Knowledge Centre on Earth Observation

An innovative satellite data analysis method that delivers fresh insight into small water bodies in remote and complex landscapes has been developed as part of an ESA-backed project...

The Arctic is experiencing disproportionately higher temperature increases compared to the rest of the planet, triggering a series of cascading effects. This rapid warming has profound implications for global climate...

The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over Alaska’s Columbia Glacier, one of the fastest changing glaciers in the world. Different satellite instruments now can gather...

The event “Copernicus Data at the Service of the EU Arctic Policy” organised by Mercator Ocean will be held at the European Parliament in Brussels on 7 December. It will...

Snow cover is an important component of the Earth’s cryosphere and plays a significant role in regulating the Earth’s climate and hydrological cycle. Accurate estimates of snow cover are essential...

The Arctic, once again at the forefront of climate change, is experiencing disproportionately higher temperature increases triggering a series of cascading effects known as Arctic amplification. Satellites developed...

The Copernicus Arctic Regional Reanalysis (CARRA), a state-of-the-art, data-driven reanalysis from the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) that allows a new scrutiny of the Arctic climate, is now being...

In 2017 a team of scientists and science communicators came together around the Arctic Basecamp Project to encourage business leaders and policymakers to take bold climate action.

Arctic PASSION is an EU-funded Horizon 2020 project that aims to co-create and implement an Arctic observing system that is tuned to address the urgent needs of people living in the Arctic and that has...

By continually monitoring the ozone layer and delivering high quality data on its current state, CAMS supports the Montreal Protocol and contributes to international efforts to tackle ozone...