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The Arctic is disproportionately affected by climate change, and this is most evident during Northern Hemisphere summer. In some parts of Alaska, permafrost thawing seems to foster chemical…
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Famed for its sugar-cubed houses and incredible number of pristine beaches, Serifos is one of the hidden gems of the Cyclades islands in Greece. A wildfire on the 29th of June 2024 burned down and…
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The Faroe Islands are dominated by glacial landforms, and due to the strong winds, the islands are practically treeless. Múlafossur is a spectacular waterfall on the island of Vágar in the Faroe…
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Wallis is an island and coral atoll in the South Pacific with a population of about 11,000 people under the jurisdiction of France. Most of the residents sustain their livelihoods mainly through…
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With the Hungarian EU Presidency beginning today, we have selected a scene from Hungary's most characteristic landscape, the Great Hungarian Plain. This area is a low-lying sedimentary basin with…
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Nyiragongo, one of the world's most beautiful and active volcanoes, is a large stratovolcano near Lake Kivu at the eastern border of DR Congo with Rwanda in the Virunga National Park. On June 25,…
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In June 2024, the Ahuachapán Department in western El Salvador has been affected by heavy rainfall that has caused a series of landslides and floods. Sentinel-1 images such as this one from 23 June…
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Badain Jaran Desert is located in northern China, close to the Mongolian border. It is a sandy desert with occasional snow and extremely high dunes, but its most important peculiarity is the presence…
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Ria Formosa Lagoon is located on the Atlantic coast in southern Portugal. It is a system of tidal inlets and islands separated from the sea by barrier islands with long sandy beaches. The lagoon is…
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The first heatwave of the summer season came unusually early for the Aegean Sea region during the weekend 15-16 June. At night, temperatures were typically above +30°C, and reached well above +40 °C…
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Grand Canyon looks amazing from all perspectives. The geological kaleidoscope forming the colourful walls of the canyon is also visible on this satellite image, with the slope shadows also…
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Niagara Falls are a system of waterfalls on the Niagara River between Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. From west to east, the individual waterfalls are named Horseshoe Falls, Bridal Veil Falls and…
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This true colour Sentinel-2 image of Uluru / Ayers Rock was collected on 11 June 2024, during the local cold season. The relatively low-lying sun creates shadows in the gorges around the perimeter of…
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Offshore wind parks create renewable energy while having a lower visual footprint on the landscape. Horns Rev wind park in the North Sea off the Danish coast has a combined capacity of more than 700…
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Illapel, a town of about 30 000 inhabitants in the Coquimbo regio central Chile, is facing problems of water supply. Located in an area heavily affected by desertification, the town receives its…
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Summertime is on at the Cote d'Azur, but warming temperatures and clear skies can also have dangerous consequences. Due to the wet spring and dry summer, the dry biomass of undergrowth is unusually…
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Cloud forests are highly diverse ecosystems where the conditions are humid, but instead of regular precipitation water is available as the condensation of fog or low-altitude clouds. Monteverde Cloud…
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The Øresund bridge is one of the longest bridges in the world, spanning the Øresund straight between Denmark and Sweden. The bridge connects to a tunnel which the road and railway enters on a small…
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Most of us live on land, and it is easy to forget that more than 70 percent of the Earth's surface is covered by the Ocean. But at Cape Horn, the southernmost tip of the Tierra del Fuego Archipelago…
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Korission Lagoon is located on the southwestern corner of Corfu Island in Greece. The lagoon has fresh water and is close to the sea but separated by the sand dunes, so it is a biodiversity hotspot…
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