Webinar Series: Monitoring climate change from space

This month's webinar:

Permafrost and Climate Change: Insights from CCI data

Date: 22 April 2026

Time: 16:00 - 17:00 CEST

Join Annett Bartsch on April 22nd for an insightful webinar on how satellite data can be used to monitor permafrost from space. Annett is Managing Director of b.geos as well as the Science Lead for ESA's Climate Change Initiative (CCI) Permafrost project.

This webinar will focus on the ESA CCI Permafrost project providing an overview on the type and magnitude of changes related to permafrost thaw and how these are quantified.

The webinar will:

• Explain how permafrost thaw can be identified from space
• Discuss the differences between Arctic lowlands and mountain areas
• Highlight where the hotspots of permafrost thaw are located
• Explore the different Earth observation approaches that are needed to capture changes in lowland and mountain areas.
  

Register for the Webinar here

The ESA CCI is a major research effort that generates global, decades-long satellite data records to track and understand key aspects of the Earth's climate system, known as Essential Climate Variables (ECVs).