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Volume 2025 Number 29 - October 7, 2025
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Dear E-SWAN readers,
Our Committees and Working Groups are very active. We are currently preparing our Annual Report, which will be distributed soon.
We look forward to the next ESWW in Umea, Sweden!
We are pleased to invite you to the E-SWAN General Assembly, scheduled for Wednesday, 29 October 2025, from 10:00 to 10:45 CET, during ESWW2025 in Umeå. E-SWAN members who wish to attend the General Assembly but are not registered for ESWW2025 may find the connection details on the member-restricted area of the E-SWAN website. During the General Assembly, we will hold votes to approve the annual reports, budget, and other key items. This year, the election will be conducted by hand vote.
All E-SWAN members will receive detailed election information by Oct 15. New members registered for ESWW2025 will receive an activation code. To participate in the election, please activate your membership by October 15.
Enjoy reading this Newsletter!
Stefaan Poedts,
President of E-SWAN
EOCOM booklet now available in French, Italian, Dutch, Czech, and Spanish
The EOCOM team is happy to announce that the booklet "Can I Experience a Blackout Due to Solar Storms?" which explores how solar activity can disrupt power grids, using the 1989 Quebec blackout as a case study is now available in French, Dutch, Italian, Czech, and Spanish on the E-SWAN website.
The aim of the EOCOM booklets series is to explain space weather and its everyday impacts in a clear and accessible way and to create a coherent, accessible resource that brings space weather closer to everyday experience.
Each booklet answers common questions, using relatable examples and simple explanations to show how solar and geomagnetic activity can affect people, technology, and industries.
Please contact the EOCOM if you want to support the translation into more languages.
link: https://eswan.eu/index.
The Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate (JSWSC) is seeking a new Editor-in-Chief!
JSWSC seeks a new Editor-in-Chief (EiC) to join its leadership team and help shape the future of this #GoldOpenAccess journal published by EDP Sciences.
Key responsibilities:
• Develop the journal’s strategy and scientific profile
• Ensure the quality and integrity of peer review
• Represent JSWSC publicly and liaise with EDP Sciences and E-SWAN
• Oversee Topical Issues and manage the Editorial Board
• Solicit manuscript submissions from the space weather and space climate communities
Requirements:
• Residence or primary affiliation in Europe
• Prior experience as a journal editor (regular or guest)
• Strong scientific communication skills in English
- Term: 4 years (renewable)
- Volunteer position – no remuneration
- Applications review starts in August 2025
Find more information here.
Submit your application (CV + motivation letter) to:
Topical Issues open for submission
"Space Climate: Solar Extremes, Long-Term Variability, and Impacts on Earth’s System", deadline: 31 January 2026
Topical Editors-in-Chief (T-EiC):
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Announcement of TDM6 at ESWW – Impacts of climate change on ground-based measurements: Testimonies
E-SWAN's Sustainability Working Group has the pleasure to invite participants in the upcoming European Space Weather Week in Umeå to attend the topical discussion meeting (TDM) on "Impacts of climate change on ground-based measurements: Testimonies".
This TDM will take place on Tuesday 28 October 2025 at 17:00 CET (16:00 UTC), in a hybrid format. Its description can be found below:
"There is growing evidence for climate change to have a significant impact on ground-based observations of space weather and space climate, especially in high-latitude regions. The list of impacts includes long-term atmospheric changes affecting radio wave propagation, more extreme weather events that can disrupt observations, thawing of the permafrost affecting the stability of observatories, changes in cloud cover hindering optical observations, and more.
While some of these impacts have been documented, most remain largely unknown or are rarely mentioned. This TDM, which is organised by the E-SWAN Sustainability Working Group, aims at sharing some examples but also, and foremost, collecting testimonies from the audience. Our objective is to raise awareness of these impacts and pave the way for a document that could provide a global view of the numerous (and often unsuspected) consequences of climate change on scientific activities.
The format will be that of a panel forum, targeting all users of infrastructure, especially in high-latitude regions."
We are hoping to foster stimulating discussions in a respectful and inclusive atmosphere. We welcome everyone interested in the topic to share their testimonies, questions to the infrastructure operators, or ideas on how climate change effects on scientific operations and measurements could be studied in a systematic or quantitative manner and adequately documented.
