Little Pictures tell a story using satellite observations. Visual narratives distil complex science to highlight our climate's evolution.

Explore, create and share your own Little Picture

essential variables
global mean sea level
sea ice loss
fire fingerprints
lake area from space
tree loss vs tree gain
fire streamograph
coastal sea level
fire bubbles
lakes by count
GHG inversion
reduction in sea ice timeline
climate connections
fire diamonds
CO2 spiral
sea surface temperature

Calling data visualisation visionaries

Want to create your own Little Picture of climate? Check out our step-by-step tutorials

Enter our competition. Submit your own data-driven Little Picture to our competition (opens 1 September, 2023). Get the chance to display your data-visualisation skills at the UN COP28 climate conference and online at our gallery. Plus, if you win outright, you'll be invited to a VIP tour of ESA's Earth observation data-visualisation suite in Frascati, Italy.

Join us in making a big difference with Little Pictures of climate.