This webinar is designed to help participants become familiar and confident with the use of the WEkEO Data Viewer. Attendees will explore Light and Expert versions of the viewer, learn how to access, visualise and analyse Copernicus Earth Observation data related to a wide range of ocean and land topics.

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Are you involved in civil protection or emergency response activities? Would you like to improve how your organisation prepares for and manages disasters using EU Space data and services?

If you are 14-18 y.o. and have always dreamed of looking at our planet from space, exploring all corners of the world without leaving your home, you are the one we are looking for! Join the  International Summer School on Remote Sensing online from 8 to 16 June 2026;

Ambae Volcano is a large shield volcano in northern Vanuatu, in the Pacific Ocean. Its summit caldera contains three lakes: Lake Manaro Voui occupies the central part of the caldera, while Lake Manaro Ngoru lies to the west and Lake Manaro Lakua, the largest of the three, lies to the east.

5 June marks World Environment Day 2026, under the theme “Inspired by Nature. For Climate. For Our Future”, highlighting the important role of nature-based solutions in addressing climate change and supporting sustainable livelihoods for future generations.

The Gulf of Saint-Malo lies between Brittany and Normandy, in north-western France. It is known for strong tidal dynamics, which influence coastal waters, sediment transport, and the surrounding marine environment.

For more than 35 years, CORINE Land Cover (CLC) has tracked how Europe's landscapes are changing. With the sixth iteration set for release in Q3 2026, this Observer traces the history of CLC, examines its cross-service applications, and looks ahead to what the forthcoming update means for land cover monitoring across Europe.

In late May 2026, several countries in Western Europe faced above-average temperatures. During the same period, large areas of the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea also recorded above-average sea surface temperatures.

Naarden, in the Netherlands, is one of Europe’s best-preserved examples of a fortified town, with its distinctive star-shaped layout still intact.

At the end of May 2026, a large Saharan dust plume stretched from the west coast of Africa towards the Americas. Countries such as Cabo Verde saw declining air quality as the dust plume passed over the region.

Space is increasingly central to the EU's security, resilience, and economic future. Against that backdrop, EU Space Days 2026 brought together senior EU decision-makers, industry leaders, start-ups, and researchers in Nicosia, Cyprus, for two days of high-level discussions on the state and direction of Europe's space endeavours.

Actinoform clouds are cloud formations with a distinctive radial shape, creating patterns which resemble giant flowers spread across the atmosphere. They usually form within large layers of marine stratocumulus clouds through interactions between moisture, temperature, wind, and airborne particles.

Lake Wörthersee lies in the Klagenfurt Basin of Carinthia, southern Austria, between low wooded ridges shaped by Alpine geology and glacial processes.

In early May 2026, a phytoplankton bloom developed in the western Black Sea off the coast of Romania, remaining visible through late May.

A submarine eruption began on 8 May 2026 in the central Bismarck Sea, 130 kilometres south-east of Manus Island, Papua New Guinea. The eruption revealed a previously unmapped underwater volcano, now provisionally named Titan Ridge Volcano, in a remote and tectonically active area of the Pacific Ocean.

Two wildfires broke out between 24 and 25 May 2026 within Doñana National Park in south-western Spain, one of Europe’s most important wetland and dune ecosystems, protected under UNESCO World Heritage and Ramsar Convention designations.

Held under the theme “Investing in Earth Intelligence for a Resilient Future,” the 2026 GEO Symposium and GEO-21 Plenary.

From 26 to 27 May 2026, Cyprus hosts the EU Space Days, the European Union’s flagship event dedicated to space policy, business, innovation, and strategic autonomy.

Stretching near the border with Austria, the Lednice–Valtice Cultural Landscape in the Czech Republic was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996.