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English: This image of Corsica was acquired by one of the Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellites on 11 January 2022. Corsica is the fourth largest island in the Mediterranean. Because of its geographical location, the island is particularly affected by the challenges stemming from climate change. However, Corsica is also actively addressing them, for instance by evaluating and preparing mitigation and adaptation measures to the threats to its coastal and marine ecosystems as a consequence of rising sea levels. The island is located in one of the areas where the predicted increase of both air temperatures and evapotranspiration (the sum of evaporation from the land surface plus transpiration from plants), as well as decreasing precipitation and soil moisture, will be highly pronounced. According to the French Meteorological Agency Météo France, the temperature increase is already measurable. In 2021, Corsica’s average air temperature was 0.6°C higher than the reference value. Copernicus satellites provide important data for monitoring the effects of climate change around the world.