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 rugged ridgelines shaped over millennia by wind and water erosion. This false-colour image, acquired on 1 January 2025 by one of the Copernicus...

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 Atlantic Ocean.  Recent rainfall has increased surface runoff and sediment transport, strengthening the contrasting outflow from the two rivers. The...

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 African Rift fault system. The event generated an ash and gas column reaching approximately 13–15 km, and the ash cloud spread over the Red Sea...

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 and Copernicus Relays, which would eventually grow to more than 300 members worldwide. Their success in supporting Copernicus user uptake inspired...

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 the region, leading to travel disruption, the isolation of several rural communities, and the closure of numerous schools. Emergency services were...