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The Plitvice Lakes National Park, located in central Croatia, is the country’s oldest and largest national park, spanning nearly 300 square kilometres. Thanks to its unique formation of tufa…
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Dokkum, located near the Wadden Sea, is a historical city in the province of Friesland in the Netherlands. This UNESCO World Heritage site is known for its dynamic tidal flats and barrier islands.…
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In early February 2025, the world’s sea ice fell to a record low, with the combined Arctic and Antarctic sea ice extent totalling 15.76 million square kilometres. Arctic sea ice has consistently…
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2024 saw South America in the grips of a wildfire crisis, with some countries and regions experiencing record-breaking emissions and severe air quality impacts, as highlighted in the annual wildfires…
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Jan Mayen is a Norwegian island situated in the North Atlantic Ocean, around 600 km northeast of Iceland and 950 km west of Norway. The island, with an area of 373 km2, is home to the world’s…
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This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image, acquired on 1 February 2025, shows an algal bloom in the Salto Grande reservoir, at the border between Argentina and Uruguay. In early February 2025, Lake Salto…
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Romania was affected by its coldest week of the winter between 17 to 24 February 2025. The extreme temperatures, which dropped as low as -20°C in some mountainous regions, were accompanied by heavy…
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This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image, acquired on 20 December 2024, shows the Alam-Pedja Reserve in Estonia. This is one of the project areas of the WoodmeadowLIFE project, an initiative to restore and…
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This image, acquired by one of the Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellites on 23 October 2024, shows the Moselle wine region between Luxembourg and Germany. The rolling hills on the Luxembourg side of the…
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Spanning nearly 23,000 hectares and located south of Dublin, Wicklow Mountains National Park is the largest of Ireland’s six national parks and the only one in the east. It is also the largest area…
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On 17 February 2025, the Royal Meteorological Institute (RMI) in Belgium recorded the coldest night of the current meteorological winter. In Uccle, the temperature dropped to -4°C, equalling the low…
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Air pollution is one of Europe’s most pressing environmental and public health challenges. To ensure the continued growth of Copernicus Earth Observation (EO) data and services, the European…
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This false colour Copernicus Sentinel-2 image, acquired on 5 February 2025, shows the meandering course of the Little Danube in Slovakia. The 126.6 km-long Little Danube is a tributary of the Danube…
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Amsterdam Island, part of the UNESCO-listed French Southern and Antarctic Lands, is a remote French territory in the southern Indian Ocean. It is a crucial refuge for biodiversity and home to…
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On Tuesday, DG DEFIS hosted the 7th meeting of the EU Industry and Start-ups Forum on Space Traffic Management (EISF).
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On 13 February 2025, a powerful storm struck central Italy, and in particular the island of Elba and inland Tuscany, bringing heavy rainfall, flooding, and landslides. In the province of Grosseto,…
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This image, acquired by one of the Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellites on 3 February 2025, shows shipping lanes in the Gulf of Bothnia in the Baltic Sea, near the city of Hailuoto, Finland. In winter,…
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Panevėžys, the fifth-largest city in Lithuania, is an important cultural and economic hub in the country's northeast. Located on the banks of the Nevėžis River, the city is known for its strong…
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Located around 200 kilometres north of the Arctic Circle, Kiruna is Sweden’s northernmost municipality, as well as the country’s largest by area. The region’s diverse terrain includes forests,…
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