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 Sentinel-1 mission has captured a decade’s worth of data showing land sinking faster than previously thought.

Image: For Valentine’s Day, the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission sends love from space, capturing the heart-shaped oasis of Faiyum, just south of Cairo, Egypt.

SUNSHINE Webinar [Registrations Open] sonia Thu, 12/02/2026 – 15:40 Description SUNSHINE is an EU-funded project coordinated by the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Defence Industry and Space (DG DEFIS). It aims to strengthen disaster resilience across Europe by facilitating the uptake of EU Space Programme data and services – such as Copernicus EMS, Galileo EWSS, SSA,…

SUNSHINE Technical Webinar [Registrations Open] sonia Thu, 12/02/2026 – 15:36 SUNSHINE is an EU-funded project coordinated by the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Defence Industry and Space (DG DEFIS). It aims to strengthen disaster resilience across Europe by facilitating the uptake of EU Space Programme data and services – such as Copernicus EMS, Galileo EWSS, SSA, and GOVSATCOM – within civil protection…

ESA’s Education Office is looking for motivated university students with an engineering or physics background to participate in the upcoming edition of the ESA Academy’s Concurrent Engineering Workshop, taking place from 26 to 29 May 2026 at ESA’s European Space Security and Education Centre (ESEC)-Galaxia in Transinne, Belgium.

Satellite data have captured the intensity of rainfall over the Iberian Peninsula during three severe winter storms, and the extent of flooding that followed around the Tejo River and basin in Portugal.

OBSERVER: CLMS Snapshots – a new era in environmental storytelling sonia Tue, 10/02/2026 – 12:12 The Copernicus Land Monitoring Service is expanding its reach through its CLMS Snapshots, a new tool which uses interactive, visually rich story maps to bring land monitoring insights to wider audiences. These story maps translate complex environmental data into accessible…

Image: With the 2026 Winter Olympics officially opening today, the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission brings us a striking view of northern Italy, highlighting several key Olympic venues.

With fewer cars on the road, planes in the air and factories running, the skies seemed cleaner during the Covid-19 pandemic. However, while there was a decline in pollutants such as nitrogen dioxide, scientists were surprised to see that methane surged in the early 2020s and then dropped – and now they know why.

Your toolbox for Vegetation Indices: A hands-on HR-VPP webinar leo.concepcion Thu, 05/02/2026 – 17:01 Webinar designed to provide the knowledge and tools needed to calculate Vegetation Indices and Biophysical Variables. CLMS is pleased to invite you to a hands-on webinar on 19 February 2026, demonstrating how to calculate Vegetation Indices and Biophysical Variables using dedicated…