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The Leonese Plateau is an extensive agricultural region in north-western Spain. Within this region, in the province of León between the Órbigo and Esla rivers, lies a distinctive leaf-shaped…
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In August 2026, snow cover across the western Andes in Chile’s Coquimbo Region stood at twice its usual extent. According to the Centre for Advanced Studies in Arid Zones (CEAZA), the monthly median…
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Hardangerjøkulen is a plateau glacier in southern Norway and, with an area of about 64 km², it is the country’s sixth-largest glacier. It is rapidly retreating and projected to disappear before the…
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16 September marks the United Nations International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer, highlighting its important role in protecting life on Earth from harmful ultraviolet radiation.
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The Copernicus Sentinel-3C satellite was successfully launched on 15 September 2026 at 03:21 CEST from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, aboard a Vega-C rocket.
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A major wildfire broke out on the Croatian island of Brač on 10 September 2026, spreading rapidly from near the village of Ložišće under strong bora winds and threatening nearby settlements. 223…
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The landscape around the city of Pärnu, in south-western Estonia, is composed of extensive forests, farmland, and peatlands, including the wetlands of the Soomaa National Park. Peatlands have…
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The Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) has just published its latest monthly Climate Bulletin, which focuses on key climate trends for August 2026. The summer of 2026 has been the warmest on…
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Anak Krakatau is an active volcano in the Sunda Strait, between the Indonesian islands of Java and Sumatra. It entered into a period of sustained eruptive activity on 4 September 2026 which lasted…
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The Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) published its latest monthly Climate Bulletin, which focuses on key climate trends for August 2026. The C3S bulletin reports that August 2026 has been the…
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A large wildfire broke out near the village of Zvirnjača , about 85 km west of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, on 4 September 2026. By 7 September, around 14,000 ha had been affected and the active…
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On 3 September 2026, a calima, a flow of warm, dust-laden air from the deserts of North Africa, swept across the eastern Canary Islands, reducing visibility and degrading air quality over…
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For the first time since 2015, three hurricanes were active simultaneously over the North Pacific Ocean in early September 2026, spread over about 4,500 km from west of Baja California to south of…
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The Cape Fold Mountains extend across south-western South Africa, forming a series of parallel ridges between the Atlantic coast and the country’s drier interior. Their valleys and surrounding…
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Located around 30 kilometres south of Lisbon, Portugal, the city of Setúbal sits on the Atlantic coast beside the Sado Estuary, a landscape of tidal flats and wetlands. During periods of intense…
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Seasonal fires are affecting forests and carbon-rich peatlands across Indonesia, with significant impacts on public health. Between July and August, Indonesia’s Health Ministry recorded more than…
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Recent winter weather brought snowfall to parts of Patagonia, the vast region spanning the south of Argentina and Chile. In Argentina’s Santa Cruz Province, snowfall and negative temperatures were…
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Fires affected large areas of Europe and North Africa during the summer of 2026, with extensive burnt areas across the Iberian Peninsula, southern France, Italy, Greece, the Balkans, Ukraine and…
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The Gulf of St Vincent lies off the coast of South Australia, separating the Yorke Peninsula from the Adelaide metropolitan area. Its sheltered marine waters support coastal ecosystems, including…
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The Danube River continues to be affected by exceptionally low water levels as a consequence of the prolonged drought across Central and Eastern Europe.
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