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Early winter in north-western Africa is marked by the arrival of Atlantic weather systems that bring cooler air, increased cloud cover, and the first significant precipitation of the season. As these…
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The United Nations’ World Urbanisation Prospects 2025 was published on 17 November 2025. Drawing on data from the Joint Research Centre’s Global Human Settlement Layer (GHSL), developed under the…
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Urbanisation is reshaping the world at a pace which has surpassed earlier expectations, altering how people live and how societies plan for housing, transport, and essential services.
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Torrential rainfall associated with Cyclone Ditwah, which made landfall on Sri Lanka’s eastern coast on 28 November 2025, resulted in extensive flooding across the country. The event caused at least…
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Cyclone Senyar formed during the night of 25-26 November 2025 in the Strait of Malacca, an area in which tropical cyclones had not been recorded for decades. The day after its formation, Senyar hit…
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On 17 October 2025, one of the Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellites acquired this image of Cluj-Napoca, a major urban centre in north-western Romania. Surrounded by rolling hills and agricultural land,…
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The Bolivian Altiplano, part of the vast Andean plateau, is among the highest inhabited regions on Earth. This arid landscape is characterised by deep canyons, colourful sedimentary formations, and…
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On 16 November 2025, one of the Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellites acquired this image of the Huelva estuary in south-western Spain, where the Tinto and Odiel rivers converge before flowing into the…
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On 23 November 2025, the Hayli Gubbi volcano in north-eastern Ethiopia erupted for the first time in recorded history. The volcano is located in the seismically active Afar Depression, part of the…
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The EU Space Networks have grown from more than a decade of EU-funded activities which explored how to bring satellite data closer to users. These early efforts evolved into the Copernicus Academy…
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On 18 November 2025, the first major winter weather event of the 2025-26 season took place across parts of the United Kingdom, including north-east Scotland. Heavy snowfall blanketed large areas of…
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Following their successful launches in 2025, two new Copernicus satellite missions, Sentinel-1D and Sentinel-5A, have returned their first images, representing important progress in the EU’s capacity…
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Following its launch on 4 November 2025, Copernicus Sentinel-1D has delivered its first images. Among these is this radar image acquired on 7 November 2025, showing northern Germany. The false colour…
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Copernicus Sentinel-5A has delivered its first images after its launch on 13 August 2025, marking a significant milestone in the monitoring of air quality from space. The Sentinel-5 mission provides…
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On 23 November 2025, the Hayli Gubbi volcano in Ethiopia, located approximately 800 kilometres north-east of Addis Ababa, erupted for the first time in nearly 12,000 years. As a result of the…
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Every autumn, as temperatures fall and daylight hours shorten across Japan, the country enters its annual kōyō season, when the combination of reduced sunlight and cooler temperatures triggers the…
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As winter approaches in the Northern Hemisphere, reduced sunlight at high latitudes leads to colder temperatures and the formation of sea ice along the eastern coast of Greenland. This Copernicus…
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On 8 November 2025, a wildfire swept through nearly 3,000 hectares of alpine ecosystem in the Tongariro National Park, New Zealand. The fire damaged important habitats for native species on the North…
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On 18 November 2025, intense flooding and a devastating landslide struck the Friuli Venezia Giulia region in northern Italy following prolonged, intense rainfall. The area surrounding the towns of…
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Europe is facing an increasingly complex mix of natural, technological, and human-driven risks, and the need for science which can guide preparedness is stronger than ever. At the EU Science for…
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