In June, EU_ScienceHub and European Space Agency are hosting a workshop focused on environmental crimes

It will highlight the important role of Earth Observation 🛰️ data in environmental compliance assurance

Find out more at 👇
envcrimes2024.esa.int

#CopernicusEmergency Use Cases

The University of Arizona has conducted a study comparing different approaches using #Sentinel1 🛰️ data to accurately map the floods in #Bangladesh 🇧🇩 during May & June 2022

➡️Our #GFM tool was one of the methods evaluated🌊

More at👇
global-flood.emergency.copernicus.eu/get-involved/e…

🚒🌲Here's why #ClimateChange is making wildfires more frequent and more dangerous.

➡️ bit.ly/3PVtL2P

#DYK that #wildfires burnt over 1,000 km² of land in #Spain 🇪🇸 in 2023 ❓

The largest fire 🔥 affected over 120 km² of land in #Tenerife , in which our #MappingTeam was activated to support the emergency response

Read more in our latest #EFFIS report 👇
e.copernicus.eu/EFFIS_Advanced…

In June, EU_ScienceHub and European Space Agency are hosting a workshop focused on environmental crimes

It will highlight the important role of Earth Observation 🛰️ data in environmental compliance assurance

Find out more at 👇
envcrimes2024.esa.int

According to our latest #EDO CDI for the first ten-day period of April, #drought 🚱 conditions were persistent across southern Europe

➡️ Warning 🟠 and Alert 🔴 conditions were present over most of the #Mediterranean region

More at👇
e.copernicus.eu/EDO_CDI

#EMSN190

Since 2021, the water level of Lake Tanganyika in #Burundi 🇧🇮 has been rising

Our #MappingTeam has been tasked to provide a #flood risk assessment based on different scenarios of water level rise 🌊

Read more in the Situational Reporting 👇
…skandrecovery.emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSN190/report…

According to our latest #EDO CDI for the first ten-day period of April, #drought 🚱 conditions were persistent across southern Europe

➡️ Warning 🟠 and Alert 🔴 conditions were present over most of the #Mediterranean region

More at👇
e.copernicus.eu/EDO_CDI

According to our #EFFIS , as of 28 April 2024:

The weekly cumulative number of #wildfires 🔥 recorded in the EU 🇪🇺 to date has exceeded the 2006-2023 average by approximately 7⃣9⃣%

Find more statistics on the portal at👇
forest-fire.emergency.copernicus.eu/apps/effis.sta…

#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

#ImageOfTheDay

The area around Acapulco 🇲🇽, has still not fully recovered from the damage caused by Hurricane Otis, yet it is once again facing an environmental crisis

⬇️As visible in this #Sentinel2 image from 25 April, several fires are raging in the hills behind the city

According to our #EFFIS , as of 28 April 2024:

The weekly cumulative number of #wildfires 🔥 recorded in the EU 🇪🇺 to date has exceeded the 2006-2023 average by approximately 7⃣9⃣%

Find more statistics on the portal at👇
forest-fire.emergency.copernicus.eu/apps/effis.sta…

Heavy rainfall has recently affected #Pakistan 🇵🇰 and #Afghanistan 🇦🇫 leading to #floods in several areas of both countries

🔽Data from our #GHSL 🧑‍🤝‍🧑🛰️ and #GFM tool 🌊 were used in the #ERCC 's Daily Map to report on these events

🔗erccportal.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ECHO-Products/…

#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 👇
e.copernicus.eu/EFFIS_Advanced…

Heavy rainfall has recently affected #Pakistan 🇵🇰 and #Afghanistan 🇦🇫 leading to #floods in several areas of both countries

🔽Data from our #GHSL 🧑‍🤝‍🧑🛰️ and #GFM tool 🌊 were used in the #ERCC 's Daily Map to report on these events

🔗erccportal.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ECHO-Products/…

#CopernicusEmergency Use Cases

At our Global Floods Annual Meeting, eiLabPolimi 🇮🇹 presented the PrintFloods project

They aim to deliver improved #flood hazard maps by leveraging our #GloFAS 🌊 products and Deep Learning algorithms

Read more 👇
global-flood.emergency.copernicus.eu/get-involved/e…

#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 👇
e.copernicus.eu/EFFIS_Advanced…

#ImageOfTheDay

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