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Early winter in north-western Africa is marked by the arrival of Atlantic weather systems that bring cooler air, increased cloud cover, and the first significant precipitation of the season. As these…

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Settlement growth in the Nile Delta, Egypt

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Settlement growth in the Nile Delta, Egypt

The United Nations’ World Urbanisation Prospects 2025 was published on 17 November 2025. Drawing on data from the Joint Research Centre’s Global Human Settlement Layer (GHSL), developed under the…

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Floods in Sri Lanka

Torrential rainfall associated with Cyclone Ditwah, which made landfall on Sri Lanka’s eastern coast on 28 November 2025, resulted in extensive flooding across the country. The event caused at least…

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Flooding in northern Sumatra, Indonesia

Cyclone Senyar formed during the night of 25-26 November 2025 in the Strait of Malacca, an area in which tropical cyclones had not been recorded for decades. The day after its formation, Senyar hit…

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Cluj-Napoca, Romania

On 17 October 2025, one of the Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellites acquired this image of Cluj-Napoca, a major urban centre in north-western Romania. Surrounded by rolling hills and agricultural land,…

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The Bolivian Altiplano

The Bolivian Altiplano, part of the vast Andean plateau, is among the highest inhabited regions on Earth. This arid landscape is characterised by deep canyons, colourful sedimentary formations, and…

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Huelva estuary, Spain

On 16 November 2025, one of the Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellites acquired this image of the Huelva estuary in south-western Spain, where the Tinto and Odiel rivers converge before flowing into the…

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The new morphology of the Hayli Gubbi volcano

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The new morphology of the Hayli Gubbi volcano

On 23 November 2025, the Hayli Gubbi volcano in north-eastern Ethiopia erupted for the first time in recorded history. The volcano is located in the seismically active Afar Depression, part of the…

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Snow blanketed North East Scotland

On 18 November 2025, the first major winter weather event of the 2025-26 season took place across parts of the United Kingdom, including north-east Scotland. Heavy snowfall blanketed large areas of…

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First images acquired by Sentinel-1D

Following its launch on 4 November 2025, Copernicus Sentinel-1D has delivered its first images. Among these is this radar image acquired on 7 November 2025, showing northern Germany. The false colour…

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First images from Copernicus Sentinel-5A

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First images from Copernicus Sentinel-5A

Copernicus Sentinel-5A has delivered its first images after its launch on 13 August 2025, marking a significant milestone in the monitoring of air quality from space. The Sentinel-5 mission provides…

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Eruption of Hayli Gubbi volcano, Ethiopia

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Eruption of Hayli Gubbi volcano, Ethiopia

On 23 November 2025, the Hayli Gubbi volcano in Ethiopia, located approximately 800 kilometres north-east of Addis Ababa, erupted for the first time in nearly 12,000 years. As a result of the…

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Autumn colours across Honshu Island, Japan

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Autumn colours across Honshu Island, Japan

Every autumn, as temperatures fall and daylight hours shorten across Japan, the country enters its annual kōyō season, when the combination of reduced sunlight and cooler temperatures triggers the…

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Eastern Greenland at the start of winter

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Eastern Greenland at the start of winter

As winter approaches in the Northern Hemisphere, reduced sunlight at high latitudes leads to colder temperatures and the formation of sea ice along the eastern coast of Greenland. This Copernicus…

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Wildfire in the Tongariro National Park, New Zealand

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Wildfire in the Tongariro National Park, New Zealand

On 8 November 2025, a wildfire swept through nearly 3,000 hectares of alpine ecosystem in the Tongariro National Park, New Zealand. The fire damaged important habitats for native species on the North…

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Floods in northern Italy

On 18 November 2025, intense flooding and a devastating landslide struck the Friuli Venezia Giulia region in northern Italy following prolonged, intense rainfall. The area surrounding the towns of…

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Flooding in Ireland after Storm Claudia

On 14 November 2025, Storm Claudia swept across Ireland, bringing severe weather conditions and significant flooding to the Leinster and Munster provinces. The Copernicus Emergency Management Service…

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Offshore wind farms in the North Sea

The acceleration of the clean energy transition across Europe offshore wind farms has made offshore wind farms essential for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and ensuring a more sustainable future. …

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Dust over Sardinia, Italy and Corsica, France

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Dust over Sardinia, Italy and Corsica, France

On 14 November, a dust storm originating in North Africa swept across the western Mediterranean. This Copernicus Sentinel-3 image, acquired on 15 November, clearly shows the phenomenon: a thick…

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Successful launch of Copernicus Sentinel-6B

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Successful launch of Copernicus Sentinel-6B

Copernicus Sentinel-6B was successfully launched earlier this morning at 06:21 CET from Vandenberg Base in California. The satellite sent its first signal down to Earth at 07:54, confirming that it…