Copernicus EU @CopernicusEU@respublicae.eu
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🆕 Using lead gunshot in wetlands is now banned in the EU
The new rules, which will help protect the health of 🇪🇺 wetlands and prevent around 1 million birds from dying of lead poisoning each year, take full effect today: https://europa.eu/!fMRhDp
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_ENV/status/1626242259803930624
RT @CopernicusEU: Vitoria-Gasteiz 🇪🇸 is an example of a sustainable and efficient city with 42 square metres of green space per inhabitant
In 2012 it became a European Green Capital, and in 2019, it was proclaimed a Global Green City
#Copernicus #Sentinel2 🇪🇺🛰️ captured this image on 15 February
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/CopernicusEU/status/1626229509510041601
RT @CopernicusEU: #DYK❓
#CopernicusAtmosphere uses its models of the #Atmosphere combined with #satellite data🇪🇺🛰️to provide the renewable energy sector and policymakers with accurate information on☀️solar radiation in accessible, quality metrics
Solar farm in Portugal🇵🇹captured by #Sentinel2👇
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/CopernicusEU/status/1626222883465998338
Today we celebrate with our Lithuanian 🇱🇹 friends, colleagues and followers their 'Restoration of the State' day
Best wishes!
#Copernicus #Sentinel2 🇪🇺🛰️ image of Vilnius acquired on 27 August 2022
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/CopernicusEU/status/1626141861957058560
#Corsica 🇫🇷 is one of the most mountainous islands in the Mediterranean
Most of its territory is protected, and some areas have been declared UNESCO World Heritage Sites
On 15 February #Copernicus #Sentinel2🇪🇺🛰️ captured the island and its snow-covered peaks
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/CopernicusEU/status/1626129311307530241
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2⃣ weeks until applications open for the #EUGreenWeek 2023 Partner Events!
Planning an event between 3-11 June related to skills for sustainable, resilient and fair communities?
Then get ready to make it one of our partner events:
https://europa.eu/!J3kD8c
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_ENV/status/1625780491470209024
RT @EU4Space: Reducing carbon footprint has never been easier!
Discover our report "EU Space for Green Transformation", which shows companies how to achieve their sustainability goals & identify opportunities to reduce emissions using #EGNSS & #Copernicus synergies.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/CopernicusEU/status/1626123468247908360
RT @EU4Space: 📢 We're looking for innovative #EUSpace solutions to solve the ocean's plastic problem
With a 2.85M € total prize, the #cassiniEU Maritime Prize stimulates the development of apps for the prevention of ocean pollution.
Apply by 3 May ➡️ https://www.euspa.europa.eu/opportunities/horizon-europe/horizon-europe-prizes
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/CopernicusEU/status/1626122187894669312
RT @WMO: There is a #SaharanDust storm in the Atlantic.
⬇️#Sentinel3🇪🇺🛰️ shows the skies over the #Canarias Islands 🇪🇸 on 14 Feb.
@CopernicusECMWF says the dust reached Ireland and is heading to the Arctic.
via @defis_eu
More about WMO's work on sand and dust
⤵️https://public.wmo.int/en/our-mandate/focus-areas/environment/sand-and-dust-storms#:~:text=Sand%20and%20dust%20storms%20are%20common%20meteorological%20hazards,which%20increase%20wind%20speed%20over%20a%20wide%20area.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/CopernicusEU/status/1626118431857573891
RT @defis_eu: The EU is having a real impact in the fight against #ClimateChange
Discover the EU-funded projects that provide evidence to @IPCC_CH and support ambitious #ClimateAction
🛎️Tip: Several of the projects are using #EUSpace 🇪🇺🛰️#OpenData
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/CopernicusEU/status/1625893946437120002
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The multispectral imager of our #Sentinel2 🇪🇺🛰️ allows for deriving the Normalized Difference Moisture Index, which has many applications in agriculture, monitoring of drought and unauthorised irrigation etc.
⬇️Châlons-en-Champagne 🇫🇷 24 July 2022
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/CopernicusEU/status/1625799368094765058
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The @CopernicusEMS Global Drought Observatory #GDO has recently published a 🆕 report
➡️It discusses the latest extreme #drought event in the Parana-La Plata Basin 🇦🇷🇧🇷🇵🇾🇺🇾🇧🇴
👉Read the report at👇
🔗http://e.copernicus.eu/GDO_LaPlataBasin
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/CopernicusEU/status/1625789704757977089
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A #Saharan #dust storm is ongoing in the Atlantic Ocean
⬇️#Sentinel3🇪🇺🛰️captured the dust engulfing the skies over the #Canarias Islands 🇪🇸 (image of 14 February)
➡️According to @CopernicusECMWF, the dust reached Ireland yesterday & should soon reach the #Arctic
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/defis_eu/status/1625820162577276930
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#DYK❓
With a series of cutting-edge instruments, #Sentinel-3 acquires systematic data of the oceans, land, rivers and lakes, land ice, sea ice & atmosphere, to monitor and assess long-term & large-scale global dynamics
#California🇺🇸 captured by #Sentinel-3🇪🇺🛰️in January 2023
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/CopernicusEU/status/1625781533435998208
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The #earthquake in #Türkiye has caused extensive damage, including floods #Syria
Some villages, including Al-Tloul, were flooded due to a dam breach, and thousands 🧍were displaced
The flooded areas are still visible in the #Sentinel2🇪🇺🛰️ image acquired 8 days after the event
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/CopernicusEU/status/1625776498400546818
RT @sentinel_hub: 🔵 Santorini (Thira), site of the Minoan eruption, #Greece🇬🇷 7 January 2023 #Copernicus🇪🇺 #Sentinel-2🛰️ Full-size ➡️ https://www.flickr.com/photos/sentinelhub/52690511245/ #RemoteSensing #OpenData #SciComm #caldera Image is about 35 kilometers wide
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/CopernicusEU/status/1625813867954577408
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#DYK that #AI techniques can be applied to #Copernicus #Sentinel2🇪🇺🛰️ imagery to improve their spatial resolution?
@tracasa has produced super-resolved images of the Kahramanmaras area (a city destroyed by the #earthquake in #Türkiye) with a resolution increased by a factor of 4
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/CopernicusEU/status/1625766947584442368
The multispectral imager of our #Sentinel2 🇪🇺🛰️ allows for deriving the Normalized Difference Moisture Index, which has many applications in agriculture, monitoring of drought and unauthorised irrigation etc.
⬇️Châlons-en-Champagne 🇫🇷 24 July 2022
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/CopernicusEU/status/1625799368094765058
RT @earsc: 📢
DOES YOUR COMPANY PROVIDE EO SERVICES IN EUROPE❓
Complete #earsc 2023 Survey into the State & Health of the European Earth Observation (EO) Services industry❕
#earthobservation #spaceindustry
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/CopernicusEU/status/1625799039345197058
RT @Pierre_Markuse: 🔵 Flooding caused by Cyclone #Gabrielle near #Napier, #NewZealand🇳🇿 14 February 2023 ##Copernicus🇪🇺 #Sentinel-2🛰️ and #Sentinel-1🛰️ #SAR Full-size ➡️ https://www.flickr.com/photos/pierre_markuse/52690129156/ + https://www.flickr.com/photos/pierre_markuse/52690129056/ #OpenData #SciComm #RemoteSensing #CycloneGabriel #flooding
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/CopernicusEU/status/1625798897007198208
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