🌫️ Image of the Week: smoke & haze over Thailand, Laos, Myanmar & neighbouring countries, captured by #Copernicus Sentinel-3 on 14 Apr.
Driven by a mix of agricultural burning & wildfires - exacerbated by warm, dry conditions - has caused air quality impacts across the region. Visit: bit.ly/4tgZ5g1
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#Copernicus Sentinel-3C is also almost ready for shipping and will soon join -A and -B in space to help keep an eye on the ocean and our changing planet! 🌊🛰️
Find out more about the Sentinel series and our role in monitoring the marine environment, fires, and atmospheric composition: bit.ly/4cxlZZy
An exciting day for Earth observation! 🛰️
DYK Europe's meteorologists are already putting MTG to work? Tracking storms & wildfires with sharper imagery & faster updates than ever before.
Météo-France's Sylvain Le Moal discusses what MTG means for forecasting & public safety, ahead of the launch of the 3rd satellite: bit.ly/41wYGdk
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Meet MTG-I2 👋 Europe’s next-generation weather satellite, and the 3rd in the MTG system, soon joining Meteosat-12 & MTG-S1 in space:
🔹 2.5-minute rapid scan over Europe
🔹 Earlier, more reliable warnings
🔹 Rapid detection & monitoring of active wildfires
...And more. Visit: bit.ly/423Hkor
Today’s the day! 🛰️🛰️
Alongside our partners and members of the press, we’re at the @thalesaleniaspace.bsky.social cleanroom for a unique opportunity to see MTG-I2 and #Copernicus Sentinel-3C up close before they're shipped to Kourou. 🚀
Stay tuned here today for news and impressions from #Cannes!
🔴 ⚠️ 🌀 🛰️ The strongest storm so far in 2026, #Sinlaku, made #landfall in #Saipan and #Tinian on April 14, as a super #typhoon of Cat.4, with winds at 233 km/h.In Saipan, about 43000 people are without power and reported widespread damages ⬇️#Sentinel3 view of April 14
Credit: Irene Martignon
Met-12 GeoColour RGB, 13 April 06:00UTC
Lots of dust in the air currently, as seen in this spectacular photo of Etna peaking through dust layer this morning (thanks to Irene Martignon) versus the same area from space - Met-12 GeoColour RGB, via Jochen Kerkmann.
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🌍Webinar - Weather from Space: A Game Changer for Africa
📅12 May 2026
Learn how cutting-edge Meteosat Third Generation helps monitor storms, protect communities & support vital sectors.
Open to all users of weather & climate data, including humanitarian & development organisations.
Something exciting is coming 👀
Later this week, we’ll be heading inside the @thalesaleniaspace.bsky.social cleanrooms in #Cannes to see not one, but 2️⃣ of our future satellites before they're shipped to the launch site:
🌍 MTG-I2
🌊 Copernicus Sentinel-3C
A last look before Kourou. 🚀 Stay tuned!
Himawari-10, Natural Colour RGB, 13 April 2026, 06:00 UTC. Credit: JMA
Himawari-10 Natural Colour RGB gives a clear view from this morning of Category 5 Super Typhoon #Sinlaku near Guam, downloaded from EUMETView (view.eumetsat.int) by Jochen Kerkmann
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Decades of satellite data reveal how rising temperatures are hitting the poles. 🛰️🌡️
A new EUMETSAT case study examines what is driving these shifts - and why monitoring from space matters.
Read more: bit.ly/41puOiZ
Below: Annual changes in maxima/minima of Arctic sea ice extent from 1979 - 2025.
The last #March was the fourth warmest globally.
According to the @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social Era5 Data the United States have experienced a well above average temperatures (up to +10°C), with a prolonged #heatwave in the western part of the country.
#climateemergency
🔴⚠️🌀🇬🇺Impressive devolution of #sinlaku that is now the first cat. 5 Supertyphoon of 2026. It is heading to N. #Mariana islands with gusts at 350km/h and its landfall could be catastrophic.⬇️its last 24hrs intensification by Himawari9, now with a eye of 35km. #ClimateEmergency @weatherdak.bsky.social
April has already been a busy month for #SaharanDust and the #CopernicusECWMF dust aerosol optical depth forecast initialized on 10 April at 00 UTC showing more large-scale eastward transport across the Mediterranean region in the coming days. Latest charts atmosphere.copernicus.eu/charts/packa...
Les images @eumetsat.int #FCI en True Colour et en composition colorée Dust montrent bien cet épisode qui commence par la Méditerranée occidentale.
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The #CopernicusClimate Change Service has published its March 2026 climate bulletin.
Arctic sea ice (incl. data from the @osi-saf.eumetsat.int Sea Ice Index) hit a record March low, global temperatures remain well above pre-industrial levels, and ocean warming continues. Read the full report ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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From legal to engineering, operations to marine science - we have various open vacancies, such as:
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🌊#DYK EUMETSAT supports research into rising sea levels? Learn more: bit.ly/4nkSXR5
Contribute to the conversation!
Submit an abstract to share your research at the Ocean Surface Topography Science Team meeting this June!
📆 Final deadline: 10 April
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We’re excited to welcome Armagan Karatosun, Cloud & Data Services Expert at @eumetsat.int, to KCD Istanbul 2026.
In his talk, he’ll dive into how cloud native technologies help turn massive Earth observation data into meaningful climate insights.
Register now:
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A striking view of Tropical Cyclone Vaianu in the Pacific 🌪️
The cyclone is said to be intensifying as it moves south of Fiji towards New Zealand, with forecasts indicating potentially heavy wind and rain to come.
🛰️ Captured by #Copernicus Sentinel-3 on 06 April.
🏜️ Image of the Week: Dust cloud heads across the Mediterranean
This image, captured by Meteosat-12 on 17 March, shows Saharan dust moving north over the Mediterranean towards Greece - as seen from 36,000km above the Earth.
Find out more and download the image at: bit.ly/4me5MwC
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In 2024, Spain flooded, wildfires swept Portugal, & Scandinavian & Svalbard glaciers lost more mass than any year on record.
EUMETSAT data help power the #Copernicus Climate Change Service, turning measurements from space into public understanding.🛰️
Learn more in our latest article: bit.ly/4e29K9C
