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With the Hungarian EU Presidency 🇭🇺🇪🇺 starting today, we have selected a scene from Hungary's most characteristic landscape, the Great Hungarian Plain.
📖To read more about this low-lying sedimentary basin:
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[2024-07-01 12:24 UTC]

RT by @CopernicusEU: The tropics cover 40% of Earth's surface & hold 80% of global biodiversity - protecting them is vital!
#TropicsDay

Summer 2023's heat 🌡️ led to intense bushfires & serious vegetation loss in N-Australia. #CLMS Burnt Area data show the massive burn scars.

https://land.copernicus.eu/en/products/vegetation/burnt-area-v3-1-monthly-300m

[2024-06-29 08:32 UTC]

Nyiragongo, one of the world's most beautiful and active volcanoes, is a large stratovolcano near Lake Kivu at the eastern border of DR Congo with Rwanda in the Virunga National Park.
On June 25, 2024, Copernicus
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captured a small volcanic activity.
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[2024-06-28 07:34 UTC]

RT by @CopernicusEU: The 5th🪸coral bleaching event in 8 years is a reality

Ocean temperatures are rising causing biodiversity loss

@CopernicusEU #Sentinel2 acquired this image of the reefs near🇦🇺

Discover how we work to protect Europe's oceans, seas and coasts👉https://europa.eu/!vwx7Nd @EU_ENV

[2024-06-27 17:00 UTC]

In June 2024, the Ahuachapan Department in western El Salvador 🇸🇻 was affected by heavy rainfall that has caused a series of landslides and floods. This is a
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image, a false color composite, taken on 24th of June 2024.
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[2024-06-27 09:02 UTC]

Badain Jaran Desert is located in northern China, close to the Mongolian border. It is a sandy desert with occasional snow and extremely high dunes, but its most important peculiarity is the presence of a network of more than 100 lakes of varying size.
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[2024-06-26 07:42 UTC]

RT by @CopernicusEU: Three charts based on our #C3S ERA5 dataset you shouldn’t miss this month

📈Twelve-month record warm streak @ft
📈Hottest May on record spurs @UN’s @antonioguterres @WMO call for climate action
📈Only a few islands of colder than average temperatures since June 2023 @mikarantane

[2024-06-25 14:23 UTC]

Ria Formosa Lagoon is located on the Atlantic coast in 🇵🇹. It is a system of tidal inlets and islands separated from the sea by barrier islands with long sandy beaches. Located inside the lagoon, the historic town of Faro is an important touristic centre
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[2024-06-25 08:17 UTC]

The 1⃣ heatwave of the summer season came before the summer officially did. It was an unusually early occurrence for the Aegean Sea region 🇬🇷 On the 15th of June, temperatures were typically above +30°C at night, and reached above +40 °C during the day.
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[2024-06-24 13:04 UTC]

Our
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sends us to the Grand Canyon. 🇺🇸
The geological kaleidoscope forming the colourful walls of the canyon, with the slope shadows highlighting the forms of the buttes and mesas between the side valleys, is visible in this
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https://www.copernicus.eu/en/media/image-day-gallery/grand-canyon-very-high-above

[2024-06-21 09:41 UTC]

Niagara Falls are a system of waterfalls on the Niagara River between Lake Erie and Lake Ontario.
To understand more about the water flow, individual reservoirs, and what you can spot on this Sentinel-2 image:
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[2024-06-20 10:42 UTC]

Is this Mars❓
This true colour
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image of Uluru / Ayers Rock 🇦🇺 was collected last week, during the local cold season. The relatively low-lying sun creates shadows in the gorges around the perimeter of the rock. 🪨
📖 Read more :
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[2024-06-19 10:31 UTC]

RT by @CopernicusEU: #CopernicusAtmosphere is monitoring the latest #SaharanDust episode affecting Europe over the next few days with high dust Aerosol Optical Depth values predicted over France, Italy and parts of Central Europe.

▶️ https://atmosphere.copernicus.eu/charts/packages/cams/products/aerosol-forecasts?layer_name=composition_duaod550&projection=classical_europe

[2024-06-18 15:18 UTC]

Offshore wind parks create renewable energy while having a lower visual footprint on the landscape.
Horns Rev wind park in the North Sea off the Danish coast has a combined capacity of more than 700 MW and has been built in three phases.
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[2024-06-18 11:00 UTC]

📢Join the first webinar of the EU 🇪🇺 Ocean Data Series on 19 June at 14:30 CET
Experts from
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,
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&
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will showcase
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💻 and how it can address the challenges of the
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🌊
Register now👇
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[2024-06-18 08:00 UTC]

On this
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our
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shows Illapel, in central Chile, facing problems of water supply. The reservoir El Bato, from which the city obtained water, was only at 10% capacity just two years ago.
Read more:
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[2024-06-17 15:37 UTC]

RT by @CopernicusEU: #DesertificationAndDroughtDay

#Desertification results from land degradation driven by factors like wildfires, poor management, & urban expansion. #CLMS helps identify these issues aiding in responsible land management.

👉https://land.copernicus.eu/en/products/global-dynamic-land-cover

[2024-06-17 08:52 UTC]

Coming up next week:
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Ocean data webinar series - data for the
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Ocean 🌊decade: A European 🇪🇺 focus.
To take part and find more information about the programme ⤵️:
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[2024-06-16 18:28 UTC]

South of Vidauban near St. Tropez, an intensively burning wildfire was reported.
On this Sentinel-2 near-infrared false colour image, healthy vegetation is bright red while dry or stressed vegetation has less intensive colour.
See more:
https://www.copernicus.eu/en/media/image-day-gallery/wildfire-scar-southern-france

[2024-06-14 12:18 UTC]

RT by @CopernicusEU: #DOF2024
 
Mauro Facchini, Head of Unit for Earth Observation at @defis_eu, stresses the need for collaborative efforts in developing systems such as the #EUDTO to meet user needs and further improve our understanding of our planet

[2024-06-13 14:40 UTC]