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The Piton de la Fournaise, reaching an altitude of 2,632 metres, is the active volcano on the island of Reunion in the Indian Ocean. Piton de la Fournaise is one […]
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On 14 January, the Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai undersea volcano erupted and caused a tsunami. It flooded the coasts of Japan, the United States and killed two people in Peru. The eruption […]
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Cyclone Freddy, which formed at the beginning of February off the coast of Australia, is the longest cyclone ever recorded: after crossing the Indian Ocean from east to west over […]
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At the previous COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh, leaders recognised the need to “fill existing gaps in the climate observation system“. For example, the role of the Copernicus Climate Change Service […]
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TAPAS is a free online service for the astronomical community, allowing the user to access simulated atmospheric transmission for specific observing conditions (description available in Bertaux et al., 2014). It […]
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The FROGS (Frequent Rain Observations on GridS) database consists of a collection of precipitation products from various origins (in-situ, reanalysis and satellite) with a homogeneous format, all set to the […]
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Our ICARE data and services centre will soon open its DATAVIZ area. This web page offers different tools for data visualisation and research:
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While COP 27 has just ended in Egypt with a very mixed outcome, the issue of reducing greenhouse gas emissions remains crucial: according to the annual bulletin of the World […]
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Last August, the RALI-THINICE measurement campaign took place in Svalbard. It aims to study the dynamics of Arctic lows and polar tropopause vortices, as well as their interactions with cloud […]
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An extreme heat wave is currently affecting Portugal, Spain and France. Major fires have also broken out in these three countries, notably in the south-west of France where more than […]