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Decades of satellite data reveal polar sea ice trends

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How satellite climate data records help scientists understand shifts in polar sea ice.

Image of the week: Dust cloud heads across the Mediterranean

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This week’s image is of Saharan dust moving north over the Mediterranean towards Greece, as seen from the Meteosat-12 geostationary weather satellite 36,000km above the Earth.

Image of the week: Global sea ice - 2024

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This week’s image features global sea ice extent in August 2024. The image is taken from an animation of a year of sea ice using data from EUMETSAT’s OSI SAF.

Satellite insights into African dust transport

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Satellite imagery captures a major dust event affecting Europe.

A new lens on West Africa's invisible killer

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How satellite data is being used to maps the flows of air pollution across Ghana and West Africa.

Image of the week: Global weather from space

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This week’s image of the week is of the Earth as seen from the vantage point of geostationary weather satellites 36,000km above our planet.

Satellite development begins for EUMETSAT Polar System – Sterna

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EUMETSAT moves EPS-Sterna forward with OHB Sweden–ESA satellite contract.

Our unprecedented climate

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EUMETSAT contributes to the Copernicus Climate Change Service’s climate change monitoring.

Image of the week: Icelandic ice caps for World Glacier Day

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This week’s Image of the Week features ice caps in southern Iceland to celebrate World Glacier Day on 21 March 2026.

Image of the week: Swirling cloud patterns near the Canary islands

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