Knowledge Centre on Earth Observation

Representatives from the African Union Commission (AUC), the Nile, Congo and Niger river basin authorities, national and regional institutions from South Africa, Senegal, Nigeria and East Africa...

A decade after Sentinel-1A's launch on 3 April 2014, it continues to deliver large amounts of data to users each month. This mission, built on the legacy of pioneering...

The Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) can play an increasing role supporting the European and national institutions and agencies. The modalities of this support, as the revised Ambient Air Quality...

The world is becoming increasingly urban. Driven by climate change, inequalities and conflict, urbanisation is a phenomenon seen around the globe. However, it is particularly prominent in Europe and North...

March 23 is World Meteorological Day, commemorating the coming into force of the Convention establishing the World Meteorological Organization on 23 March 1950. Every year, the Day focuses...

Capable of absorbing and storing vast amounts of CO 2, forests are our secret weapon in the fight against climate change. According to some estimates, trees...

Air pollution is the largest environmental health risk in Europe and significantly impacts the health of the European population, particularly in urban areas. Following on from the Sentinel-5P satellite– the first Copernicus...

The European Union (EU) has taken significant steps to address the issue of deforestation and forest degradation, with the Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) and the proposed Forest Monitoring Framework being...

Radar data from Copernicus Sentinel-1 are supporting a bespoke monitoring service for cement operations, nuclear waste, mining and disaster management in Hungary. Interferometric Synthetic Aperture...

Climate change exacerbates droughts by making them more frequent, longer, and more severe. This can have a wide range of impacts on the environment, agriculture, ecosystems and communities...