What's soil sealing?
Soil sealing happens when soil surfaces are covered by impermeable materials and can contribute to environmental problems such as flooding, soil erosion, loss of biodiversity and decreased soil fertility.

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Chiclana de la Frontera is a city located in southwestern Spain 🇪🇸 which is famous for its endless Atlantic beaches 🏖️

The Iro River, which rises in Lago Salado, runs through the city and flows into the small Bay of Sancti Petri

⬇️ #Sentinel2 🛰️🇪🇺 image from 15 April

#Copernicus for volcano monitoring

The La Cumbre volcano 🌋 on Fernandina Island (Galapagos 🇪🇨) has been in an eruptive phase since 3 March

⬇️ The lava flow has reached the sea, as visible in this #Sentinel2 🇪🇺🛰️ image from 15 April

Founded in the 6⃣th century, #Ife is an ancient city located in southwestern #Nigeria 🇳🇬

➡️ Its warmest month is February, when temperatures can reach over 35 °C ♨️

⬇️ #Sentinel2 🛰️🇪🇺 image from 26 December 2022

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Muchas gracias a Senacyt Panamá continuamos el trabajo de divulgación del Proyecto Copernicus EU LAC Sede Panamá en nuestro ecosistema, identificando actores, casos de uso, etc cc Yill del Carmen Otero Eduardo Ortega-Barria Simonetta Cheli Unión Europea en Panamá 🇪🇺🇵🇦 🇪🇺 DG DEFIS #StrongerTogether European Space Agency ESA Earth Observation

#DYK that the Amazon River plays a key role in influencing global ocean salinity?

Our #CopernicusMarine Service provides valuable data on this & many other parameters critical for protecting #OurOcean

⬇️Annual Sea Water Salinity oscillation retrieved with the #MyOcean Viewer

#DYK that in 2023 #Italy 🇮🇹 was the second most affected country in the EU in terms of area burnt by #wildfires 🔥❓

➡️The total area affected was more than six times the size of #Brussels

Read more in our latest #EFFIS report 👇
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On 14 April a #wildfire 🔥 broke out in Tàrbena ( #IFTàrbena ), in #Spain 🇪🇸

The blaze affected more than 650 hectares and led to the evacuation of 180 people

⬇️ The burn scar is visible in this #Copernicus #Sentinel2 🇪🇺🛰️ image from 23 April

#EUSpace 🛰️🇪🇺 for #EUGreenDeal

#Copernicus 🛰️🇪🇺 supports the #BlueEconomy

It will help us to meet the EU's environmental and climate goals by informing
💧assessments of water quality
🎣mapping of fishing zones
🌊monitoring of algal blooms

More at👇
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Register now for the 6th ECMWF CAMS, European Space Agency, EUMETSAT joint training in Atmospheric Composition.

Taking place in Kjeller 🇳🇴
Hosted by NILU
🗓️16-20 September
❗️Registrations open until May 24

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This time our charts of the month focus on the #ESOTC 2023 report:

📈The cover by Anna Lombardi, PhD shows the European temperature anomalies since 1980
📈 SST, off the charts
📈 Widespread flooding across Europe
📈 Record glacier loss

Explore the report: climate.copernicus.eu/esotc/2023

The 1⃣st edition of the Copernicus Land Monitoring Service General Assembly #CLMSGA2024 will welcome experts from UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳, 🇪🇺 DG DEFIS #StrongerTogether, 🇪🇺 EUSPA - EU Agency for the Space Programme, and many more!

Join the discussion:

📅3–5 June
📍Antwerp 🇧🇪 and Online

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#DYK that the Amazon River plays a key role in influencing global ocean salinity?

Our #CopernicusMarine Service provides valuable data on this & many other parameters critical for protecting #OurOcean

⬇️Annual Sea Water Salinity oscillation retrieved with the #MyOcean Viewer

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On 14 April a #wildfire 🔥 broke out in Tàrbena ( #IFTàrbena ), in #Spain 🇪🇸

The blaze affected more than 650 hectares and led to the evacuation of 180 people

⬇️ The burn scar is visible in this #Copernicus #Sentinel2 🇪🇺🛰️ image from 23 April

❄️📊 #ESOTC highlights that fewer snow days than average and high summer temperatures contributed to exceptional glacier melt in central Europe in 2023.

Glaciers in the Alps lost 10% of their volume in the last two years.

More details 👉 climate.copernicus.eu/esotc/2023/sno…

🔥🌧️ In 2023, Europe was impacted by extreme weather and climate events from heatwaves and wildfires to windstorms and floods.

Explore the #ESOTC ’s interactive key events page to find out more about these events and their impacts 👉climate.copernicus.eu/esotc/2023/key…

The #CASSINI Entrepreneurship Days 🚀 are an opportunity for promising European space #StartUps and investors to meet, network, and shape the sector's future development

🗓️3-4 June
📍Prague 🇨🇿

More at 👇
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🐧 Happy #WorldPenguinsDay 🐧

#DYK ❓The Falkland Islands are home to more penguins than people!

Our #OpenData provides a range of oceanographic parameters, such as sea surface temperature, which enable stakeholders to monitor changes in penguin habitats