Mark Parrington

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Senior scientist in the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service at ECMWF working on monitoring global wildfire emissions, air quality, atmospheric chemistry & science communication.

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Large fires have been flaring in Amur oblast in eastern Russia since May. earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/15305...

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📊💨#CopernicusAtmosphere's 2023 interim annual assessment report on European #AirQuality has just been published. This report offers insights about last year’s air quality including air pollution levels & episodes recorded in Europe. For more 👉https://bit.ly/3LrY7t8

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More than 1.8m acres have already burned across the Brazilian Pantanal this year alone in fires mostly started by cattle ranchers, as climate breakdown prolongs the dry season. The Pantanal is one of the most biodiverse places on Earth, and it's dying. 🌎 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Devastation as world’s biggest wetland burns: ‘those that cannot run don’t stand a chance’www.theguardian.com Blackened trees, dead animals and scorched earth – early wildfires have already devastated Brazil’s Pantanal and local people worry they may lose the battle to save them

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There is again large-scale uncontrolled #WildFire in the Russian Far East. You get some scale for the smoke clouds from Sakhalin Island which is almost 1000 km long, on the right. Carbon emissions are large, especially when the soil also combusts. worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov?v=104.243296...

Analysis of #wildfire intensity & emissions in the #Arctic Circle in June 2024 with #CopernicusAtmosphere GFAS data. Fires developed in the high north of Russia’s Sakha Republic similar to 2019 & 2020. Read more in our article at atmosphere.copernicus.eu/high-carbon-... @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social

Global #wildfires #openburning intensity & emissions for June 2024 in #CopernicusAtmosphere Monitoring Service GFAS data ads.atmosphere.copernicus.eu/cdsapp#!/datas…. Notable, >> average, fires in Pantanal wetlands, N America & E Russia (+#ArcticFires) but fairly typical global totals for (Jan-)June

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🌍💨 The EU is taking a significant step towards adopting revised Ambient Air Quality Directives. This recognises the role of #Copernicus and #CopernicusAtmosphere as vital tools to monitor and support #AirQuality obligations. ▶️https://bit.ly/3VmxNVV

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With our community & colleagues from the European Commission we're celebratingyears of #Copernicus services implemented by ECMWF. The #CopernicusClimate & #CopernicusAtmosphere services provide vital data about #climatechange & atmospheric composition. Thank you for joining us!

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To ensure the reliability of its #AirQuality forecasts, CAMS has a stringent Evaluation and Quality Control (EQC) system which was recently reinforced with the launch of the new CAMS regional and global EQC sites. Read more here 👉https://bit.ly/4dPtqLo

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📢Online registratrions are still open 👇 Join us for the 8th CAMS General Assembly and listen to plenary sessions and discussions from international research & service partner organisations. 🗓️ 10-13 June 2024 Register here ➡️ atmosphere.copernicus.eu/8th-cams-gen...

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The CAMS National Collaboration Programme (NCP) is a dedicated scheme to support EU Member States in extracting the maximum benefit from CAMS products and services atmosphere.copernicus.eu/cams-nationa...

CAMS National Collaboration Programmeatmosphere.copernicus.eu The European Centre for Medium-range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) and Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) National Collaboration Programme (NCP) is a dedicated scheme to support EU Member Sta...

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🔴⚠️🔥Yet in the first half of May2024 #Wildfires are engulfing #Canada.The #Sentinel3 false color of May11 shows heavy smoke crossing the country for 2000km from #BritishColumbia & #Alberta. Most emblematic view of this early start for the #wildfire season. #climateemergency @katharinehayhoe.com

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🌬️📈#AirPollution remains a major environmental cause of preventable deaths in the #EU. The revised Ambient Air Quality Directives on new measures to improve #AirQuality in the EU, highlights the role of CAMS. For more 👉 atmosphere.copernicus.eu/cams-role-hi...

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🇪🇺🌲The recent "Copernicus for Forestry" workshop explored enhancing EO applications for forestry and senior Scientist @mparrington.bsky.social was there to discuss the offerings of CAMS and #C3S. Learn more 👉 climate.copernicus.eu/copernicus-d...

