The Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) has just released its annual climate summary for 2023, which highlights that 2023 has replaced 2016 as the warmest calendar year on record. Based on C3S…
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The Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) has just released its annual climate summary for 2023, which highlights high variability across Europe and extreme weather events. These data…
The Charco Redondo Reservoir, visible in this image acquired on 8 January by one of the Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellites, is located in the province of Cádiz, Spain. It plays a crucial role in…
The formation of sea ice in the Baltic Sea has been favoured by the cold temperatures recorded in Scandinavia at the beginning of 2024. The ice cover is the most extensive since 2011 and about 4…
In the past few days, several weather phenomena have been occurring in Europe. While record low temperatures have been recorded in Scandinavia, heavy rain has been affecting France and Germany, and…
At the beginning of January 2024, heavy rainfall caused rivers to overflow and flood areas of northern France. This has affected around 1,300 homes, while almost 400 people have been evacuated.…
Despite the onset of the rainy season, Sicilia (Italy) continues to be affected by a severe drought. The prolonged heatwave intensified the drought, leading to bare soil becoming visible in many…
Heavy floods are ongoing in Germany. Thousands of first responders are working tirelessly to tackle the aftermath of the heavy rainfall, which has particularly affected the northern states of Lower…
In late December 2023, a series of powerful storms in the Pacific Ocean caused massive waves, flooding and evacuation orders in coastal areas of Northern and Central California. The Ventura County…
The first cyclone of 2024, named Alvaro, made landfall near Morombe in Madagascar on 1 January, bringing strong winds and heavy rain. According to the latest forecasts from Meteo France, the storm is…
El Hierro, the smallest volcanic island in the Canary Archipelago, holds the distinction of being a UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve and Geopark. Notably, it recently achieved a significant milestone…
After several weeks of precursor signals, a volcanic eruption on the Reykjanes peninsula in Iceland began on the night of 18-19 November. The eruption occurred about 5km from Grindavik, a town whose…
While areas of Queensland are currently struggling with the worst floods in decades, south-eastern Australia is now faced with more than 60 bushfires. One of the larger fires, currently burning in…
For the second time in a few weeks, France has been hit by severe flooding. More than 1,000 buildings have been affected and more than 250 people displaced by rising waters from the river Charente in…
The aftermath of former Tropical Cyclone Jasper's downpour has resulted in over 10,000 people being left without electricity and prompted multiple evacuations across Queensland, Australia. Following…
The situation arising from the unusually low water levels caused by the El Niño-induced drought in Gatun Lake in Panama recently triggered restrictions and limited the number of ships allowed to sail…
On Friday, 15 December 2023, at 00:39 UTC, a new eruption started at the Anak Krakatau volcano in Indonesia. It emitted an ash column that reached approximately 200 meters above its summit. The…
Bird Island, located in the Antarctic Ocean near South Georgia, serves as critical habitat for numerous species of seabirds and fur seals. In October, the first cases of highly pathogenic avian…
Himalayan glaciers are predicted to lose up to 75 per cent of their ice by the end of the century due to global warming, and their melting poses serious risks, particularly from glacial lakes formed…
A Saharan dust storm and an out unseasonal heatwave are affecting the Canary Islands in the second decade of December. The Spanish Meteorological Agency (AEMET) issued a pre-alert for the Canary…
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