The volcanic island born from the Home Reef eruption continues to grow  The Home Reef is an underwater volcano in the Tonga Archipelago. It erupted in September 2022, forming a volcanic island about 70 metres wide. Home Reef showed no signs of activity until September 2023, when a new eruptive phase started. These images, acquired by one of the...

In the Australia’s state of Queensland, on 16 October, firefighters have responded to almost 60 grass and bushfires within a 24-hour timeframe on. The largest ongoing fire, which started in late September, has already burned more than 100,000 hectares in the Carnarvon National Park. Australia is facing a destructive bushfire season due to high...

Storm Babet is the second storm of the season, named by the Meteorological Service of the United Kingdom (Met Office). It is currently active and moving across the Atlantic Ocean toward the British Isles. Met Office has issued an early warning because of the strong winds and heavy rains which the storm is expected to bring. This image, acquired...

This image, acquired by one of the Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellites on 11 October, shows Super Typhoon Bolaven.  After striking the Northern Mariana Islands and Guam as a tropical storm on 8 October, Bolaven rapidly intensified and was classified as a super typhoon, with sustained winds of 210 km/h. It is now moving through the Western Pacific...

Over the past few days, Myanmar has been affected by heavy monsoon rains and floods. These rainstorms have caused extensive damage in the south of the country, and 5 casualties have been reported, while close to 15,000 people have been evacuated to temporary shelters, according to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent...

The Upsala Glacier is ranked as the third largest glacier in the Southern Patagonian Ice Field. Unfortunately, many glaciers in the area, including Upsala, have significantly retreated over the last 50 years due to rising temperatures. The Upsala Glacier has been observed closely by Earth Observation satellites, which have shown that the...

A Saharan dust storm episode, also known as Calima in the Canary Islands, is currently sweeping across the eastern Atlantic Ocean and having a significant impact on the air quality in the archipelago. According to the latest updates from the Spanish Agency of Meteorology (AEMET),  a yellow alert remains in force for the Canary Islands. During...

This visualisation, based on data from the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), shows the surface air temperature anomaly for September 2023 over the European continent.  C3S data highlights that September 2023 has entered the record books as the hottest September ever registered for this area. Notably, air temperatures exceeded those of...

At the beginning of October, a high-pressure system brought clear skies to northern Italy, but also an increase in particulate matter concentrations in the Po Valley. According to local authorities, in cities like Milan and Turin, PM10 and PM2.5 levels exceeded WHO thresholds and limits for key air pollutants that pose health risks. This image,...

Koinu, visible in this image acquired by one of the Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellites on 2 October, is a powerful typhoon currently moving north of the Philippines in the Pacific Ocean. Koinu is currently classified as a Category 3 typhoon. It is expected to make landfall in southwestern Taiwan, bringing torrential rain, winds of up to 195 km/h...

Storm Elias is the second major storm to hit Greece in just a few weeks. The heavy rains it caused have resulted in the overflowing of rivers and widespread floods in the region of Thessaly. In this image, acquired by one of Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellites, the massive amount of sediment washed away by the floods can be seen as the Pino River...

The Iberian Peninsula, imaged by one of Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellites on 27 September, is undergoing an unseasonal heat wave. After a particularly hot summer, the high pressure has caused the rise of warm African air from the Sahara, which is also overheated by solar radiation and hardly hindered by the almost total absence of clouds. This...

Pyrenean glaciers such as the Aneto, Maladeta, Oulettes de Gauve or Tallion glaciers are disappearing due to the consequences of Climate Change. The increase in summer temperatures and the reduction of snowfall have had devastating consequences for these small glaciers, which are recessing at worrying speed. The Institute of Ecology of the...

In the past few days, heavy rains have caused devastating floods in the Western Cape Region, in South Africa. Eleven casualties have been reported, and thousands of families have been evacuated. The rain has caused rivers to overflow, washing away several roads and disrupting traffic in the area. This image, acquired by one of Copernicus...

This image, acquired by one of the Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellites on 27 September 2023, shows the smoke clouds caused by the wildfires that are burning the peatlands of the Central and South Kalimantan provinces in Indonesia. The wildfires, which have burned more than 90,000 hectares of peatlands, have been ongoing on the Indonesian part of...

The wildfire season is still ongoing in British Columbia and Alberta, leading to many evacuations. In Chateh, the wildfires are getting closer to the community, forcing residents to leave their homes.  The wildfire’s smoke is heavily affecting the air quality in many Canadian Arctic areas. In this image, acquired by the Copernicus Sentinel-3...

This image of the Italian island of Sicily, acquired by one of the Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellites on 22 September at 09:20 UTC, shows the hotspots and the enormous smoke cloud generated by a wildfire burning in the Madonie Regional Park  near the city of Cefalù. On that day, more than 40 wildfires were burning simultaneously. The fire crisis...

The winter sports industry is vulnerable to the effects of climate change, and Europe is beginning to feel its first impacts.  This image, acquired by one of the Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellites on 1 September, shows La Sambuy, a ski resort in the French Alps. For the first time in seventy years, the resort will not reopen for the 2024 winter...

Storm Daniel and the consequent floods caused damage to over 700 km2 in Greece's central agricultural belt. The dry soil has impeded the absorption of floodwaters, leaving some areas still submerged in several centimetres of water. This Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite image, acquired on 20 September 2023, shows remaining agricultural areas...

This image, acquired on 19 September by one of the Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellites at 13:52:02 UTC, shows Hurricane Nigel. Nigel is the sixth storm of the Atlantic hurricane season. It formed on 16 September, and is currently located at approximately 1,000 km SE of Bermuda. It is classified as a Category 1 hurricane, but according to the US...