🌊 When sunlight returns after the austral night, phytoplankton blooms spread across Antarctic seas.
🛰️ This view near Antarctica (2 Mar) shows green-tinted waters flowing between sea-ice fragments.
#CopernicusEU tracks these vital polar ecosystems.
🔗 https://www.copernicus.eu/en/media/image-day-gallery/greenish-sea-ice-cooperation-sea-eastern-antarctica
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⛰️ Torres del Paine NP in Chile 🇨🇱 is known for granite peaks, turquoise lakes and vast ice fields.
🛰️ This #CopernicusEU Sentinel-2 #ImageaofTheDay shows Grey Glacier - helping scientists monitor glacier change and fragile mountain ecosystems.
🔗 https://www.copernicus.eu/en/media/image-day-gallery/torres-del-paine-national-park-chile
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🏛️Cultural heritage sites around the world are facing growing environmental & human pressures.
🛰️#CopernicusEU EO data support monitoring, risk assessment, and evidence-based management to help safeguard these sites.
Read more in this week’s Observer 👉
https://www.copernicus.eu/en/news/news/observer-how-copernicus-supports-cultural-heritage-monitoring-and-preservation-worldwide
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🌫 A massive Saharan dust plume is sweeping across SW Europe, degrading air quality.
🛰️ Data from #CopernicusEU Atmosphere Monitoring Service show dust spreading from N Africa across Portugal, Spain, Italy, France and the UK.
🌫 A massive Saharan dust plume is sweeping across SW Europe, degrading air quality.
🛰️ Data from #Copernicu...
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🌽 Rosario, in 🇦🇷 Argentina’s farming heartland, is under pressure from drought and extreme heat.
🛰️ These #CopernicusEU Sentinel-2 images reveal crop stress - 🟢 fades to 🟤 as soils dry - highlighting risks to food production.
🔗 https://www.copernicus.eu/en/media/image-day-gallery/drought-argentinas-agricultural-heartland
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🌊 The Amvrakikos Gulf 🇬🇷 is a semi-enclosed basin linked to lagoons and river deltas protected under Ramsar & Natura 2000.
🛰️ This #CopernicusEU Sentinel-2 #ImageOfTheDay shows turquoise lagoons near Arta, supporting fish nurseries & rich birdlife.
🔗 https://www.copernicus.eu/en/media/image-day-gallery/amvrakikos-gulf-greece
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World Seagrass Day highlights tiny ecosystems with a huge impact. Seagrass covers 0.1% of the ocean floor, yet supports marine life & stores carbon.
🛰️ This #CopernicusEU Sentinel-2 #ImageOfTheDay shows the Tañon Strait - a hotspot of seagrass reefs.
🔗 https://www.copernicus.eu/en/media/image-day-gallery/seagrass-meadows-tanon-strait-philippines
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🏔️🇦🇶 Vinson Massif towers over West Antarctica as the continent’s highest range, with Mount Vinson rising to 4,892 m.
🛰️ This #CopernicusEU Sentinel-2 #ImageOfTheDay shows glaciers, nunataks and snow-covered ridges shaped by extreme cold and winds.
🔗 https://www.copernicus.eu/en/media/image-day-gallery/vinson-massif-antarcticas-highest-peak
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🇪🇪 Estonia is enduring one of its coldest winters ❄️ in decades. Prolonged freezing has formed extensive sea ice, disrupting transport & isolating islands.
🛰️ This #CopernicusEU Sentinel-2 #ImageOfTheDay shows an ice channel between Kuivastu & Virtsu.
🔗 https://www.copernicus.eu/en/media/image-day-gallery/sea-ice-suur-strait-estonia
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🇱🇺 Luxembourg City sits above the Alzette & Pétrusse valleys. This #CopernicusEU Sentinel-2 #ImageOfTheDay shows its landscape.
Luxembourg hosts the #GOVSATCOM conference, showcasing how secure EU satellite communications are supporting authorities.
🔗 https://www.copernicus.eu/en/media/image-day-gallery/luxembourg-city-capital-shaped-valleys
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