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Air Temperature Anomaly for January 2023 in Europe

Temperatures above reference average values continue to be recorded in Europe. According to the latest climate bulletin published by the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), January 2023 has been…

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Catastrophic earthquake in Türkiye: the activities of the Copernicus Emergency Management Service

On 6 February 2023, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck near the city of Gaziantep in South-eastern Türkiye. This was followed by several strong aftershocks, including one of magnitude 7.5. The…

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Low ice coverage extent on the Great Lakes in North America

Despite the cold weather, the ice coverage of the Great Lakes remains significantly below its average winter extent. Ice is covering only 13.91% of the surface of Lake Michigan, about 8% below the…

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Heavy snowfall causes deadly avalanches in the Alps

Even though the beginning of this winter season had been characterised by a deficit in snow cover in the Alps, the area has seen heavy snowfall over the last weekend. The combination of heavy…

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Devastating Chile wildfires

Severe wildfires are currently raging in central Chile, causing widespread devastation. Over 270,000 hectares have burned, and 24 casualties have been reported. The hot and dry weather conditions,…

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Deadly earthquake strikes Türkiye and Syria

A devastating earthquake hit Türkiye at 4 a.m. local time on Monday 6 February 2023, with its epicentre 23 km east of Nurdagi, in the Gaziantep province. With a magnitude of 7.8, it is considered one…

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Severe snowfall hit Romania

The heavy snowfall that hit Romania in the last week of January 2023 caused widespread damage and disruptions across the country. Over 30,000 people were left without electricity, and road…

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Exceptionally low sea ice extent in the Baltic Sea

Every year, as the winter months set in, sea ice forms in the Baltic Sea. However, according to the Finnish Meteorological Institute, its extent this year is among the lowest on record. In fact, the…

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Worst drought in 70 years hits the Horn of Africa

The Horn of Africa region is experiencing the longest and most severe drought in the past 70 years. The combination of global warming and La Niña conditions are causing a food crisis and water…

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Winter rains replenish the Yesa reservoir in Spain

Winter rains are finally contributing to the improvement of the drought conditions in Spain. According to data from the SAIH (Automatic Monitoring of Hydrographic Information), the water level in the…

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Exceptionally cold winter is gripping Afghanistan

The winter season in Afghanistan is proving to be one of the coldest in decades, with temperatures reaching -33°C. The harsh weather conditions, characterised by heavy snowfall and frost, are causing…

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Heavy snowfall paralyses Japan

In the past week, Japan suffered one of the most severe cold spells of the season due to an unusually cold weather formation, which caused heavy snowfall across large parts of the country. The…

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Snow in the Sahara Desert in Algeria

On 24 January heavy snowfall fell in northwest Algeria, on the peaks of the Bèchar Province, on the edge of the Sahara Desert. This image, acquired on 25 January 2023 by one of the Copernicus…

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Italian Apennine mountain range covered with snow

After an unusually warm start of the winter season characterised by the lack of significant snowfall, in the past few days a massive snowstorm covered the peaks of central and southern Italy with…

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The calving of the Brunt Ice Shelf

On 23 January, a massive iceberg, of 1,550 km2 (close to the size of the island of Gran Canaria or of Greater London), has calved from the Brunt Ice Shelf in Antarctica. This image was acquired on 20…

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Record temperatures in Greenland

A recent study published by the Nature journal has revealed that temperatures in Greenland have been higher in recent decades than in any other period in the past 1,000 years. The study analysed data…

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Tallinn, European Green Capital 2023

Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, has been designated as the European Green Capital 2023 in recognition of its efforts to promote sustainable transport, green economy and environmental conservation.…

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Snowpack in Sierra Nevada reaches record levels

Until December 2022, California's reservoirs remained below capacity. However, although there were storms in December, the above-average temperatures resulted in heavy rainfall rather than the usual…

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Rare January cyclone in the northern Atlantic Ocean

On 16 January, one of the Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellites captured this image, which shows a rare tropical cyclone that had formed in mid-January in the northern Atlantic Ocean. This is an unusual…

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The movement of Iceberg B-22a

Iceberg B-22a was formed in 2001, when it calved from the ice shelf formed by the Thwaites glacier in West Antarctica and started floating in the Amundsen Sea. In 2022 and 2023, it started moving…