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January 2023 has kicked off the new year with a significant heatwave affecting Europe. In addition to the record-breaking warm temperatures, snowfall was also sparse in both the Alps and the…
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Lake Kerkini in Greece This image, acquired by one of the Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellites on 3 January 2023, shows Lake Kerkini, one of the most important wetlands in Greece. Lake Kerkini is…
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In Iceland, last month was the coldest December since 1974, with temperature anomalies up to 15°C below average. Along with the extremely cold temperatures, heavy snowfall affected the island. The…
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An eruptive episode of the Etna volcano started in mid-December 2022, with the formation of a new vent at an altitude of approximately 2,800 meters. The lava flow, which is visible in the Copernicus…
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The new year has started with a historic heatwave affecting Europe, with many countries observing the warmest temperature on record for 1 January. Hundreds of temperature records have been broken and…
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This image is a mosaic obtained by combining all the images acquired by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellites between 1 January 2022 and 30 November 2022, eliminating cloudy acquisitions and allowing…
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This image, acquired by one of the Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellites on 9 October 2022, shows the Belgian part of the Ardennes Forest, a vast area home to a wide variety of flora, fauna, hills, and…
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The intense heatwave gripping most of Europe in June 2022 has caused several temperature records to be broken. Even the Arctic Circle has been affected: temperatures in the far north of Norway…
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A wildfire in the mountains of Andalucia’s Costa del Sol, in southern Spain, has caused the evacuation of 2000 people from the centre of the town of Benahavis. The fire, which flared up on 8 June…
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Mexico is struggling with more than 30 active fires, which have already caused 4,000 hectares of forest to burn. Usually, the fire season in Mexico starts in April, but this year the wildfires have…
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The Rio de la Plata estuary is one of the largest ones in the world.A constant mixing of freshwater and seawater in this area is visible from space, as shown in the image captured by one of the…
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Grenen is the northernmost point of Denmark. This area is protected as a Natura 2000 site under the EU's Habitats Directive, as it is an important migration site for a wide range of bird species.The…
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Fires are back in Greece. A new forest fire has broken out near Megara, about 60 kilometres northwest of Athens, prompting the mobilisation of important airborne and ground resources.This image,…
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In the aftermath of Storm Darcy that hit Europe in the second week of February 2021, regions that rarely experience heavy snowfall have been blanketed in snow. The storm, which originated in Russia,…
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This image, acquired on 25 August 2020 by one of the Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellites and processed by Iban Ameztoy, shows a detail of the northern edge of Severny Island, the northern island of the…
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On 23 November 2020, the European Environment Agency published the “Air quality in Europe” 2020 report, a high level report in which an annual assessment of the status and impacts of air quality in…
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Lake Balkhash is one of the largest lakes in Asia and the 15th largest lake in the world.Even though the lake is in a desert, it is fed by several rivers and serves as a habitat for 20 species of…
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The Mackenzie river is the second longest river in North America, and its tributaries, the smaller rivers that connect to it, run through a fifth of Canada. The river originates in Great Slave Lake…
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Mount Erebus is the second highest and most active volcano of Antarctica. It is also the southernmost active volcano on Earth.Its summit temperature averages between -20°C during the summer and -50°C…
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The August Complex is a massive wildfire burning Northern California. It originated as 38 individual fires started by lightning strikes on 16 August 2020 merged. As of 20 September 2020, the burnt…
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