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RT by @CopernicusEU: Guess who is getting ready to shoot for #EUSpace ❓️

@CopernicusEU Sentinel-2C 🛰 has arrived to the launchpad.

On a scale from 1 to 10, how excited you are for the lift-off?

[2024-08-27 13:13 UTC]

The severity of the El-Niño induced drought in Zimbabwe, 📷
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.
On the left, we see the area around the capital, Harare, still largely green.
4 days later, on the right, we see vast brownish areas, indicating the widespread loss of vegetation.
https://www.copernicus.eu/en/media/image-day-gallery/severe-drought-zimbabwe-affects-agriculture-and-food-security

[2024-08-27 09:03 UTC]

RT by @CopernicusEU: Only one week until the 2nd European Polar Science Week in #Copenhagen 🇩🇰

We’re excited to showcase the #Copernicus #ArcticHub— a key resource for monitoring and understanding the #Arctic's rapidly changing environment 🧊

Read more at👇
https://www.arctic.hub.copernicus.eu/news-events/2nd-european-polar-science-week

[2024-08-27 07:30 UTC]

This image, acquired by Sentinel-3 satellites on 24 August, shows an ongoing bloom in the Arctic Ocean’s Barents Sea. In this region, phytoplankton blooms are triggered by several environmental factors, including increased sunlight and melting sea ice.
https://www.copernicus.eu/en/media/image-day-gallery/phytoplankton-bloom-barents-sea-0

[2024-08-26 07:51 UTC]

Lake Constance, visible in this Copernicus Sentinel-2 image acquired on 29 July 2024, lies on the border between Germany, Austria and Switzerland and is one of the most important natural treasures in Central Europe.
Read more:
https://www.copernicus.eu/en/media/image-day-gallery/lake-constance

[2024-08-25 09:51 UTC]

One of the most dramatic examples of the decline of ice volume in the Alpine Arc is Mer de Glace, visible in this image taken by
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on the 18th of August.
Read more:
https://www.copernicus.eu/en/media/image-day-gallery/mer-de-glace-glacier-alps

[2024-08-24 09:23 UTC]

This
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image acquired on 17 August 2024 shows Costa Blanca, an area severely affected by the drought in Spain. The prolonged lack of rainfall has led to significant water shortages, resulting in the salinisation of aquifers in coastal towns.
🔗
https://www.copernicus.eu/en/media/image-day-gallery/severe-drought-costa-blanca-spain

[2024-08-23 08:37 UTC]

This image, acquired by one of our
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satellites on 20 August 2024, shows severe flooding caused by the overflowing of the Indus River south of Kandhkot, a small town in Pakistan's Sindh province.
Read more:
https://www.copernicus.eu/en/media/image-day-gallery/severe-floods-pakistan

[2024-08-22 07:32 UTC]

Stung Treng is a province in northeastern Cambodia, renowned for its rich biodiversity and extensive forests. However, it has also become a hotspot for deforestation in recent years. Images from
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satellites show the extent of the problem.
👀📖
https://www.copernicus.eu/en/media/image-day-gallery/stung-treng-province-cambodia
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[2024-08-21 09:52 UTC]

This true-colour image, acquired through Sentinel-3B satellite at 10:07 UTC on 19 August 2024, vividly captures the smoke over the western coast of France and the Balearic Islands as it continues its journey across the Mediterranean Sea.
Read more:
https://www.copernicus.eu/en/media/image-day-gallery/smoke-canadian-wildfires-reaches-western-europe

[2024-08-20 08:47 UTC]

This image, acquired on 18 August 2024 by one of our Sentinel-3 satellites, shows a plume of smoke 130 km long rising from the Portuguese island of Madeira as a result of a large forest fire which started on 15 August.
Read more:
https://www.copernicus.eu/en/media/image-day-gallery/forest-fire-madeira

[2024-08-19 07:35 UTC]

R to @CopernicusEU: Covering over 24,000 hectares, Mar de las Calmas is renowned for its exceptional natural value, including deep-sea species and tropical and subtropical species not commonly found elsewhere in the Canary Islands archipelago.

The image is captured by #Sentinel2 on 26th of July.

[2024-08-18 12:10 UTC]

El Hierro is the smallest of the Canary Islands. 🇪🇸
It is known for its rich biodiversity and unique marine ecosystems.
Recently, local authorities approved the first proposal to designate Mar de las Calmas, an area south of El Hierro, as Spain's first marine national park.

[2024-08-18 12:10 UTC]

This image, acquired by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite on 16 August 2024, shows the eye of Ampil, a typhoon that formed in the Pacific Ocean earlier this month.
Read more about Ampil:
https://www.copernicus.eu/en/media/image-day-gallery/typhoon-ampil

[2024-08-17 13:11 UTC]

Ahead of the upcoming launch of the Copernicus Sentinel-2C, we take a closer look at Kourou, the headquarters of the Guiana Space Centre. 🛰
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Read more:
https://www.copernicus.eu/en/media/image-day-gallery/kourou-french-guiana
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[2024-08-16 07:49 UTC]

Meet Corabia 🇷🇴, a small town on the Danube, whose residents have seen first hand the effects of the reduced water levels, coinciding with the prolonged heat waves. They report difficulties for both tourist and commercial boats, disrupting river traffic.
https://www.copernicus.eu/en/media/image-day-gallery/low-water-levels-impact-danube-navigation-romania

[2024-08-14 07:42 UTC]

R to @CopernicusEU: In response to the fires, the EU Civil Protection Mechanism has been activated, mobilising assistance from several Member States to support Greece in its emergency response.

The Rapid Mapping Module of the Copernicus Emergency Management Service has also been activated.

[2024-08-13 07:48 UTC]

On the 11th of August, a large wildfire burned out of control in Attica, Greece. The fire has affected at least 10,000 hectares and forced thousands of people to flee their homes.
Read more:
https://www.copernicus.eu/en/media/image-day-gallery/major-wildfire-rages-out-control-fringes-athens-greece
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[2024-08-13 07:48 UTC]

This
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image, captured on 9 August, shows a large discharge of water and sediment in the Arctic Ocean, off the coast of Nordaustlandet (the second largest island in the Svalbad archipelago), caused by the rapid melting of snow and ice.
Read more:
https://www.copernicus.eu/en/media/image-day-gallery/record-ice-cap-melting-svalbard-archipelago

[2024-08-12 08:18 UTC]

Over the past few weeks, a phytoplankton bloom has been observed in the northern Adriatic Sea.
This image, captured by
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, shows both the mucilage (in white) and the phytoplankton bloom (in green) off the coast of the city of Rimini.
Read more:
https://www.copernicus.eu/en/media/image-day-gallery/phytoplankton-bloom-adriatic-sea

[2024-08-11 12:10 UTC]