Clouds formed over rural areas and the cities but are noticeably absent above Guanabara Bay and the ocean due to the mechanisms of cloud formation.

A layer of marine stratocumulus clouds off the west coast of Africa displayed some particularly complex wave patterns.

Prior to European settlement, wetlands, lakes and streams were the major landscape features of the Chicago region.

Glaciers are retreating in Glacier National Park and across the globe due to climate change.

In almost every region of the world where hurricanes form, their maximum sustained winds are getting stronger.

Climate change is projected to lead to more frequent and severe droughts in California.

The more the EU economy succeeds in dialing down greenhouse gas emissions, the more the rest of the world will turn them up – unless a similar level of green ambitions is shared by others.

Weather forecasters in Africa are getting access to satellite data that will allow them to track the path and severity of developing storms – and reduce the death toll from extreme weather events.

The prolonged period of dry weather in the Czech Republic has resulted in what experts are calling the ‘worst drought in 500 years.’ Scientists are using ESA satellite data to monitor the drought that’s gripped the country.

China's implementation of a national carbon trading market to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions requires reliable and timely information on GHG sources and impacts.