Images from orbit
The reality of facts
By Piero Boccardo, Professor of Geomatics at Politecnico di Torino (DIST). Each contribution is a narrative through Earth observation data.
A satellite analysis and a cross-check of public AIS data paint a more nuanced, but no less troubling, picture of the tanker queue reported by the international press
A new oil terminal at Sever Bay, on the Taymyr Peninsula, gives Moscow a more direct link to Asian buyers while reducing exposure to sea passages controlled by other countries. Copernicus satellite data and ship tracking show the project is already up and running
Data from the Global Wildfire Information System describe a fire season out of scale compared to Europe's, and at the same time well below the continent's own historical average
