Sebastian Steinig

The intense #SaharanDust plume over the North Atlantic is predicted to reach western Europe in the coming days in the #CopernicusAtmosphere forecast. These episodes are not uncommon at this time of the year, particularly impacting air quality and visibility in Canary Islands and Madeira.

It's official 🎉
Visualising Climate 2026 is here! visualisingclimate.com

First international conference of its kind, it'll bring together artists, scientists, journalists all moved by the same desire to better communicate our changing climate 🌍

🗓️ Join us in Bologna, Nov 4-6
#dataviz #climatecrisis

In the @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social Global Climate Highlights 2025 report we used #dataviz to present its key messages and bring them to a wider audience. This first example shows daily temperature anomalies from 1940 to 2025 and it was inspired by the work of @erwanrivault.com (BBC)

#CopernicusAtmosphere day-to-day distribution & intensity of global #wildfires #biomassburning + corresponding smoke aerosol optical depth from 1 January to 30 November 2025.

Read our analysis of the fire emissions monitored around the world this year: atmosphere.copernicus.eu/2025-sees-in...

Have you explored our #CopernicusAtmosphere Methane Hotspot Explorer? Track methane hotspots and plumes, including emission rates, dates and locations and download the data. 

Discover the app: apps.atmosphere.copernicus.eu/methane-expl...

A challenging summer for air quality saw the highest wildfire emissions in 23 years in Europe & the UK, driven by wildfires in Iberia. CAMS data also revealed repeated episodes of transatlantic smoke, Saharan dust and ozone spikes. Read the article: atmosphere.copernicus.eu/highest-wild...

The latest smoke plumes from intense Canadian wildfires are reaching Europe, causing hazy skies, and a second plume is following according to our #CopernicusAtmosphere aerosol optical depth forecast.

See the forecast: atmosphere.copernicus.eu/charts/packa...

Wow.

Incredible new interactive tool showing major methane emissions from fossil-fuel extraction around the world over past 12 months.

Striking how intense the hotspots are from, say, COP29 hosts Azerbaijan.

And Russia, China, US and India.

via @oceanterra.org and @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social

CAMS Methane Hotspot Explorer application now integrates plume shape data The Methane Hotspot Explorer app of the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) now features methane (CH4) plumes obtained from satellite detections, allowing a better understanding of the sha...

Data comes from TROPOMI on board the Sentinel-5P satellite and is processed by @sronspace.bsky.social. You can get all information at atmosphere.copernicus.eu/cams-methane...

You can click on any bubble to get more information, down to the individual Satellite pixel data to further explore individual detections

We are excited to share a huge update today for the CAMS Methane Hotspot Explorer application! You can now interactively explorer more than 2000 methane hotspot detections down to the satellite pixel 🌍🔍🛰️
@copernicusecmwf.bsky.social @sronspace.bsky.social

A clash of aerosols: Saharan dust is replacing Canadian wildfire smoke in the forecast for the weekend.

Is global warming just part of Earth’s natural cycle? In this episode of Weathered, we break down why that’s not the full story. From ice ages and Milankovitch cycles to the role of CO2 and fossil fuels, today’s climate change is unlike anything in Earth’s deep past. Learn why the speed of warming m Did Climate Skeptics Get THIS Right?!

We often hear folks skeptical of climate change claim that "the climate is always changing" or "temperatures rise before CO2" or "its the sun". In a new episode of PBS's Weathered, @leafwax.bsky.social and I try and address these questions: www.youtube.com/watc...

Holy Moly @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social have made a beautiful climate explorer app...

Here's my field site in NW Greenland...

era-explorer.climate.copernicus.eu?lat=77.46&ln...

Every year on 23 March we celebrate #WorldMeteorologicalDay and the crucial work of our national #weather services...

And what better way to celebrate than with one of our most popular videos - Year of Weather! ☀️☔🌩️

Watch a year’s worth of global weather from #space here: youtu.be/qHRNm2JgsEo?...

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We are bringing forward the full transition to #OpenData to 1 October 2025. This means that our entire Real-time Catalogue will be fully available under a CC-BY-4.0 licence at the maximum resolution. Find out more ➡️ www.ecmwf.int/en/about/med...

Interested in applying your data visualisation, machine learning or software development skills to real-world problems? Join us for our first webinar tomorrow to ask all your questions about ECMWF Code for Earth 2025. I was a participant last time and am excited to return as a mentor this year 😊.

Identify methane hotspots with ease! Use the CAMS Methane Hotspot Explorer to access data on date, time, location, sources, and source rate directly from a 2D map or 3D globe. #CopernicusAtmosphere

atmosphere.copernicus.eu/cams-methane...

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We have taken our Artificial Intelligence Forecasting System (AIFS) into operations today to run side by side with our physics-based weather forecasts. The #AIFS outperforms traditional models for many measures, at a fraction of energy use. ➡️ www.ecmwf.int/en/about/med...
#AI #MachineLearning

Hey Simon, thanks for reporting! Yes, this is actively being worked on at the moment and will be back online as soon as possible. Sorry for any inconvenience in the meantime.

BBC World Service - Science In Action, First US avian flu fatality H5N1 bird flu is still spreading across farms in the US and claims its first human life

Truly terrible move by BBC World Service to axe its flagship science news show #ScienceInAction, the world's best, smartest science journalism in audio for a global audience. Host @peaseroland.bsky.social is the most insightful, informed, energetic journo in the BBC Science Universe.
bit.ly/3PTLg50

Thanks Andrew, the news BBCWS plan to cut Science in Action, alongside a load of other programmes to meet big savings targets, came as a shock.

Earth's temperature history for the past 500 million years

For my first scientific post here, I want to talk about the Phanerozoic temperature record we published last Fall, which unfortunately has been making rounds in the climate denier circuit 👀 First though hopefully you can appreciate the beauty of this reconstruction ✨...

🚨🚨🚨 Job Opportunity 🚨🚨🚨
Your chance to simulate 500 million years of climate change as part of an amazing interdisciplinary team in Bristol and Oxford! Apply by 15/01/25

The cat is (finally) out of the bag...my FIRST CHILDREN'S BOOK! is here! 📚✨

"How the Earth works" (DK Books) takes inquisitive 7-9 year olds on a journey of discovery into the inner workings of our planet, and is now available for pre-order!

Links in my profile! #SciArt #geoscience #kidlit

Looking forward to getting to know the new team in Reading over the next three months before moving to the Bonn duty station next year 🇬🇧👋 🇩🇪 .

This is a big change for me after five amazing years at the University of Bristol! A big thank you to my former colleagues from the School of Geographical Sciences for all your support, friendship, and motivation along the way 🙏 .

I am excited to share that I started a new job as Data Visualization Developer at @ecmwf.bsky.social this week! I will be visualising data from the @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social Atmosphere Monitoring Service to help communicating the data and to increase the understanding of environmental issues.

Amazing achievement and so very well deserved! Congratulations Eunice!!!

Hello World, I am back and excited to (re-)connect with you!
And we are just in time to start our 24 easy #KitchenOceanography experiments on oceanic processes, all using only household items, for a fun way to explore ocean physics. Find all of them here: mirjamglessmer.com/24daysofkitc...