Image of the week

This week’s image is of smoke from wildfires affecting the Greek island of Chios in the eastern Aegean.

Phytoplankton are microscopic marine algae that form the basis of marine food chains.

This week’s image shows chlorophyll-a concentrations in the northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea.

This week’s image is of Saharan dust moving west out over the Atlantic Ocean near the Cape Verde islands.

Smoke plumes from severe wildfires affecting the area near Torch River, in the province of Saskatchewan, Canada.

This week’s image of the week is of the Galápagos Islands.

This week’s image focuses on swirls of sea ice off the coast of Greenland.

This week’s image is of Saharan dust moving west out over the Atlantic Ocean near the Cape Verde islands.

This week’s image shows storms and lightning over eastern Europe.

This week’s image of the week focuses on wave-like cloud swirls southwest of the Canary islands.

This week’s image of the week is from the Meteosat-12 weather satellite on the day that the European State of the Climate report is released.

This week’s image of the week is of the Metop Second Generation A1 and Copernicus Sentinel-5 satellite.