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Danube’s waters fall to record lows

07/08/2026 3571 views 27 likes
These Copernicus Sentinel-2 images over the Danube north of Budapest show how the river’s level has fallen to a record low in Hungary due to a severe drought in central Europe.
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Seven members of ESA’s MTG team at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana.
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The team behind Europe’s latest weather satellite

06/08/2026 930 views 12 likes
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Absolute severity measures the loss of above-ground biomass after a disturbance, such as wind, fire or insect damage, or after tree harvesting.
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Europe’s forests losing more biomass since 2018

05/08/2026 1559 views 46 likes
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Surface water over South America from HydroGNSS
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HydroGNSS data open for new insights into Earth’s water

31/07/2026 2795 views 43 likes
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Earth from Space: New Orleans and the mighty Mississippi

31/07/2026 3647 views 48 likes
This colourful radar image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission features New Orleans and the delta of the Mississippi River, one the largest rivers in North America.
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Pacific Ocean salinity June 2026
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SMOS salinity could offer early indicator of El Niño

30/07/2026 2106 views 45 likes
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The data was captured by radar instruments on the Copernicus Sentinel-1 satellites.
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How Sentinel-1 measured movement of Venezuela quakes

28/07/2026 2666 views 37 likes
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Wildfires near Cebreros ground station, Spain

27/07/2026 2206 views 47 likes
This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image, captured on 26 July, shows a zoomed-in view over ESA's Cebreros ground station, which lies within the areas heavily affected by the wildfires in Spain.
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Fires rage near Bordeaux, France

27/07/2026 14720 views 87 likes
These images by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission, captured on 26 July, show the area to the west of Bordeaux, France, where wildfires continue to burn countryside, fanned by wind and heatwave conditions.
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Earth from Space: Agricultural patchwork

24/07/2026 1760 views 39 likes
The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over Australia’s southwestern corner in the Goldfields–Esperance region of Western Australia.
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Press Release N° 35–2026
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Call for interest: media programme for FLEX and Copernicus Sentinel-3C launch at Europe’s Spaceport

Media representatives are invited to express their interest in attending the media programme at Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana for the launch of the FLEX and Copernicus Sentinel-3C satellites on a Vega-C rocket (flight VV30). Liftoff is expected to take place on 14 September 2026 (22:21 local time, 03.21 CEST on 15 September).
20/07/2026 961 views
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Revisit the Earth Explorer 12 User Consultation Meeting

Held on 7–8 July 2026 in Tallinn, Estonia

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Press Release N° 33–2026
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Call for interest: MTG-I2 launch media programme at Europe’s Spaceport

Media representatives are invited to express their interest in attending the media programme for the launch of the Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) Imager weather satellite, MTG-I2, at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana.
02/07/2026 1916 views
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Europe faces the heat

25/06/2026 6631 views 58 likes
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ESA and EDA launch joint study to strengthen Europe’s Earth observation capabilities

The European Space Agency (ESA) and the European Defence Agency (EDA) have signed an Implementing Arrangement to jointly identify strategic and technological gaps in Europe’s Earth observation capabilities and develop a long-term roadmap in support of security and defence.
22/04/2026 1669 views
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