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In yesterday’s #LPS25 session ‘Celebrating 15 Years of CryoSat for climate science’ we heard from a range of scientists on the importance of this special mission. It inspired us to write this blog 👇 10 things we ❤️ about @esa.int CryoSat-2 cpom.org.uk/10-things-we...

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10 things we love about CryoSat-2 - CPOM On Wednesday at the European Space Agency’s Living Planet Symposium 2025 we had a fantastic celebration of a very special satellite mission: CryoSat. CryoSat-2 is very close to our hearts here at the UK Centre for Observation and Modelling (CPOM), due to the crucial role the intrepid Earth Explorer plays in gathering data on the Earth’s ice sheets, sea ice, ice shelves and glaciers. Without this information, we wouldn’t have made the significant leaps forward in polar and climate science over the last two decades. In the session ‘Celebrating 15 Years of CryoSat for climate science’ led by Tommaso Parrinello (Aeolus and CryoSat Mission Manager, ESA, we heard from a range of scientists on the importance of this mission and how it has contributed to our understanding of the cryosphere, its impact on the wider Earth systems and sea level rise, as well as how it will continue to shape the future of climate science. To mark this special occasion, we have put together this list of 10 cool things we love about CyroSat-2 from yesterday’s fascinating series of talks on the mission. But this is just the tip of the iceberg (sorry!). There’s still so much to learn from CryoSat, and you can do that by following updates from @esa_cryosat on X. CryoSat’s journey is not over yet, by any means! https://cpom.org.uk/10-things-we-love-about-cryosat-2/