Kick-off date: 9 September 2024

Suggested for: up to 19 years old

Are you curious about our home planet and what we can do to protect it? Join Climate Detectives, explore your local environment and make a difference in understanding and protecting Earth.

• Climate Detectives Kids. Complete activities focusing on climate or planet Earth, collect evidence and earn your Detectives badges! Climate Detectives Kids
• Climate Detectives: Investigate a local climate or environmental problem using Earth Observation data.  Climate Detectives.

Check out the amazing work done by the Climate Detectives Teams in 2022-2023 and visit the project gallery.

Climate Detectives is run by ESA in collaboration with its ESERO network.

The River Dodder Detectives, Ireland Showcase – The team investigated how Climate Change has affected the river Dodder’s ecosystem, using indicators such as pH, temperature, dissolved oxygen, presence of the mayfly and stonefly.

Climate Detectives is a European Space Agency school project for students between the ages of 8 and 16 years.  Teams of students are challenged to identify and investigate a local climate problem using real satellite images, historical climate data, or even their own measurements.  Based on the conclusions of their investigations, students are called to ‘make a difference’ and propose a way to monitor, reduce, or raise awareness of the problem.  Participation in the Climate Detectives project helps to develop Scientific and 21^st Century Skills.

The Climate Detective project will launched in September and is open to all students aged between 8 years and 19 years

Climate Detectives has three phases as follows:

Phase 1: Identify a Climate Problem (September to November)

• Engage the students
• Identify the research question
• Identify the Earth observation data to be investigated
• Submit the investigation plan

Phase 2:  Investigate the Climate Problem (November to April)

• Collect data
• Organise and manage data
• Analyse data and draw conclusions

Phase 3: Make a Difference

• Decide on any actions to be taken
• Showcase the project
• Share the project with a wider audience / Climate Detectives community

For more information on how to take part click here for the ESA Climate Detectives Website