On 14-15 May 2024, DG DEFIS attended the ‘Management and Sustainability of Outer Space Activities’ conference organised by UNOOSA and the Portuguese Space Agency in Lisbon, Portugal.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is not just a futuristic concept; it's a critical tool shaping the present, especially in the field of Earth Observation (EO). This is particularly evident in Copernicus, the Earth Observation component of the EU Space Programme, where, more and more, AI algorithms are employed to process the extensive data streams...

The DWD-Website on climate predictions has been updated with subseasonal and seasonal climate predictions of soil moisture.

As the saying goes, a picture is worth a thousand words, but in the world of Earth Observation (EO), it can be worth so much more. With the boom in EO satellite missions over the past few decades, and the open data deluge resulting from the full-scale deployment of the Copernicus Sentinel satellites and thematic services; the truth is that we...

Three workshops over the summer introduced end-users, researchers and students from the field of Cultural Heritage to Copernicus and satellite data.