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Cross-border · Research collaboration

European Commission and ESA launch joint website showcasing research on the changing planet

The European Commission and the European Space Agency have launched a joint website showcasing collaborative research on the changing planet, linked to their Earth System Science Initiative.

Photo: almathias / Wikimedia Commons, CC0

Why it matters: Researchers in European projects studying environmental change are directly concerned by the joint Commission–ESA initiative, which the Commission says connects such projects.

The European Commission's research directorate reported that the Commission and the European Space Agency (ESA) have launched a joint website showcasing collaborative research on the changing planet.

According to the Commission, the joint Earth System Science Initiative connects European research projects to improve understanding of environmental change.

The Commission said the initiative also aims to provide knowledge relevant to European policies and to society.

Editor’s view

Joseph Lopez, Collaboration Editor

European research projects on environmental change are the ones the joint Earth System Science Initiative connects, and the step the Commission and ESA have taken is the launch of a joint website showcasing that collaborative research.

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