News and Events
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Smoke billows from fires in Turkey
Captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission on 30 July 2021, this image shows smoke billowing from several fires along the southern coast of Turkey. Turkey has been battling...
News ObservationAugust 2, 2021 -
Satellites monitor Mount Etna’s unpredictable...
Italy’s Mount Etna, Europe’s most active volcano, has recently been on explosive form, with 17 eruptions in less than three months. Instruments onboard three different satellites...
News ObservationApril 8, 2021 -
Earth observation vital in monitoring wetland...
Celebrated annually on 2 February, World Wetlands Day aims to raise global awareness about the importance of wetlands for our planet. This year’s theme shines a light on wetlands...
News ObservationFebruary 2, 2021 -
Giant A-68A iceberg loses chunk of ice
A large block of ice has broken off the northern tip of the A-68A iceberg as seen in new images captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission.
News ObservationDecember 18, 2020 -
Our seas are capturing more carbon than expected
New research uses data from ESA, NASA and NOAA satellites finds that far more carbon is absorbed by the oceans than previously thought.
News ObservationSeptember 22, 2020 -
Satellites track unusual Saharan dust plume
Every summer, the wind carries large amounts of desert dust particles from the hot and dry Sahara Desert in northern Africa across the Atlantic Ocean. Data from the Copernicus...
News ObservationJuly 16, 2020 -
Is Earth on fire?
Wildfires have been making headlines again this month, with multiple fires burning in Lebanon and California, but these are just some of the many fires 2019 has seen.
News SciencesOctober 28, 2019 -
Seventh sentinel satellite launched for Copernicus
The second Sentinel-3 satellite, Copernicus Sentinel-3B, was launched today, joining its identical twin Sentinel-3A in orbit. This pairing of satellites increases coverage and...
News ObservationMay 23, 2018 -
Copernicus Sentinel-3B delivers first images
The very first image, captured on 7 May, shows the transition between day and night over the Weddell Sea in Antarctica.
News ObservationMay 23, 2018 -
European space cooperation, CNES and ESRIN meet...
Tuesday 18 July, CNES President Jean-Yves Le Gall met ESA Director of Earth Observation Joseph Aschbacher at ESRIN, the European Space Research INstitute, to discuss the Earth...
Institutional affairsJuly 18, 2017 -
Press release: COP 21 space agenda - Sentinel-3A...
The successful launch of the Sentinel-3A satellite just weeks after that of Jason-3 marks a new step forward for operational oceanography. For this mission of the Copernicus...
News ObservationFebruary 18, 2016 -
El Niño: satellites see red
The wild child of the Pacific is shaping up to be a monster this winter, comparable to the 1997-1998 episode and possibly even worse. The story in pictures.
News Observation General public, Institutional, Specialist public, Science and technologyDecember 1, 2015 -
FLEX mission to be next ESA Earth Explorer
ESA's Member States have selected FLEX as the eighth Earth Explorer mission, upon recommendation from the Earth Science Advisory Committee.
News Observation Specialist public, Science and technologyNovember 23, 2015 -
Sentinel-3A on its way
The latest satellite for the European Commission’s Copernicus environmental programme has left France bound for the Plesetsk launch site in Russia and launch late next month.
News Observation Specialist public, Science and technologyNovember 20, 2015 -
Press Release: CNES opens access to Copernicus...
With its unique fleet of six families of dedicated Sentinel satellites and payloads on Eumetsat satellites, Copernicus is set to generate a wealth of very-high-quality data with...
News ObservationSeptember 11, 2015
