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Celebrating the eighth anniversary of the launch of Copernicus Sentinel-3A.
This week’s image of the week focuses on Saharan dust.
The bloom is most likely caused by coccolithophores (cyan colour) and other phytoplankton species. Phytoplankton play a key role in marine ecosystems as the basis of the food chain.
Watching our Earth from space.
Tropical Cyclone Ewiniar brought high winds, heavy rainfall and flooding to Luzon, the largest island in the Philippines, which caused casualties, power outages and property damage.
The study examined the impact of ice and on-ice snow properties of northern lakes.
Wildfires cause huge loss of life in Chile’s Valparaíso region.
Celebrating World Wetlands Day.
The cloud patterns are known as von Kármán vortices and are formed over the ocean when islands disrupt the wind flow. The strength of the wind affects the patterns of the swirls.
Storm Kathleen was a deep area of low pressure that moved towards the UK and Ireland from the southwest, bringing unseasonably strong winds and causing travel and power disruption.
Celebrating Valentine’s Day with a view from space.
The bright offshore bloom is most likely caused by coccolithophores, microscopic single-celled plant-like organisms that live in large numbers throughout the upper layers of the ocean.