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🌡The May 2026 Climate Bulletin from #CopernicusClimate reports the 2nd-warmest May globally, 1.42°C above the pre-industrial level. Western Europe saw an early & intense heatwave, while the global average sea surface temperature reached 20.90°C, 2nd-highest on record for May.
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🌍🌐 The 5th Destination Earth (DestinE) User eXchange concluded today. This hybrid event brought together the growing community of users and partners involved in the EU's DestinE initiative. We thank all the speakers and participants for their contributions to another successful DestinE User eXchange
Thank you to all participants, speakers and partners who joined the 9th #CopernicusClimate Change Service (C3S) General Assembly in Budapest. Special thanks to HungaroMet.
🔗 Catch up with recordings and more: climate.copernicus.eu/9th-c3s-gene...
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🌍🌐 The 5th Destination Earth (DestinE) User eXchange starts today.
This hybrid event brings together the growing community of users and partners involved in the EU's DestinE initiative.
Day 1 focuses on the foundations of the DestinE system.
Full programme ➡️ destination-earth.eu/event/5th-de...
Copernicus ECMWF
Waves are increasingly seen as a key link connecting atmosphere, ocean and climate. They're essential for understanding and predicting our changing planet.
At ECMWF, ocean waves are simulated within our Earth system model using the ecWAM wave modelling component.
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The Starfish Barometer 2026 is out today, on #WorldOceanDay!
Accelerating ocean change is outpacing global response. 29 scientists from 14 countries document deteriorating ocean health, and a new alert: our observation systems are weakening.
Read the PR: www.mercator-ocean.eu/press-releas...
A new DestinE application enables users to explore the Destination Earth Climate Digital Twin storyline simulations, which allow to simulate how weather events could evolve in past, present, and future climate conditions.
Now available on the DestinE platform.
➡️ destine.ecmwf.int/news/new-app...
ECMWF is preparing the release of Ocean ReAnalysis System 6 (ORAS6), its sixth-generation ocean and sea-ice reanalysis system.
This is an important step forward in how past ocean and sea-ice conditions are reconstructed and used in weather and climate monitoring.
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In our seasonal forecast from 1 June 2026, we are introducing the Relative Niño indices.
Recommended by @wmo-global.bsky.social, this is an additional measure of El Niño strength alongside more traditional Niño 3.4 SST anomalies. It's expected to be readily adopted.
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The oceans are vital to weather forecasting and climate prediction. Here are 5 reasons why:
1️⃣ Your 7-day weather forecast depends on ocean observations. Observations provide data on sea surface temperature, ocean heat content, as well as waves and sea ice.
