also from space
The satellite images that the European Space Agency has distributed are an example of how the satellites that orbit the Earth are seeing the climate crisis in which we are immersed and for which extreme heat warnings have been issued in several countries, including France, Spain and Portugal.
satellite images
The ESA image uses data from the radiometer instrument of the Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission, and shows the temperature of the Earth’s surface in southern France, Spain and North Africa on the morning of July 17.
In some places the surface of the earth reached the terrifying figure of 55°C. Taking into account that Copernicus Sentinel-3 acquired this data in the morning, the temperature would have increased during the afternoon.
As explained by the European Space Agency, scientists monitor the temperature of the Earth’s surface because the heat that rises from the Earth’s surface influences weather and climate patterns . “These measurements are also particularly important for farmers assessing how much water their crops need and for urban planners looking to improve heat mitigation strategies, for example.”
Temperatures, whether it’s air temperature or land surface temperature, have risen so much over the last six weeks that numerous records have been broken. As the effects of climate change increase, it is feared that these types of extreme weather events will also increase.
Reference: ESA
