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Record Temperatures in the Mediterranean Sea in July
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Record Temperatures in the Mediterranean Sea in July
  The record-breaking temperatures that hit Europe in July are contributing to an increase in the surface temperature of the Mediterranean Sea.  This visualisation, based on Copernicus Marine Service…
27 Jul 2023
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Phytoplankton bloom in the arctic ocean in July 2023
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Phytoplankton bloom in the arctic ocean in July 2023
On 26 July 2023, one of the Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellites captured a seasonal phytoplankton bloom off the west coast of the Svalbard Archipelago, in the Arctic Ocean. Phytoplankton blooms are an…
30 Jul 2023
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Canadian Wildfires reach the Arctic Circle
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Canadian wildfires reach the Arctic Circle
Months into the crisis, wildfires continue to rage furiously in Canada. As of the end of July 2023, fires had erupted along the border between the USA and the Canadian territory of British Columbia,…
31 Jul 2023
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The Growth of the Bolonia Dune in Spain
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The Growth of the Bolonia Dune in Spain
This image, captured by one of the Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellites on 25 July 2023, shows the Bolonia Dune, a Spanish Natural Monument since 2001, located along the scenic Atlantic coastline between…
01 Aug 2023
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Severe winter floods are ongoing in Latvia
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Severe winter floods are ongoing in Latvia
Latvia is at risk of being affected by the worst flooding episode since 1981 due to an ice jam in the Daugava River. The ice jam is affecting the normal flow of the river, causing the water level to…
19 Jan 2023
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The movement of Iceberg B-22a
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The movement of Iceberg B-22a
Iceberg B-22a was formed in 2001, when it calved from the ice shelf formed by the Thwaites glacier in West Antarctica and started floating in the Amundsen Sea. In 2022 and 2023, it started moving…
20 Jan 2023
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Rare January cyclone in the northern Atlantic Ocean
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Rare January cyclone in the northern Atlantic Ocean
On 16 January, one of the Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellites captured this image, which shows a rare tropical cyclone that had formed in mid-January in the northern Atlantic Ocean. This is an unusual…
21 Jan 2023
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Snowpack in Sierra Nevada reaches record levels
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Snowpack in Sierra Nevada reaches record levels
Until December 2022, California's reservoirs remained below capacity. However, although there were storms in December, the above-average temperatures resulted in heavy rainfall rather than the usual…
22 Jan 2023
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Tallinn, European Green Capital 2023
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Tallinn, European Green Capital 2023
Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, has been designated as the European Green Capital 2023 in recognition of its efforts to promote sustainable transport, green economy and environmental conservation.…
23 Jan 2023
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Record temperatures in Greenland
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Record temperatures in Greenland
A recent study published by the Nature journal has revealed that temperatures in Greenland have been higher in recent decades than in any other period in the past 1,000 years. The study analysed data…
24 Jan 2023
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The calving of the Burnt Ice Shelf
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The calving of the Brunt Ice Shelf
On 23 January, a massive iceberg, of 1,550 km2 (close to the size of the island of Gran Canaria or of Greater London), has calved from the Brunt Ice Shelf in Antarctica. This image was acquired on 20…
25 Jan 2023
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Italian Apennine mountain range covered with snow
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Italian Apennine mountain range covered with snow
After an unusually warm start of the winter season characterised by the lack of significant snowfall, in the past few days a massive snowstorm covered the peaks of central and southern Italy with…
26 Jan 2023
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Snow in the Sahara Desert in Algeria
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Snow in the Sahara Desert in Algeria
On 24 January heavy snowfall fell in northwest Algeria, on the peaks of the Bèchar Province, on the edge of the Sahara Desert. This image, acquired on 25 January 2023 by one of the Copernicus…
27 Jan 2023
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Heavy snowfall paralyses Japan
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Heavy snowfall paralyses Japan
In the past week, Japan suffered one of the most severe cold spells of the season due to an unusually cold weather formation, which caused heavy snowfall across large parts of the country. The…
28 Jan 2023
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Exceptionally cold winter is gripping Afghanistan
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Exceptionally cold winter is gripping Afghanistan
The winter season in Afghanistan is proving to be one of the coldest in decades, with temperatures reaching -33°C. The harsh weather conditions, characterised by heavy snowfall and frost, are causing…
30 Jan 2023
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Winter rains replenish the Yesa reservoir in Spain
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Winter rains replenish the Yesa reservoir in Spain
Winter rains are finally contributing to the improvement of the drought conditions in Spain. According to data from the SAIH (Automatic Monitoring of Hydrographic Information), the water level in the…
31 Jan 2023
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Worst drought in 70 years hits the Horn of Africa
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Worst drought in 70 years hits the Horn of Africa
The Horn of Africa region is experiencing the longest and most severe drought in the past 70 years. The combination of global warming and La Niña conditions are causing a food crisis and water…
01 Feb 2023
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Exceptionally low sea ice extent in the Baltic Sea
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Exceptionally low sea ice extent in the Baltic Sea
Every year, as the winter months set in, sea ice forms in the Baltic Sea. However, according to the Finnish Meteorological Institute, its extent this year is among the lowest on record. In fact, the…
02 Feb 2023

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