Dust, sand and smoke hang over Portugal and Spain as seen from the International Space Station on 6 August 2018.
Source: ESA
Climate Changed
New Satellite Photos Show Climate Change Is Sweeping Europe
Swedish forest fires, retreating glaciers and arid cropland attest to a new reality.
Climate change is picking up pace in Europe, thrusting farmers and power generators onto the front lines of a battle with nature that threatens to upend the lives of the half billion people who occupy the world’s biggest trading bloc.
Last year was the third hottest on record and underlines “the clear warming trend” experienced in the last four decades, according to the Copernicus Climate Change Service, which operates a network of satellites for the European Union that collects weather, soil, air and water data.