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A low-pressure system named Boris brought heavy rain to central Europe between 11 and 15 September, causing widespread flooding from Poland to Romania.
The flooded areas along the Polish-Czech border are visible in this image acquired by the Sentinel-1A radar satellite yesterday.

[2024-09-16 08:19 UTC]

In the eastern Netherlands, the city of Enschede, visible in this
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image from 20 July 2024, was once the site of a booming textile industry.
Without the natural streams that absorbed the excess water, the city faced flooding issues.
Learn more:
https://www.copernicus.eu/en/media/image-day-gallery/restoring-natural-streams-enschede-netherlands

[2024-09-15 08:41 UTC]

This
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image acquired on 10 August 2024 shows the Stubacher Sonnblickkees glacier in the federal state of Salzburg in Austria. Situated at an altitude of 2,700 metres, it has undergone considerable losses in size and mass due to high temperatures.
https://www.copernicus.eu/en/media/image-day-gallery/stubacher-sonnblickkees-glacier-austria

[2024-09-14 08:26 UTC]

RT by @CopernicusEU: It's been almost a week since the successful launch of Copernicus Sentinel-2C into space.

Want to know more about the mission and the products/services it will deliver? 🧐

Watch this short 🎞️ and share with your fellow #EarthObservation enthusiasts.

#EUSpace 🇪🇺

[2024-09-13 13:50 UTC]

On 10 September 2024, the Vistula River in Warsaw, Poland, fell to a historic low. The comparison of images acquired on 6 September 2023 and 8 September 2024 by our
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satellites reveals a stark difference in the Vistula’s water level.
Read more:
https://www.copernicus.eu/en/media/image-day-gallery/vistula-river-poland-record-breaking-low-levels

[2024-09-13 08:23 UTC]

This Copernicus Sentinel-3 image, acquired on 11 September 2024, shows a cold front approaching the coasts of France, Belgium and the Netherlands. 🇫🇷🇧🇪🇳🇱
❄️ Find out more about this unseasonal cold:
https://www.copernicus.eu/en/media/image-day-gallery/arctic-front-brings-unseasonal-cold-western-europe

[2024-09-12 09:23 UTC]

In this image acquired by one of our Sentinel-3 satellites on 9 September 2024, we can see the smoke cloud hovering over parts of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay. The wildfires have been ravaging the Amazon rainforest since August 2024.
Read more:
https://www.copernicus.eu/en/media/image-day-gallery/smoke-engulfs-large-parts-south-america

[2024-09-11 08:21 UTC]

A comparison of these two
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images acquired over Tanout, in Niger, on 14 September 2023 and 8 September 2024 illustrates the effects of the increased rainfall in the Sahara.
Read more:
https://www.copernicus.eu/en/media/image-day-gallery/unusual-rainfall-sahara-desert

[2024-09-10 09:57 UTC]

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[2024-09-09 08:30 UTC]

The 2024 fire season has severely affected the Republic of North Macedonia.
According to the European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS), more than 85,000 hectares have burned there since the beginning of the summer.
Read more:
https://www.copernicus.eu/en/media/image-day-gallery/north-macedonia-has-faced-severe-fire-season-2024

[2024-09-09 07:47 UTC]

On the northern coast of Poland lies the Hel Peninsula, a 35-kilometre-long sand bar extending into the Baltic Sea, which is visible in this Copernicus Sentinel-2 image acquired on 14 May 2024.
Read more:
https://www.copernicus.eu/en/media/image-day-gallery/hel-peninsula-poland

[2024-09-08 09:09 UTC]

This
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image shows what appears, from space, to be a dragon. In fact, the “dragon” is the Odeleite River, flowing through the Algarve region. 🇵🇹
The river is a tributary of the Guadiana River, which rises in the Serra do Caldeirão mountain range.
https://www.copernicus.eu/en/media/image-day-gallery/blue-dragon-river-portugal

[2024-09-07 10:18 UTC]

R to @CopernicusEU: This data visualisation, based on C3S data, shows the surface air temperature anomaly for August 2024 across the European Continent. In this area, August 2024 was the second warmest August on record, 1.73°C higher than the 1991-2020 average.

Learn more: https://climate.copernicus.eu/surface-air-temperature-august-2024

[2024-09-06 08:03 UTC]

The Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) has released its monthly Climate Bulletin! It highlights that August 2024 was the joint-warmest August globally (together with August 2023), with an average ERA5 surface air temperature of 16.82°C, 0.71°C above the 1991-2020 average.

[2024-09-06 08:03 UTC]

RT by @CopernicusEU: A new @CopernicusEU 🛰️is now in 🌌

''Sentinel-2C'' will continue providing data to help us address, among others, pressing environmental 🌍issues such as wildfires, floods, and droughts.

#EUSpace 🇪🇺

Read more: https://europa.eu/!b7gtjW

[2024-09-05 10:23 UTC]

Kourou, we have a signal! 📶🛰️
What a night! Our newest addition to the
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family, the 2C unit, is now in orbit and will spend the coming months calibrating before we get to see the first 🖼️ of our planet.
How excited you are to see what it has in store? 📉
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[2024-09-05 06:59 UTC]

RT by @CopernicusEU: @CopernicusEU #Sentinel2C sent its first 📶 at 05:02 CET.

The satellite will spend the coming months being calibrated before we get to see its first 🖼️ of our planet.

👏 to all the teams working relentlessly to make this mission a success for the 🇪🇺 and Europe!

#EUSpace

[2024-09-05 03:22 UTC]

RT by @CopernicusEU: It's the final countdown for Vega, take two.
The launch chronology has started for tonight's liftoff with @ESA_EO/@CopernicusEU Sentinel-2C satellite switched on and waiting for launch... 🚀
📅 5 September 02:50 BST/03:50 CEST
▶️ Live: https://www.esa.int/Applications/Observing_the_Earth/Copernicus/Sentinel-2/Watch_Sentinel-2C_launch_live_on_the_final_Vega_rocket

[2024-09-04 20:29 UTC]

RT by @CopernicusEU: Yesterday our @CopernicusEU Polar Roadmap for Service Evolution, was officially presented within the European Polar Science Week.❄️

It is a strategic plan to improve Earth observation in the polar regions over the next years.

Check out the main findings: https://europa.eu/!99f8d7

[2024-09-04 13:32 UTC]

The consequences of the drought on the soils in the south of Hungary are visible from space. In this image acquired by one of our Sentinel-2 satellites on 31 August 2024, fields appear brownish and dry because of the lack of vegetation.
Read more:
https://www.copernicus.eu/en/media/image-day-gallery/severe-drought-hungary-summer-2024

[2024-09-04 09:05 UTC]