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For the first time since 2015, three hurricanes were active simultaneously over the North Pacific Ocean in early September 2026, spread over about 4,500 km from west of Baja California to south of…
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The Cape Fold Mountains extend across south-western South Africa, forming a series of parallel ridges between the Atlantic coast and the country’s drier interior. Their valleys and surrounding…
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Located around 30 kilometres south of Lisbon, Portugal, the city of Setúbal sits on the Atlantic coast beside the Sado Estuary, a landscape of tidal flats and wetlands. During periods of intense…
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Seasonal fires are affecting forests and carbon-rich peatlands across Indonesia, with significant impacts on public health. Between July and August, Indonesia’s Health Ministry recorded more than…
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Wildfires can affect atmospheric composition and air quality far beyond the affected area. The summer of 2026 brought intense fire activity to France, Spain, and Canada, producing large quantities of…
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Recent winter weather brought snowfall to parts of Patagonia, the vast region spanning the south of Argentina and Chile. In Argentina’s Santa Cruz Province, snowfall and negative temperatures were…
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Welcome to the European State of the Climate (ESOTC) 2025. This annual flagship report is jointly published by the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) at ECMWF, and the World Meteorological…
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Fires affected large areas of Europe and North Africa during the summer of 2026, with extensive burnt areas across the Iberian Peninsula, southern France, Italy, Greece, the Balkans, Ukraine and…
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The Gulf of St Vincent lies off the coast of South Australia, separating the Yorke Peninsula from the Adelaide metropolitan area. Its sheltered marine waters support coastal ecosystems, including…
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The Danube River continues to be affected by exceptionally low water levels as a consequence of the prolonged drought across Central and Eastern Europe.
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Hopen is a narrow island in the Barents Sea, in the south-east of Norway’s Svalbard archipelago. The island and its surrounding waters form the Hopen Nature Reserve, an important habitat for seabirds…
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A severe wildfire emergency has been affecting northern Algeria in recent days. As of 28 August 2026, official reports indicate at least 12 fatalities and 54 injuries. Most of the reported casualties…
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A severe flooding event affected northern Nepal and Tibet on 26 August 2026. Initial assessments indicate that the partial collapse of a high-altitude glacier triggered a large avalanche of ice and…
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Sentinel-3C marks the next step in a satellite mission which has monitored Earth's oceans, land, ice, and atmosphere since 2016. Its four-instrument payload will continue monitoring sea surface…
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A severe flash flood struck northern Nepal on 26 August 2026, entering Rasuwa District from the Tibet side and travelling downstream through the Bhote Koshi–Trishuli river system. The flood caused…
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Severe fires are affecting parts of Indonesia as a consequence of prolonged dry conditions . Smoke has spread across surrounding areas of Southeast Asia, including neighbouring Malaysia, where…
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El Niño is a recurring climate phenomenon associated with unusually warm surface waters in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean. As the warm phase of the El Niño–Southern Oscillation…
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Exploring water dynamics in the Mediterranean with Copernicus
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Saudel is a Category 4 typhoon currently tracking across the northwestern Pacific Ocean. On 24 August 2026, it moved across the Philippine Sea, passing southwest of Iwo To, a remote Japanese island,…
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The Waal, in eastern Netherlands, is the largest Dutch branch of the Rhine and an important inland shipping route. Prolonged dry conditions across the Rhine basin have reduced flows to exceptionally…
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