This image, acquired by one of the Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellites on 20 August 2024, shows severe flooding caused by the overflowing of the Indus River south of Kandhkot, a small town in Pakistan's Sindh province.Heavy monsoon rains have caused widespread flooding across the country, leading to significant devastation. Local authorities have...

Stung Treng is a province in northeastern Cambodia, renowned for its rich biodiversity and extensive forests. The area is home to a variety of ecosystems, including dense rainforest, rivers, and wetlands, which support a wide range of plant and animal species. The area is particularly important for its role in preserving endangered species and...

Conservation is crucial to maintaining biodiversity—an essential component of healthy ecosystems which provide essential services to humanity, such as clean air and water, pollination of crops, and climate regulation. 

For weeks, wildfires in northern Canada have been spewing vast amounts of smoke which has travelled thousands of kilometres across the Atlantic Ocean, darkening the skies of Western Europe. The plume first reached the British Isles and then continued south-eastwards. This true-colour image, acquired by the Copernicus Sentinel-3B satellite at...

This image, acquired on 18 August 2024 by one of the Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellites, shows a plume of smoke 130 km long rising from the Portuguese island of Madeira as a result of a large forest fire which started on 15 August. The fire began in the Serra de Água area of Ribeira Brava and quickly spread to Câmara de Lobos, where it continues...