On 16 April 2024, the United Arab Emirates received extreme amounts of rainfall, with some areas recording over 250 mm of rain in less than 24 hours. In Dubai, 100 mm of rain fell within 12 hours – an amount the city typically receives in an entire year. The extreme rainfall has resulted in flash floods and impacted daily life in the city....

Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is undergoing an extreme bleaching event induced by climate change. A report from the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority highlights an increase in cumulative impacts on the reef this summer. According to the report, after a survey of 1,080 reefs, 39% of them were found to be affected by very high or extreme...

Since the start of 2024, Venezuela has been affected by the most severe forest fires in years. Between January and March, 20,000 fire outbreaks were recorded. The blazes are intensified by the ongoing drought, which has worsened in recent years due to deforestation and climate change, and have been further exacerbated this year by El Niño....

As the world struggles to cope with the impacts of climate change, accessible tools to understand our changing climate have never been more urgently needed. Launched on 20 February by the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), the Copernicus Interactive Climate Atlas (C3S Atlas) is a powerful new tool designed to help policymakers and other...

On 26 March 2024, the container ship MV Dali struck a pier of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in the Port of Baltimore, USA, causing the bridge to collapse. Six people are presumed dead after the incident. The mayor of Baltimore issued a State of Emergency in response to the collapse, which has affected passenger and cargo shipping to the port....