Since 14 September 2024, severe wildfires have been ravaging northern and central Portugal. This image, acquired by our Sentinel-3 satellite on 17 September, shows the large smoke cloud generated by the wildfires, covering approximately 100,000 km² over the Atlantic Ocean. [2024-09-18 08:11 UTC]

In this image acquired by one of our Sentinel-3 satellites on 9 September 2024, we can see the smoke cloud hovering over parts of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay. The wildfires have been ravaging the Amazon rainforest since August 2024. Read more:

Smoke engulfs large parts of South America | Copernicus

[2024-09-11 08:21 UTC]

The Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) has released its monthly Climate Bulletin! It highlights that August 2024 was the joint-warmest August globally (together with August 2023), with an average ERA5 surface air temperature of 16.82°C, 0.71°C above the 1991-2020 average. [2024-09-06 08:03 UTC]