In June 2024, the Ahuachapán Department in western El Salvador has been affected by heavy rainfall that has caused a series of landslides and floods. Sentinel-1 images such as this one from 23 June 2024 can be collected through cloud cover and are therefore not sensitive to weather. On this false colour composite, water surfaces are dark blue...

Badain Jaran Desert is located in northern China, close to the Mongolian border. It is a sandy desert with occasional snow and extremely high dunes, but its most important peculiarity is the presence of a network of more than 100 lakes of varying size. These are fed by groundwater and occasional precipitation and are not connected by rivers on...

Ria Formosa Lagoon is located on the Atlantic coast in southern Portugal. It is a system of tidal inlets and islands separated from the sea by barrier islands with long sandy beaches. The lagoon is protected under the Ramsar Convention and listed as an Important Bird Area as an essential resting place for migratory birds. Located inside the...

CNES and ENSG (Ecole Nationale des Sciences Géographiques) recently provided technical training in interferometry for Vietnamese young researchers.

The first heatwave of the summer season came unusually early for the Aegean Sea region during the weekend 15-16 June. At night, temperatures were typically above +30°C, and reached well above +40 °C during the day. The highest temperatures were recorded in Rhodes, Crete and Milos. These heatwave events are often caused by a so-called heat dome,...