During the first weekend of September 2023, a slow-moving storm system, officially known as an upper-level isolated depression (DANA), has affected Spain, causing heavy rains and floods. The storm, as seen in this image acquired by a Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellite on 3 September, caused two casualties in Huesca. The Spanish Meteorological...

On 18 August, one of the Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellites acquired this image of Pantelleria.  The island, nestled in the Aegadian Archipelago (Italy), is a stopover for migratory birds. It been granted the prestigious UNESCO World Heritage status and is part of the Natura2000 network, recognised as a Special Protected Area and a Special Area...

Relentless wildfires in Canada continue to produce vast amounts of smoke, leading to poor air quality conditions across the northern hemisphere. On 31 August, the smoke cloud reached Italy, Albania, and Greece after travelling over 10,000 kilometres, as visible in this Copernicus Sentinel-3 image acquired on the same day.  According to the...

On 30 August, Hurricane Idalia reached category 3 before making landfall southeast of Tallahassee in a marshy and thinly populated part of Florida. It weakened and advanced through the Georgia and South Carolina as a tropical storm, causing extensive flooding and “dangerous coastal inundation”. Throughout Florida, neighbourhoods were flooded,...

Wildfires continue to plague Canada in, making this the worst wildfire season on record and exacerbating ongoing air quality issues due to dense smoke. The country has been ravaged by fires for the past three months, with numerous new blazes rapidly spreading across Alberta, British Columbia, and the Northwest Territories in recent days. The...