News and Events
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Gearing up for third Sentinel-2 satellite
With the first Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite in orbit since 2015 and the second since 2017, engineers are busy preparing the mission’s follow-on pair to eventually pick up the...
News ObservationAugust 9, 2021 -
Satellites reveal cause of Chamoli disaster
A new study using satellite evidence confirms that a rock and ice avalanche caused the Chamoli disaster in India earlier this year.
News ObservationJune 14, 2021 -
Monitoring coastal changes in Greece
Hundreds of satellite images spanning over 25 years have been compiled to show the evolution of Greece’s ever-changing coastlines.
News ObservationMay 18, 2021 -
Satellite imagery key to powering Google Earth
One of the most comprehensive pictures of our changing planet is now available to the public. Thanks to the close collaboration between Google Earth, ESA, the European Commission...
News ObservationApril 16, 2021 -
Satellites monitor Mount Etna’s unpredictable...
Italy’s Mount Etna, Europe’s most active volcano, has recently been on explosive form, with 17 eruptions in less than three months. Instruments onboard three different satellites...
News ObservationApril 8, 2021 -
Theia reveals annual mountain snow cover
After developing single-date images of snow cover, the partners of the Theia land surfaces data centre are now generating the first satellite maps providing a synoptic picture of...
News ObservationMarch 19, 2021 -
Monitoring methane emissions from gas pipelines
For the first time, scientists, using satellite data from the Copernicus Sentinel missions, are now able to detect individual methane plumes leaking from natural gas pipelines...
News ObservationMarch 4, 2021 -
Is this the end of the A-68A iceberg?
Satellite images have revealed that the once colossal A-68A iceberg has had yet another shattering experience. Several large cracks were spotted in the berg last week and it has...
News ObservationFebruary 3, 2021 -
Earth observation vital in monitoring wetland...
Celebrated annually on 2 February, World Wetlands Day aims to raise global awareness about the importance of wetlands for our planet. This year’s theme shines a light on wetlands...
News ObservationFebruary 2, 2021 -
Our world is losing ice at record rate
A research team – the first to carry out a survey of global ice loss using satellite data – has discovered that the rate at which ice is disappearing across the planet is speeding...
News ObservationJanuary 25, 2021 -
Satellites track unusual Saharan dust plume
Every summer, the wind carries large amounts of desert dust particles from the hot and dry Sahara Desert in northern Africa across the Atlantic Ocean. Data from the Copernicus...
News ObservationJuly 16, 2020 -
Land-cover maps of Europe from the cloud
Thanks to the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission and new cloud-computing resources, fully automated land-cover maps in 10 m resolution are on the horizon.
News ObservationMarch 20, 2020 -
Greenland and Antarctica losing ice six times...
According to a new report, Greenland and Antarctica are losing ice six times faster than in the 1990s – currently on track with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s...
News ObservationMarch 11, 2020 -
Deforestation in Bolivia
This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image features an area in the Santa Cruz Department of Bolivia, where part of the tropical dry forest has been cleared for agricultural use.
News ObservationFebruary 3, 2020 -
Smoke and flames in Australia
Ferocious bushfires have been sweeping across Australia since September, fuelled by record-breaking temperatures, drought and wind. The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission has been used...
News ObservationFebruary 3, 2020 -
What’s driving tropical deforestation? Scientists...
A new mapping method built upon 45 years of data could help pinpoint what is driving tropical deforestation and where forests are most vulnerable to future degradation and fires....
News ObservationDecember 4, 2019 -
Gran Canaria Wildfire
This satellite image has been captured on 19 August by Sentinel-2 (false colors using the shortwave infrared bands)
News SciencesAugust 30, 2019 -
France-Morocco space cooperation Copernicus...
Tuesday 6 March, CNES President Jean-Yves Le Gall was in Rabat at the invitation of Driss El Hadani, Director of Morocco’s Royal Centre for Remote Sensing (CRTS), to open the...
Institutional affairsMarch 6, 2018