The El Niño induced floods continue in the Horn of Africa. The consequences of the torrential rains have affected more than two million people in several areas of Somalia, with over 100 casualties reported and 750,000 persons displaced. This image, acquired by one of the Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellites on 30 November, shows the region of...

The Antarctic Ozone Hole (AOH) is an atmospheric phenomenon that occurs in early austral spring and typically lasts until the end of November, but according to the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS), it has followed an unusual pattern in 2023.  The AOH has appeared several days earlier than usual and is taking an unusually long...

Last month, hundreds of developers in ten European countries spent a weekend coding innovative solutions to problems in international development and humanitarian aid during the 6th edition of the CASSINI Hackathon. This article runs through the challenges and winning ideas from this latest edition.

In the fight against climate change, the emphasis often falls on the significance of planting trees, yet coastal wetlands also play a vital role in carbon capture, outperforming even tropical forests. Derrymore Island marshes, nestled amidst the Atlantic waves in Ireland, stand as a natural carbon sink—a subject of intense scrutiny by a team...

One of the main achievements of this action was the creation of an "Copernicus interactive module" that was specially designed for this action.