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2019 sets record for Europe's hottest December - Copernicus

The global record set in December 2015 was also matched, says the EU's climate change monitoring agency.

08/01/2020

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Will extreme wildfires become the norm of tomorrow?

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Wildfires seem to spark more often and last longer all over the world. If so, what does that mean for people and ecosystems?

30/12/2019

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How extreme can our climate become? Expert analysis at COP25

In partnership with Copernicus

With 2019 likely to be one of the warmest years on record, we meet scientists at the COP25 climate negotiations for debate and analysis.

16/12/2019

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Identifying human and nature role in CO2 emissions is key to control global warming

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Under the Paris Agreement, 195 countries have pledged to slash their greenhouse gas emissions to keep global temperature rise well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels.

04/12/2019

Climate Now

Counting carbon: CO2 monitoring in a changing climate

In partnership with Copernicus

We investigate one of the hottest topics in climate change in this episode of Climate Now, looking at how scientists are working to track emissions and differentiate between sources of CO2, be they human or natural.

18/11/2019

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Walking on thin ice in the Arctic?

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Ice-free summers expose Arctic ecosystems to more than open waters

28/10/2019

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Rising sea levels - how the Netherlands found ways of working with the environment

In partnership with Copernicus

The Climate Now programme looked at the different ways the city of Rotterdam combats Climate Change. It looks at how the city deals with the rise of sea levels, how a roof garden is helping to store water and grow its own produce and how a floating farm works.

14/10/2019

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Faced with increasing heat waves frequency, European cities need to adapt

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Scientists warn about heatwaves becoming the norm and start developing tools to help urban areas to adapt.

23/09/2019

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From Siberia to Switzerland, scorching August leads to more fires, less ice

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Data from the Copernicus Climate Change Service shows temperatures were 1.2 degrees centigrade above the pre-industrial average.

16/09/2019

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July breaks global heat record

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July was the warmest month ever recorded, with average temperatures close to 1.2°C above the pre-industrial level.

15/08/2019

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Mercury rising: June 2019 breaks records

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June 2019 was the warmest on record - with temperatures in Europe 2C above normal

15/07/2019

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Heatwave: June 2019 officially hottest month on record

June 2019 has just been confirmed as the hottest month ever on record, according to Copernicus.

02/07/2019

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Pan-European initiative to provide pollen forecasts based on near real-time observations

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The Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring service (CAMS) recently formed a new partnership with the European Aeroallergen Network (EAN,) and will explore ground breaking technology to deliver automatic pollen observations in near real-time across Europe.

28/06/2019

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Last month was one of the three warmest months of May in four decades

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Last month was globally one of the three warmest months of May since 1979, with extreme weather resulting in floods, heat-waves and melting Arctic ice

14/06/2019

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April becomes second warmest on record

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Wildfires in Russia, floods in Iran, and another cyclone in Mozambique, as above average temperatures continue across the globe.

15/05/2019

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European State of the Climate 2018: a year of various and persistent extremes

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Record snow, long heatwaves, drought, floods, storms, worrying Arctic sea and Alpine glaciers ice melt: the recently released report from Copernicus Climate Change Service highlights clear climate change trends as well as long-lasting uneven extreme weather patterns throughout the continent.

26/04/2019

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Month of March second warmest ever

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Last month was the second warmest March ever as worldwide temperatures continue to rise.

15/04/2019

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February marked by above average temperatures

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The European Earth Observation Programme Copernicus shows that average global temperatures were above average for February 2019.

15/03/2019

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January 2019 fourth warmest on record

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January 2019 witnesses extreme cold and rising temperatures across the planet.

15/02/2019

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Global temperatures 1.1°C above pre-industrial era

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Fears over warming planet as global temperatures are more than 1°C above pre-industrial era

15/01/2019