Due to the fragile and thin ice layer in certain areas of its surface, the Exploradores glacier in Chile's Laguna San Rafael National Park has been temporarily closed to tourists, following an ice fall occurred on 6 October. Drone images gathered by Chilean government hydrologists since 2020 indicate that the glacier has been thinning at a rate...

After several days of heavy rain, several rivers have overflown in the region of Pas-de-Calais, in northern France. The city of Montreuil-sur-Mer area has been affected by severe flooding and more than 120 people have been displaced. In this data visualisation, based on data acquired by one of the Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellites on 11...

The island of Madeira is home to a wide variety of flora and fauna, many of which are endemic to the region. Last month, a wildfire broke out in the north-west of the island, burning more than 3,500 hectares of vegetation. This colour-enhanced image of Madeira, acquired by one of the Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellites on 9 November, shows the...

Following the recent heatwave in Europe, the weather made a swift transition from summer to late autumn. The first snowfall of the season covered the Alps, the highest and most extensive mountain range in south-central Europe. Its peaks extend for 200 kilometres across Slovenia, Germany, Austria, Liechtenstein, Italy, Monaco, Switzerland, and...

The Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) has recently released its latest monthly Climate Bulletin, which highlights that October 2023 was the warmest October on record globally. Notably, air temperatures exceeded those of the previous warmest October by a significant 0.85°C.  This data visualisation, based on C3S data, shows the surface air...