World News

Severe floods in Germany, Czechia and The Netherlands

On Christmas Day, residents in parts of Germany were forced to evacuate their homes due to heavy rains and saturated ground, resulting in widespread flooding and high water levels. Particularly affected were areas in the regions of Thuringia and Lower Saxony.

26/12/2023

Partner content

What the COP28 agreement on fossil fuels means for our health as the planet continues to heat up

Partner content presented by Copernicus

What the COP28 agreement on fossil fuels means for our health as the planet continues to heat up

22/12/2023

Moments

How snowy Finland keeps flights on track during winter

Helsinki Airport clears runway snow in just 11 minutes. Why can’t the UK and Germany always do the same?

09/12/2023

Travel News

Munich airport flights resume but not back to full capacity

Heavy snowfall and sleet caused days of disruption at Germany's second busiest airport.

04/12/2023

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European capitals are covered with snow for first time this winter

Residents of Stockholm and Berlin woke up to layers of snow.

29/11/2023

Climate Now

Predicting Europe's climate future by digging into the past

In partnership with Copernicus

We visit the buzzing student city of Bologna, in Italy, where Europe's greatest scientific minds have been gathering data about our planet since the Renaissance.

20/11/2023

Climate

Scientists ‘virtually certain’ 2023 will be the hottest year on record

After four months of global records being "obliterated", temperatures in October have left climate scientists nearly certain that 2023 will be the hottest on record.

08/11/2023

World News

October smashes temperature records

After the cumulative warming of these past several months, it’s virtually guaranteed that 2023 will be the hottest year on record, according to Copernicus.

08/11/2023

Italy

Severe rainstorms flood the streets of Milan

The Italian city of Milan woke up this Tuesday with water up to its neck.

31/10/2023

Climate

El Niño is back: How will it affect global weather in 2023?

El Niño has returned. Here’s what the phenomenon means for extreme weather and global warming.

20/10/2023

Climate Now

Meet the Swedish scientists hoping to solve Earth's methane mystery

In partnership with Copernicus

In this episode of Climate Now, we meet researchers in Sweden trying to find out why levels of the climate-warming gas methane are rising so sharply. Could it be a natural response to a hotter planet?

16/10/2023

Climate Now

Can this 300-year-old landscape survive another 300 years?

In partnership with Copernicus

Climate Now visits the Sanssouci Palace and Gardens in Potsdam, Germany, a world heritage site under threat from climate change. Droughts, heatwaves, and heavy rain are all taking their toll on this historic 300-hundred-year-old landscape. Can it survive for another 300 years?

18/09/2023

Climate

UK heatwave: Why is it so hot in September?

Most of England is sweltering through a heatwave. Is climate change to blame?

07/09/2023

Climate

How are heat records verified? We asked a meteorologist

We spoke to Weather & Radar meteorologist Tamsin Green about how we record record-breaking weather.

06/09/2023

Climate

How will El Niño affect Europe’s weather this winter?

The weather event is likely to continue through winter into next year.

03/09/2023

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WATCH: Aftermath of typhoon Saola in Hong Kong

Typhoon Saola swept across southern China on Saturday after tearing down trees and smashing windows in Hong Kong, although the megacity avoided a feared direct hit from one of the region's strongest storms in decades.

02/09/2023

France

Mushroom poisonings are up in France - and it’s all due to the weather

Experts are warning that apps which claim to identify different mushroom species can get it wrong, so don't rely on technology to tell the edible from the poisonous.

01/09/2023

Space

Super Blue Moon: Where are the best places to see it in Europe?

Here's everything you need to know about Wednesday night's spectacular lunar phenomenon which is the closest full moon of the year - and won't be seen again until 2037!

30/08/2023

Climate

Italy swung from severe drought to intense flooding. Here's why

Society already has difficulty responding to one kind of natural disaster like drought, researchers say. Now we suddenly have floods too.

30/08/2023

Climate

Atlantic Niño could increase ‘major hurricane risk’ study finds

‘El Niño’s little brother’ could increase powerful storms, researchers warn.

29/08/2023