This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image, acquired on 20 December 2024, shows the Alam-Pedja Reserve in Estonia. This is one of the project areas of the WoodmeadowLIFE project, an initiative to restore and promote long-term sustainable management of wooded meadows in Estonia and Latvia. These countries contain around 60% of the wooded meadows in the...

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 river are covered in terraced vineyards, which support the production of wines such as Riesling, Pinot Gris, and Auxerrois. The fertile soils and...

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 of continuous high ground in Ireland, with stunning rugged peaks, some of which are among the highest in the country. The park features wide-open...

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 observed on the night of 13 to 14 January. Meteorologists at the RMI noted that temperatures below freezing and a general frost were observed...

Air pollution is one of Europe’s most pressing environmental and public health challenges. To ensure the continued growth of Copernicus Earth Observation (EO) data and services, the European Commission is expanding the Copernicus constellation with new satellite missions in 2024 and 2025. Among them, Copernicus Sentinel-4, set to launch in...