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📊🌬️ As predicted by #CopernicusAtmosphere last week, #Greece, #Libya, and #Turkey have experienced an extreme #SaharanDust episode in the last few days. The images from the webcams of Meteo speak for themselves. See our forecast 👉 bit.ly/3UdzZhR

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🔥🌧️ In 2023, Europe was impacted by extreme weather and climate events from heatwaves and wildfires to windstorms and floods. Explore the #ESOTC’s interactive key events page to find out more about these events and their impacts 👉https://climate.copernicus.eu/esotc/2023/key-events

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🌍🔬 Today, #CopernicusClimate and WMO release the 2023 #ESOTC report. It details climate conditions, key events, their impacts, and discusses climate policy and action with a focus on human health. Read the full report here 👉 climate.copernicus.eu/esotc/2023?u...

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🌍💧 In 2023, one third of Europe's river network saw flows exceeding the 'high' flood threshold, and 16% crossing the 'severe' threshold. Read more in the #ESOTC 👉 climate.copernicus.eu/esotc/2023/f...

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🌍🔬 Anticipation is building ahead of the 22 Apr. release of European State of the Climate (#ESOTC) 2023 report, produced in partnership with WMO. The ESOTC will provide an analysis of Earth's climate in 2023, placing it within the historical context. bit.ly/3Jy2FgN

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New ITT 📢 ECMWF invites tenders for the provision of services aimed at facilitating the development and supply of climate hazard information crucial for assisting the European Investment Bank in its climate risk assessment. Find all the info & apply here 👉 climate.copernicus.eu/c3s2431-clim...

Saharan dust plume crossing the Mediterranean + very high concentrations predicted at surface level for several countries in #CopernicusAtmosphere regional ensemble forecast initialized 24 March 00 UTC ⬇️ 25-27 daily max ads.atmosphere.copernicus.eu/cdsapp#!/dat... @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social

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🌊 Have you already heard about the #CopernicusClimate Change Service operational service for the water sector? #C3S helps water management professionals to deal with the effects of climate change. Read more ☞ bit.ly/3JXQDxW #WorldWaterDay

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Three #ERA5-based charts you shouldn't miss this month: 📈 Warmest February on record, 9th consecutive warmest month - #C3S 📈 Record temperatures also in our oceans - @oceanterra.bsky.social 📈 Our new tool Climate Pulse contributes to the climate conversation, thanks to its many users!

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Researchers and protection agencies expected a dry season with more fires in Brazil’s Roraima state at the start of 2024, but the effects of an intense and prolonged El Niño have aggravated the situation, with 23% of the outbreaks being recorded in Indigenous areas! Read more about this:

Fanned by El Niño, megafires in Brazil threaten Amazon’s preserved areasnews.mongabay.com Researchers and protection agencies expected a dry season with more fires in Brazil’s Roraima state at the start of 2024, but the effects of an intense and prolonged El Niño have aggravated the situat...

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#C3S was the "featured service" at this years' Copernicus User Forum It was an opportunity to look back at the fast growth of the service in the last 10 years. Read the comments from #C3S Director, Carlo Buontempo, on LinkedIn👉 www.linkedin.com/posts/carlo-...

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Proud of my graduate student, Kaiwei Luo, because today his first research chapter of his PhD was published in Nature. Drought triggers and sustains overnight fires in North America. nature.com/articles/s41...

Drought triggers and sustains overnight fires in North America - Naturenature.com By examining the hourly diurnal cycle of 23,557 fires in North America during 2017–2020, 1,095 overnight burning events were identified, mostly associated with extreme fires and driven by long-te...

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Best synthesis to date of methane emissions from natural gas in the US, published today in Nature, based on almost 1 million observations from airflights. And it is worse than most of us have been saying. Take a look: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

US oil and gas system emissions from nearly one million aerial site measurements - Naturewww.nature.com We integrate approximately one million aerial site measurements into regional emissions inventories for six regions in the USA, finding methane emission intensities that vary by more than a factor of ...

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📢We're excited to share our first edition of CAMS on Air: Boreal winter 23/24, covering: ▶️New CAMS aerosol alerts service ▶️Fire season in the tropics ▶️Sarahan dust intrusions ▶️CAMS new director Read the bulletin 👉 atmosphere.copernicus.eu/cams-air-bor...

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On the 4th of April we are organizing the first Dutch Earth Observation day in Utrecht. We have some interesting talks on detecting methane emissions, Google Earth Engine and the EU Copernicus data center.

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“Our new analysis shows that Europe faces urgent climate risks that are growing faster than our societal preparedness,” said Leena Ylä-Mononen, the EEA’s executive director. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Europe unprepared for rapidly growing climate risks, report findswww.theguardian.com Dangers of wildfires, extreme weather and other factors outgrowing preparedness, European Environment Agency says