River deltas are sinking faster than...
Earth's river deltas, home to about 5% of the global population and some of the world's major cities, are experiencing subsidence, which exacerbates the risks from sea-level rise. The Copernicus ...
Earth from Space: Buenos Aires
This radar image from the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission captures Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina, the surrounding countryside and the Rio de la Plata estuary.Zoom in to explore this image at ...
Tracking urban expansion in...
The World Settlement Footprint (WSF) Tracker, and its dedicated online platform, have been officially released at an event at the World Bank headquarters in Washington DC.The platform enables users ...
Cleaner air and prosperity can go...
For decades, economic growth and fossil-fuel consumption have been tightly intertwined. As cities have expanded, rising prosperity has often been accompanied by worsening air pollution. New research, ...
ESA awards contract to build...
The European Space Agency has awarded the contract to lead the development and build for two Copernicus Sentinel-1 Next Generation satellites to Thales Alenia Space. Building on the success of the ...
Revealed: 10 new insights in climate...
Each year, the world's leading climate scientists evaluate the most critical evidence on how our planet is changing. Their assessments draw heavily on data from Earth-observing satellites – and the ...
ESA and EBRD to advance Earth...
The European Space Agency (ESA) signed an agreement with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), hailing a new era of cooperation with the aim of advancing the use of Earth ...
Tracking Arctic freshwater flow from...
Arctic rivers and runoff from the land pour vast volumes of freshwater into the Arctic Ocean, influencing seawater salinity, sea-ice formation and ocean circulation, thereby playing an important role ...
A rare encounter: How Juice came to...
No matter how much planning goes into space missions, one must always expect the unexpected. But luck favours the prepared. In July 2025, an unexpected visitor entered our Solar System, interstellar ...
Earth from Space: Baku, Azerbaijan
On World Environment Day, the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission brings us an amazing view from space of Baku, capital of Azerbaijan, hosting this year's celebration.Zoom in to explore this image at its ...
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