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09/06/2025

📍 Canada - Europe, 9 June 2025
❗️ Today the skies of many European cities appear milky due to the high PM10 concentration induced by the devastating wildfires occuring in Canada.
In Picture 2 the effect is clearly visible on Lake Como, Northern Italy.

CREDIT Picture 1:

15/04/2022

📍 Moon or Petropavl?

Petropavl is located in Northern Kazakhstan at the border with Russia. Since few days extremes dry conditions and strong wind are causing hundreds of wildfires, destroying villages and crop fields.

This area is part of the Wet Siberian Plain; an area poorly drained rich in small lakes and large swamps.

The image has been acquired by Sentinel-2 and processed using shortwave to highlight flames.

Credit: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel-2 data [2021, 2022] processed with EO Browser

15/03/2022

📍 Western Europe, 15 March 2022

❗️ Today the skies of many Western European cities turned red thanks to a huge Saharan dust wave that crossed the Mediterranean sea, Spain, France, Switzerland till northern Italy.
The forecast models says that in the next few days, the dust wave will continue to affect central-western Europe, including Italy: today it extends for about 1700 kilometers, from North Africa to northern France. Between Wednesday and Thursday, the cloud will extend further north, reaching the British Isles and even Scandinavia.

CREDIT: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel-3 data [2022] processed with Sentinel-hub

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09/02/2022

📍 Cremona, Italy

❗️ Il confronto tra l'immagine satellitare acquisita a Febbraio 2021 e quella acquisita a Febbraio 2022 evidenzia lo stato di crisi del fiume Po. Nella zona di Cremona il livello dell'acqua è quasi 7 metri al di sotto del valore medio di questo periodo dell'anno; nell'immagine di Febbraio 2022 sono infatti visibili molti più depositi di sedimenti fluviali (anche chiamate barre fluviali) rispetto a Febbraio 2021.
Inoltre, le colture di grano e ortaggi diffuse in tutta la pianura padana sono minacciate dalla scarsa copertura nevosa sulle Alpi; questa condizione non consente la formazione della riserva idrica naturale che solitamente si genera nel periodo primaverile e che è fondamentale per l'irrigazione durante la stagione calda.

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❗️ The comparison between the satellite image acquired in February 2021 and the one acquired in February 2022 highlights the crisis of the Po river. The water level, close to the town of Cremona, is almost 7 meters below the average value of this period of the year. The image of February 2022 highlight the presence of many fluvial deposits (also called bars) with respect to February 2021.
Furthermore, the wheat and vegetable crops spread throughout the Po valley are threatened by the poor snow coverage on the Alps, this condition does not allows the formation of the natural water reserve that usually is generated during the spring time and which is fundamental for the irrigation during the hot season.

CREDIT: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel-2 data [2021,2022] processed WITH EO BROWSER

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29/01/2022

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28/01/2022

📍 Como Lake, Italy

❗️ Prolonged high-pressure conditions are creating a dryier than average winter in Northern Italy. The Prealps that sourround the Lake of Como are almost snow-free compared to one year ago. Furthermore, high-pressure allows the accumulation of pollutants such as Particulate Matter (PM), Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) and Carbon monoxide (CO). The Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service map highlights high concentration of PM2.5 within the Po valley.

👨‍🏫𝗣𝗠𝟮.𝟱: Particulate matter 2.5, refers to tiny particles or droplets in the air that are two and one half microns or less in width. These particles primarily come from vehicles and other operations that involve the burning of fuels.

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❗️Condizioni di alta pressione prolungate stanno creando un inverno più secco della media nel Nord Italia. Le Prealpi che circondano il Lago di Como sono quasi prive di neve rispetto a un anno fa. Inoltre questa condizione facilita l'accumulo di inquinanti quali Particolato (PM), Biossido di Azoto (NO2) e Monossido di Carbonio (CO). La mappa del Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service evidenzia elevate concentrazioni di PM2,5 all'interno della Pianura Padana.

👨‍🏫𝗣𝗠𝟮.𝟱: Il particolato 2.5, si riferisce a minuscole particelle o goccioline nell'aria di due micron e mezzo o meno di larghezza. Queste particelle provengono principalmente da veicoli e altre attività che comportano la combustione di combustibili.

CREDIT: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel-2 data [2021,2022] processed WITH EO BROWSER, Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service

18/01/2022

📍 Hunga Tonga Island, Tonga

❗️ Here is how the Hunga Tonga Island looks after the latest eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai Volcano. The images are captured by the european satellites part of the constellation. This type of eruption is defined with the term "Freato-magmatic" and are among the most impressive since are characterized by the interaction between magma and water. In the case of Hunga Tonga the contact between the ocean and the magma caused an explosive paroxysm of unprecedented violence comparable to an atomic explosion.

CREDIT: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel-2 data [2021,2022] processed WITH EO BROWSER

16/01/2022

📍 Qinghai, China

❗️ On January 07, 2022, a strong earthquake of M6.6 occurred in Northern Qinghai, China. The seismic activity in this area is mostly influenced by the collision of the India–Eurasia plate . The northern margin of Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau has been continuously growing outward since the Late Cenozoic.

🛰 𝗦𝗔𝗥 𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀: The estimation of the ground motion induced by the seismic event has been carried out using the SAR images acquired by Sentinel-1, before (29 Dec 2021) and after (10 Jan 2022) the seismic event. Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) calculates the difference between the two images taken at different times but looking at the same place on Earth. This difference is called an interferogram, and is essentially a map of surface deformation.
Each fringe in the interferogram corresponds to ground deformation equal to 2,8 cm. The fringes are more dense close to the fault, where the ground motion reached values up to ≈ 0,5 meters.

CREDIT: geObsevatory, Qinghai Seismological Bureau, USGS

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