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The Moselle wine-growing region, Germany and Luxembourg

This image, acquired by one of the Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellites on 23 October 2024, shows the Moselle wine region between Luxembourg and Germany. The rolling hills on the Luxembourg side of the…

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Wicklow Mountains National Park, Ireland

Spanning nearly 23,000 hectares and located south of Dublin, Wicklow Mountains National Park is the largest of Ireland’s six national parks and the only one in the east. It is also the largest area…

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Coldest night of this winter recorded in Belgium

On 17 February 2025, the Royal Meteorological Institute (RMI) in Belgium recorded the coldest night of the current meteorological winter. In Uccle, the temperature dropped to -4°C, equalling the low…

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Little Danube, Slovakia

This false colour Copernicus Sentinel-2 image, acquired on 5 February 2025, shows the meandering course of the Little Danube in Slovakia. The 126.6 km-long Little Danube is a tributary of the Danube…

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Wildfires devastate Amsterdam Island, France

Amsterdam Island, part of the UNESCO-listed French Southern and Antarctic Lands, is a remote French territory in the southern Indian Ocean. It is a crucial refuge for biodiversity and home to…

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Flooding in central Italy

On 13 February 2025, a powerful storm struck central Italy, and in particular the island of Elba and inland Tuscany, bringing heavy rainfall, flooding, and landslides. In the province of Grosseto,…

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Shipping lanes in the Gulf of Bothnia

This image, acquired by one of the Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellites on 3 February 2025, shows shipping lanes in the Gulf of Bothnia in the Baltic Sea, near the city of Hailuoto, Finland. In winter,…

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Panevėžys, Lithuania

Panevėžys, the fifth-largest city in Lithuania, is an important cultural and economic hub in the country's northeast. Located on the banks of the Nevėžis River, the city is known for its strong…

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Kiruna Municipality, Sweden

Located around 200 kilometres north of the Arctic Circle, Kiruna is Sweden’s northernmost municipality, as well as the country’s largest by area. The region’s diverse terrain includes forests,…

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Eruption of Mount Etna, Italy

Mount Etna, located on the east coast of Sicily, Italy, is known as the most active stratovolcano in the world, with regular, ongoing volcanic activity. As of 8 February 2025, a new eruptive phase of…

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Safeguarding Central Europe's largest floodplain forest ecosystem

At the confluence of the Morava and Dyje Rivers, where Austria, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia meet, lies Central Europe's largest floodplain forest ecosystem. This vast wetland landscape,…

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Heavy snowfall in northern Japan

In early February 2025, large swaths of Japan were affected by what the national meteorological agency deemed the strongest cold front in several years. Many areas in northern Japan were covered in…

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Perućica, Europe’s largest rainforest

Situated within the Sutjeska National Park in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Perućica is one of the last remaining primeval rainforests in Europe. Spanning deep valleys and steep mountain slopes, this…

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Devastating bushfires in the Grampians National Park, Australia

The Grampians National Park, a nature reserve in Victoria, Australia, is known for its waterfalls, wildlife, and Aboriginal heritage. However, since December 2024, the park has been affected by a…

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January 2025, the warmest January on record globally

The Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) has published its latest monthly Climate Bulletin, focused on key climate trends in January 2025. The bulletin reports that January 2025 was the warmest…

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‘Borderless’ European Capital of Culture 2025, Nova Gorica, Slovenia and Gorizia, Italy

Since 1985, the European Commission has named cities across Europe as Capitals of Culture to showcase the diversity and richness of European cultures, strengthen citizens' sense of belonging to a…

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Severe flooding in western France

Starting on 27 January 2025, heavy rainfall in western France from Storm Ivo led to the worst flooding in decades in the departments of Ille-et-Vilaine and Loire-Atlantique. The tributaries in the…

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Seismic Swarm in the Cyclades Islands, Greece

Since 27 January 2025, the Cyclades Islands have been struck by more than 1,000 undersea earthquakes, with some exceeding a magnitude of 5.0. The earthquakes’ epicentres have mainly been located…

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Snowfall in Sierra Nevada, Spain

On 2 February 2025, Spanish authorities issued a yellow warning for precipitation ahead of snowfall which affected the Sierra Nevada region on 3 February. At the Sierra Nevada ski resort, the snow…

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Saharan dust transported over the Mediterranean Sea

On 2 February 2025, residents in southern Italy were affected by a cloud of Saharan dust transported there by a cyclone originating in North Africa. The dust was carried by strong gusts of wind to…