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Helping cities monitor air quality
Earth Observation | Copernicus
The everyday impacts of poor air quality can be harmful and far-reaching. Accessible, reliable information is essential to raise public awareness and empower local governments to take effective action against pollution.  
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Finding new ways
Earth Observation | Copernicus
The Copernicus Security Service (CSS) is helping peacekeepers prepare for different scenarios through detailed use cases as part of the Support to EU External and Security Actions (SESA) component which is operated by the European Union Satellite Centre’s (SatCen).  
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Mediterranean wildfires
Earth Observation | Copernicus
Wildfires in Europe are becoming more severe and more frequent. That’s why the mapping and monitoring products provided by the Copernicus Emergency Management Service (CEMS) will become increasingly important to our preparation for and response to these events.
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Coral Reefs
Earth Observation | Copernicus
Coral reefs are the most biodiverse marine ecosystems on Earth. In addition to serving as a habitat and food resource for 25% of marine species, they provide the world with nearly EUR 2.5 billion in goods and services each year.
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Monitoring a blast
Space safety | Space Situational Awareness
In the spring of 2025, the Soviet-built Cosmos-482 Descent Craft, originally designed to land on Venus, instead began making an uncontrolled re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere.
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Tracking Earth’s wildlife
Satellite Navigation | Galileo & EGNOS
Biodiverse ecosystems are essential to the overall health of our planet. That’s why much of the world – EU Member States among them – has pledged to protect and restore global biodiversity.
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Ensuring the safety of your flight
Satellite Navigation | Galileo & EGNOS
Civilian flights use EGNOS for more than just navigation: aircraft rely on navigation signals to help them land safely. That’s where EGNOS’ Safety of Life (SoL) service comes in.
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Mediterranean Heat Waves Monitoring
Earth Observation | Copernicus
Mediterranean Heat Waves Monitoring Service The Mediterranean Heat Waves Monitoring Service provides daily and historical information about the intensity and extent of the Marine Heat Waves (MHW) in the Mediterranean Sea. The data is updated daily using the Sea Surface Temperature provided by Copernicus Service for the Mediterranean Sea. The
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MET-OCEAN CONDITIONS
Earth Observation | Copernicus
MET-OCEAN CONDITIONS FOR THE OIL & GAS INDUSTRY AND OCEAN ENERGY SECTOR OPEN OCEAN develops tools and services for offshore oil & gas, wind, and wave and tidal energy applications. OPEN OCEAN has developed a dashboard called "Metocean Analytics", combining information about both meteorological and oceanic conditions and collecting data
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BLUEFIN TUNA MONITORING
Earth Observation | Copernicus
BLUEFIN TUNA MONITORING IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA SOCIB (Balearic Islands Coastal Observing and Forecasting System) and IEO (INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA) have developed a habitat model for predicting spawning distribution of the Atlantic Bluefin tuna in the Western Mediterranean. The Atlantic Bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) is an emblematic
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SkyFISH - WATER QUALITY MONITORING TOOL
Earth Observation | Copernicus
WATER QUALITY MONITORING TOOL SkyFISH service informs users of the availability of the fish resources and the sustainability of these resources in the Black Sea. This service is targeting the aquaculture, fishery, coastal management, and conservation activities in the public and private sectors. The main objective of this service is to develop a
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TIDAL ENERGY ASSESSMENT
Earth Observation | Copernicus
TIDAL ENERGY ASSESSMENT - TIDEA To date, there is no global solution providing a first level of information for ocean renewable energy site assessments for tidal energy devices (tidal current speed, tidal elevation, tidal power). NOVELTIS has developed a unique solution to provide this information: TidEA, Tidal Energy Assessment. TidEA is a free
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MONITORING HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOM
Earth Observation | Copernicus
MONITORING HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOM IN THE BALTIC SEA: HAB-RISK SERVICE In the past recent years, severe blooms of cyanobacteria occured in the Baltic Sea during the summer season, forcing local authorities in Poland and other Baltic countries to close bathing areas for several weeks. The HAB-RISK consortium has developed a service for the Baltic Sea
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Land
Earth Observation | Copernicus
Urban Atlas Green infrastructure will play a key role in achieving EU policy objectives in a variety of interconnected environmental areas, especially when using nature based solutions to preserve natural capital. This is particularly true for those policies regarding biodiversity conservation, territorial development and cohesion, climate change
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PREDICTING GLOBAL AND REGIONAL TIDAL CURRENTS
Earth Observation | Copernicus
A SYSTEM FOR PREDICTING GLOBAL AND REGIONAL TIDAL CURRENTS NOVELTIS is a private French service company specialized in space, environment, sustainable development and technological innovations. The company has developed a global and regional tidal currents prediction system called TIPS targeting the Marine Renewable Energy sector and its tidal

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