On May 26, 2021, iceberg A-76 lost two big chunks of ice (now A-76B and A-76C) and, with them, the title of biggest iceberg on Earth.

Qeshm Island”the largest island in Iran”lies in the Strait of Hormuz, parallel to the Iranian coast from which it's separated by the Clarence Strait (Khuran).

Windy regions high in the atmosphere can transport pollutants such as dust or soot thousands of miles around the world and disrupt everyday life for thousands of people. 

Volcanic eruptions on Saint Vincent have blanketed the Caribbean island in ash leading to over 16,000 residents to be evacuated from their homes.

The enormous Ever Given container ship, wedged in Egypt's Suez Canal, is visible in images captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission.

Blooms are made up of naturally occurring algae, phytoplankton, and cyanobacteria that explode in number under the right conditions: warm temperatures, lots of nutrients and calm waters.

A giant iceberg approximately 1.5 times the size of Greater Paris broke off from the northern section of Antarctica's Brunt Ice Shelf on Feb. 26, 2021.

Italy's Mount Etna, one of the world's most-active volcanoes and the tallest active volcano in Europe, erupted twice in less than 48 hours, spewing a fountain of lava and ash into the sky.

The ESA Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission captured this view of New York City on Feb. 4, 2021.

A research team”the first to carry out a survey of global ice loss using satellite data”discovered that the rate at which ice is disappearing across the planet is speeding up.