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    ESA > Our Activities > Observing the Earth > Copernicus

    Marine environment

    Services relevant to the marine environment include monitoring for marine safety and transport, oil-spill detection, water quality and the polar environment. 

    Where are the jellyfish? How clean is
    your favourite beach?
    Looking for great
    ocean garbage patches
    Space technology reveals
    where oil pollutes the oceans
    Climate change research
    beyond limits
    Satellites reveal how sea level rise
    changes our coastlines
    The plague of toxic algae Safer shipping
    through sea ice
    Satellites support sustainable
    aquaculture development
    Satellites support
    sustainable fishing

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