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This image, acquired by one of the Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellites on 29 June 2023, shows melting ice trails in northern Greenland. A remarkable heatwave in Greenland is causing extensive melting conditions throughout the northern ice sheet.  Climate change is having a profound impact on the Earth's polar regions, leading to a rapid rise in...

This image, acquired by one of the Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellites on 28 June 2023, shows the trail of destruction left by the wildfires in Quebec. The wildfire season in Canada has now become the worst on record. The fires have ravaged more than 8.1 million hectares of land across the country, surpassing the previous record set in 1989. As of...

This image, acquired by one of the Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellites on 27 June 2023, shows the island of Madeira. Part of a larger archipelago comprising four islands and designated as an autonomous Portuguese region, Madeira is located off the western Moroccan coast.  The day this image was acquired was the hottest day in Madeira’s climatic...

This image, acquired by one of the Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellites on 28 June 2023, shows plumes of smoke from the Canadian wildfires reaching Sardegna after making their way across the Atlantic Ocean and over the Iberian Peninsula. The smoke has covered the central-northern part of the island after traveling thousands of kilometres and is now...