research Insights

Global and regional atmospheric models suggest that every spring, air quality in parts of Northern Southeast Asia is amongst the worst in the world, apparently due to smoke from biomass burning.

Air quality impacts from fires

Posted on: 23 January, 2024 Last updated on: 28 January, 2025 Written by: fp86 Categorized in: Research Insights

Earth observation is vital in air quality modelling and assessments, particularly in regions where substantial and reliable ground networks are unavailable.