The TDM convening team (Maxime Grandin, Aurélie Marchaudon, Véronique Delouille) with the support of the E-SWAN Sustainability Working Group
Call for Proposals for Organisation of the European Space Weather Week 2028
This call by the European Space Weather Week (ESWW) Programme Committee (PC) is requesting proposals from teams to undertake the role of LOC/NOC (Local/National Organising Committee) of the ESWW for 2028.
Final proposals must be sent as the following 3 documents (docx/pdf format) to
- A completed “Proposal Cover”. This form is identical to the previous Declaration of Interest but must be re-submitted even if no changes have occurred, and includes: Name, email addresses and affiliation of the key personnel planning to submit the proposal; The lead legal entity for the team; Identification of the host country and city (or cities if there are several options).
- A completed “Statement of Compliance” (SoC), form available on the website above. Within the Statement of Compliance, Compliant (C), Partially Compliant (PC) and Non-Compliant (N) marks shall be given to each item by the team. Marks of PC or N will not disqualify any proposal, but must be well justified in the proposal document.
- A Proposal Document. The Proposal Document shall be no more than 6000 words in text length, and shall include as appropriate tables and illustrative figures (including layout of the proposed conference venue, etc.) detailing the proposed local organisation of the ESWW. The minimum requirements are outlined in the Statement of Compliance form.
Clarification requests will be accepted until 31 October 2025 by emailing
The ESWW PC will:
- Send out the full Response to Clarification Requests in November 2025.
- Issue acknowledgement of the receipt of final proposals in January 2026.
- Negotiate with the selected prospective LOC team in February 2026.
- Announce the LOC for the ESWW 2028 in March 2026.
- Exploring the causes and effects of long-term solar variations, with an emphasis on the solar magnetic dynamo and the phenomena it drives, such as sunspots, flares, coronal mass ejections, and high-speed solar wind streams.
- Understanding how solar activity influences near-Earth space, the atmosphere, and even the climate over time scales ranging from months to millennia.
- Refining the datasets, including sunspot numbers and geomagnetic records, that form the foundation of solar research.
Beacon Satellite Symposium 2025 (10 - 14 November 2025, Rome, Italy)
We are pleased to announce that the Beacon Satellite Symposium 2025 will take place in Rome, Italy, from November 10 to November 14, 2025. This symposium, organized by the Beacon Satellite Group of the International Union of Radio Science (URSI) Commission G, will bring together leading researchers and experts in ionospheric science from around the world.
The periodic symposia organized by the Beacon Satellite Group provide an exceptional platform for ionospheric scientists to meet, collaborate, and advance their understanding of ionospheric physics and effects on radio propagation. These symposia play a key role in our mission, fostering discussions among experts across various scientific disciplines, research fields, technological applications, and engineering.
Further details about the symposium will be made available on our official website, which is available at https://bss2025.ingv.it/ .
Updates will be published regularly as more information becomes available.
We look forward to welcoming you to Rome for what promises to be a valuable and engaging symposium.
Last June, for the very first time, the Protect Accelerator and the ESA Space Weather Office hosted a dedicated hackathon that brought together experts, students, and young professionals to “Accelerate Space Weather Resilience.”
The event highlighted the key challenges faced by space mission operators during active space weather conditions, while also showcasing the growing momentum behind collaborative innovation in space data-driven applications. It further demonstrated the power of open data, fresh perspectives, and community engagement in shaping Europe’s approach to space weather resilience.
Now, we would like to hear from you, the space weather community:
- If you have taken part in other innovation events: which ones, what were their outcomes, and what are your key takeaways?
- How do you think such events can help drive the sector forward?
Please take a moment to share your perspective on the role innovation should play in accelerating the development and maturity of Space Weather services in Europe: https://forms.office.com/e/k9JR3PcMs4 (deadline: 15 October 2025).
Your feedback will directly contribute to the upcoming related Topical Discussion Meeting at the European Space Weather Week 2025, taking place in Umeå, Sweden, from 27–31 October.
All manuscripts will undergo peer review in accordance with the quality standards of Solar Physics.
Reviews will commence immediately upon submission, and accepted manuscripts will be published without waiting for the Topical Issue closure in electronic format.
Topical Issue Editors:
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