The Rio de la Plata estuary is one of the largest ones in the world.A constant mixing of freshwater and seawater in this area is visible from space, as shown in the image captured by one of the…
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Grenen is the northernmost point of Denmark. This area is protected as a Natura 2000 site under the EU's Habitats Directive, as it is an important migration site for a wide range of bird species.The…
Fires are back in Greece. A new forest fire has broken out near Megara, about 60 kilometres northwest of Athens, prompting the mobilisation of important airborne and ground resources.This image,…
In the aftermath of Storm Darcy that hit Europe in the second week of February 2021, regions that rarely experience heavy snowfall have been blanketed in snow. The storm, which originated in Russia,…
This image, acquired on 25 August 2020 by one of the Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellites and processed by Iban Ameztoy, shows a detail of the northern edge of Severny Island, the northern island of the…
On 23 November 2020, the European Environment Agency published the “Air quality in Europe” 2020 report, a high level report in which an annual assessment of the status and impacts of air quality in…
Lake Balkhash is one of the largest lakes in Asia and the 15th largest lake in the world.Even though the lake is in a desert, it is fed by several rivers and serves as a habitat for 20 species of…
The Mackenzie river is the second longest river in North America, and its tributaries, the smaller rivers that connect to it, run through a fifth of Canada. The river originates in Great Slave Lake…
Mount Erebus is the second highest and most active volcano of Antarctica. It is also the southernmost active volcano on Earth.Its summit temperature averages between -20°C during the summer and -50°C…
The August Complex is a massive wildfire burning Northern California. It originated as 38 individual fires started by lightning strikes on 16 August 2020 merged. As of 20 September 2020, the burnt…
The Batagaika Crater is the largest permafrost crater in the world and holds clues to prehistoric life on Earth. This massive landslide is located in Siberia. It formed in the 1960s when…
The Bay of Algeciras, in the south of Spain’s autonomous region of Andalusia, hosts two important port cities: Algeciras and the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. The Bay has been a hub…
With a surface area of approximately 600 square km and approximately 78 km in length, Lake Balaton is the largest lake in central Europe. It supports a large population of plant and animal species.…
In the 1970s, Almería was still a small and rural agricultural area of southern Spain. In 40 years, an area of around 20,000 hectares has been transformed into a giant greenhouse, producing millions…
Iceland is Europe's second largest island. You will find it at the southern tip of the Arctic Circle. Even though it is so close to the Arctic, Iceland has a surprisingly mild climate, because the…
Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, is located on the southeast coast of the Persian Gulf.Dubai has recently attracted world attention through many innovative large construction projects. In recent…
On 13 May 2020, one of the Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellites captured this cloudless image of the Corinth Canal in Greece.The Corinth Canal is an artificial canal that connects the Gulf of Corinth…
The Bełchatów coal mine is a large open-pit extraction facility in Poland, in operation since 1955. It represents one of the largest coal reserves in Poland having estimated reserves of 1,930 million…
The Elbe River estuary is one of the most beautiful areas in Northern Germany. It features multiple steadily moving channels where large amounts of sediment accumulate each year due to river…
The high pressures that characterised Northern Europe in the first weeks of April 2020 allowed the OLCI instrument (Ocean and Land Colour Imager) onboard one of the two Copernicus Sentinel-3…
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