The Cerros de la Plaza glacier, part of the El Cocuy National Natural Park in northern Colombia, once formed an important high-altitude tropical ice mass within a protected ecosystem. This remote ...

Since its launch on 2 April 2020, the Copernicus Image of the Day (IOTD) has published, 365 days a year, a daily image based on Copernicus data, highlighting significant environmental, meteorological, climate- or disaster-related phenomena, and the shifting state of our planet's land, sea, and atmosphere. Over six years, the series has reached...

On 2 April 2020, the first Image of the Day was published. Two thousand editions in, published 365 days a year, the series has become a daily record of Earth Observation designed to make Copernicus and its benefits accessible to policymakers, journalists, educators, and the general ...

Earth Day, celebrated on 22 April each year, highlights the importance of protecting the planet’s ecosystems. Marking the occasion, this Copernicus Sentinel-2 mosaic of Earth brings into focus the diversity of landscapes across ...

The island of Sicily in southern Italy, the largest in the Mediterranean Sea, lies at the crossroads of significant geological and coastal activity. Its landscapes range from fertile agricultural plains to the slopes of Mount Etna, Europe’s most active volcano.