Accra is the capital of Ghana and one of the fastest-growing urban centres in West Africa. Located along the Gulf of Guinea, Accra serves as a key economic and administrative hub, home to over 5 million residents in the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area. The city faces rapid urbanisation, serving as a centre for manufacturing, marketing, finance,...

Located in the central Visayas region, Cebu City is a major hub for commerce, tourism, and education in the Philippines. Bordered by the Cebu Strait to the east, the city's geography is a mix of coastal lowlands and hilly interior terrain. Its strategic coastal location has made it an important port and commercial centre, connecting the central...

The Danish marine ecosystem is affected by algal blooms almost every year. Nutrient-rich water, which can result from warmer water temperatures or from agricultural emissions, creates an environment for algae to thrive.  This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image, acquired on 30 June 2025, shows an algal bloom in the North Sea off the coast of Denmark,...

The Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) has published its latest monthly Climate Bulletin, focused on key climate trends in June 2025. The bulletin reports that June 2025 was the third-warmest June globally, with an average ERA5 surface air temperature of 16.46°C, 0.47°C above the 1991-2020 average for June. In Europe, the average...

Food production in Egypt, a largely desert country, has long benefited from the fertile lands along the Nile. In the late 1990s, the ambitious New Valley, or Toshka Project, set out to reclaim desert land for agricultural usage by channelling water from Lake Nasser into the Western Desert, which is part of the Sahara. The different colours in...