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11.02.2025

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05.02.2025

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### [International Day of Action for Rivers: A view of the Po River](/en/media/image-day-gallery/international-day-action-rivers-view-po-river)

Date: 14/03/2025

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### Copernicus Thematic Hubs

[Health Hub](https://health.hub.copernicus.eu/)

The Copernicus Health Hub brings together all the Copernicus environmental data and products pertinent to Health, including that related to physical health, mental health and well-being.

[Coastal Hub](https://www.coastal.hub.copernicus.eu/)

The Copernicus Coastal Hub provides open and free access to a selection of coastal Earth observation data from the Copernicus Sentinel satellites and all Copernicus Services.

[Energy Hub](https://energy.hub.copernicus.eu/)

Copernicus Energy Hub: Connecting environmental data and Earth Observations to the green energy transition.

[Arctic Hub](https://www.arctic.hub.copernicus.eu/)

The Copernicus Arctic Hub provides access to data and information in the Arctic. Explore interactive maps and thematic use cases and empower decision-making and sustainable practices.

### Use cases

[Iberian Ocean Hindcast (IBv2.0): Designed to explore the impact of environmental conditions in the abundance and distribution of small pelagic fish species](/en/iberian-ocean-hindcast-ibv20-designed-explore-impact-environmental-conditions-abundance-and)

The Iberian Ocean Hindcast (IBv2.0) is a high-resolution reanalysis service that downscales Copernicus Marine products to provide detailed ocean environmental data for the Iberian region from 2002 to 2020. This hindcast is crucial for understanding the abundance and distribution of small pelagic…

[Protecting Romanian Beaches from Plastic Pollution with Romanian Coastal Monitoring](/en/protecting-romanian-beaches-plastic-pollution-romanian-coastal-monitoring)

The SYROCO macro-plastics tracking service is designed to provide maps of macro-plastics in Romania's coastal area, including beaching density maps that indicate the quantity of macro-plastics washed ashore. This service optimizes beach clean-up efforts by informing stakeholders, including…

[Low salinity warning system for oyster farming in Galway Bay, Ireland](/en/low-salinity-warning-system-oyster-farming-galway-bay-ireland)

Developed by the Marine Institute and in collaboration with NOW Systems, this use case provides a warning system to support sustainable oyster farming in Galway Bay by forecasting low salinity events, which can increase oyster mortality. The service leverages on Copernicus Marine Service'…

[Enhancing Pollution Response in the Southeast Baltic Sea with High-Resolution Hydrodynamic Modelling](/en/enhancing-pollution-response-southeast-baltic-sea-high-resolution-hydrodynamic-modelling)

Developed by the Marine Research Institute of Klaipeda University, this use case focuses on monitoring and forecasting chemical and microbiological pollution events in Lithuanian waters using a high-resolution 3D operational hydrodynamic model. Utilising the Baltic Sea Physics Analysis and…

### Social Media Feed

> Today is the International Day of Action for Rivers, which we mark with this image of northern Italy, produced with data from the [@CopernicusLand](https://twitter.com/CopernicusLand?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) Hydro River Network Database.   

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> It shows the Po River and its many tributaries.  

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> Learn more:[https://t.co/1cDKat3pKa](https://t.co/1cDKat3pKa) [pic.twitter.com/NCFqoGtJw5](https://t.co/NCFqoGtJw5)

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> — Copernicus EU (@CopernicusEU) [March 14, 2025](https://twitter.com/CopernicusEU/status/1900534667863888276?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> This image of Philippines was produced by combining data from the Sentinel-1A satellite between December 2024 and March 2025.  

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> Visible in the centre of the image is Panabo City, which is affected by the highest rate of subsidence in the country. ⤵️ [pic.twitter.com/Q5vQSRr6cR](https://t.co/Q5vQSRr6cR)

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> — Copernicus EU (@CopernicusEU) [March 13, 2025](https://twitter.com/CopernicusEU/status/1900137016060158273?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> This image, acquired on 9 March 2025 by [#Sentinel2](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Sentinel2?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw), shows the thermal anomaly (infrared signature) detected at the summit of the Fuego Volcano.  

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> On that same day, it began erupting, prompting the evacuation of over 300 people in the vicinity.  

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> Learn more:[https://t.co/L5zpyue8MW](https://t.co/L5zpyue8MW) [pic.twitter.com/nzK7zOvBj2](https://t.co/nzK7zOvBj2)

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> — Copernicus EU (@CopernicusEU) [March 12, 2025](https://twitter.com/CopernicusEU/status/1899741536079728658?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

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