In the past few days, the southwest of Ireland has been affected by a series of wildfires, which have spread rapidly due to the dry weather conditions and strong winds. They have impacted several areas, causing widespread concern among the local communities, although no damage to property or infrastructure has been reported.  According to data...

This image, acquired on 28 February 2023 by one of the Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellites, shows Storm Juliette sweeping across the island of Mallorca. An alert has been issued for the island, warning of possible 8-metre waves and heavy snowfall, with temperatures dropping as low as -2°C. Experts have also warned that snowfall of up to 40cm could...

The EU is the second largest producer of potatoes globally with output rounding up to more than 53 million tonnes harvested each year. Additionally, the EU takes first place when it comes to the quantity of potatoes consumed per capita. In one year, every European consumes on average almost 90 kg of potatoes.

The aim of this Action is to prepare, deliver and assess a cycle of training events, each of them being named as Copernicus Open School, along with the creation of a Community of practice (CP) and some innovative MOOCs.

The objective of the service is to generate an on-line and publicly available information platform on forests based on the data provided by the Copernicus service to support private forest owners in implementing sustainable forest management activities.