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Antonio Vecoli (@tonyveco on X) @tonyveco.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

🔴 ⚠️ 🔥 ♨️ 🛰️ Many days with a persistent heatwave has strengthened the #wildifires season in the iberian peninsula. In Spain & Portugal violent fires are generating pyrocumulonimbous with massive smoke now engulfing W. France and reaching UK. ⬇️ Aerosol Index #Sentinel5P on Aug. 15 #ClimateEmergency

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Antonio Vecoli (@tonyveco on X) @tonyveco.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

🔴⚠️🔥♨️Large parts of the iberian peninsula are engulfed by smoke.From Ourense and CastillayLeón to Extremadura in Spain,as well as Coimbra in Portugal:#wildfires with extreme 🌡 are out of control.#IncendiosForestales #ClimateEmergency ⬇️last 12hrs by meteosat-12 via @zoom.earth

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Antonio Vecoli (@tonyveco on X) @tonyveco.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

🔴⚠️🔥More than 100 wildfires currently active in #Greece, among them, one is affecting the Zante Zakhyintos, after its quick start yesterday August 12 on its SW coast. ⬇️First 🛰️ view of Landsat 8 on Aug.12 showing 12km2 of burning island. #climateemergency

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Antonio Vecoli (@tonyveco on X) @tonyveco.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

🔴⚠️🔥♨️ The current #heatwave in iberic peninsula fuels #wildfires to both in Spain and Portugal. The latest #Sentinel3 view + FRP of 11 August late morning clearly shows multiple hotspots especially in Galicia CastillaYLeon IRTrancoso #climateemergency

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EUMETSAT @eumetsat.int · 11/08/2025

Metop-SGA1 is in the last stretch. Tomorrow it's expected to launch from the European Spaceport in French Guiana. 🚀 Here’s a look at its journey so far: • Final checks in the Airbus clean room • Fuelling • Encapsulation • Integration with Ariane 6 launcher Follow its road to space: bit.ly/4onryyV

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EMBLtrec @embltrec.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

“With the Foundation’s backing, principles at the heart of TREC – open data, standardised protocols, and shared analytical approaches – are being adopted across new countries & continents,” said Paola Bertucci, Head @embl.org Scientific Expeditions. Check out this great article on labs on wheels!

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Antonio Vecoli (@tonyveco on X) @tonyveco.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

🔴⚠️🔥Dry conditions in the mediterranean are boosting #wildfires in multiple countries . In Italt at Mount #vesuvio a fire has already burnt 400Ha with 150 operators fighting.⬇️Sentinel2 view on August 9th showing the smoke plume into the sea and fire front on the ground #climateemergency

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MPI for Biological Intelligence @mpiforbi.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

#pictureofthemonth: Pairs of white-browed coucals often duet. Here you see a coucal listening to a playback recording of its own species. Find out more: www.bi.mpg.de/goymann August – Institute calendar of @mpibiochem.bsky.social and @mpiforbi.bsky.social Picture by @dudumizi.bsky.social

A white-browed coucal listening to a playback recording, leaning over to better hear the speaker in a tree.

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Antonio Vecoli (@tonyveco on X) @tonyveco.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

🔴⚠️🔥It is the largest wildfire since 1949 in France, started about 26hrs ago in the #Aude and rapidly increased at more than 16000Ha, with 2000 firefighters on it ⬇️first #Sentinel3 📸with its plume and hotspot along 30km of fire front.

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Antonio Vecoli (@tonyveco on X) @tonyveco.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

🔴 ⚠️ 🌀 ⛈️ 🛰️ The strongest August wind gust on record for Scotland at 131.9km/h, tied record for N.#Ireland at 106km/h: the extratropical cyclone #Floris is a powerful system that went across UK bringing heavy rains and damages on.It is now reaching Norway.⬇️last 20 hrs of Meteosat-12 #MTGI1 #eumetview

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Antonio Vecoli (@tonyveco on X) @tonyveco.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

🔴⚠️🔥♨️🇬🇷🇹🇷For the 1st time in recordes history,#Turkey has reached 50°C on July 25,during one of the worst #heatwave ever in the Mediterranean.Records also for Albania and Greece,all with multiple wildfires.⬇️12hrs in sunlight by meteosat12 via @zoom.earth #ClimateEmergency

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Antonio Vecoli (@tonyveco on X) @tonyveco.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

🔴 ⚠️ 🔥 ♨️ 🛰️ Dramatic situation in #Greece in the peak of the #heatwave. On saturday 26th July, multiple #wildfires have started and are growing fast. ⬇️meteosat-12 at 16.10UTC: from #Evia island and the #Attica,to #Kythira and #Crete Evacuations are ongoing.#ClimateEmergency @volcaholic1.bsky.social

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EMBLtrec @embltrec.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

From the TREC Blog "My father passed away while I was working on TREC. Doing the work with others gave me the strength to carry on until I could return home to be with my family. It was a very sad time, but showed me how important this project & these people had become" www.embl.org/about/info/t...

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adamplatform.bsky.social @adamplatform.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Huge algal bloom on the #Baltic Sea! The #Copernicus #Sentinel2 image, colliected on July 21st shows an enormous swirling algal bloom on the eastern part of swedisch islands, during the longest #heatwave ever for #Scandinavia.

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EMBLtrec @embltrec.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Check out this great article on the Curiosity microscope, used by @embl.org & BIOcean5D to empower teachers to share excitement of plankton discovery with their students! "The Curiosity microscope is fantastic because it will enable us to bring the classroom to the sampling site” bit.ly/3UfeEoz

Scientist looking at laptop screen with images of microscopic organisms seen using Curiosity microscope

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Adam Gristwood @gristwood.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

From a few days ago, but reposting for the record: these cloud-free islands in an alarming era of climate change @eumetsat.int @metoffice.gov.uk @pennyend.bsky.social

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Adam Gristwood @gristwood.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Great overview of how and why weather satellites are so important in our daily lives @eumetsat.int @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social

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EUMETSAT @eumetsat.int · 17/07/2025

The @eumetsat.int 2024 Annual Report is now online! 🌐 It was another busy and productive year - see for yourself how our work and data made an impact across Europe and beyond. 🛰️ Download and read here: www.eumetsat.int/about-us/ann...

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EUMETSAT @eumetsat.int · 01/07/2025

Europe’s 1st geostationary sounder satellite has launched! 🚀 MTG-S1 will transform weather forecasting & early warnings with new atmospheric data. The satellite also carries the Sentinel-4 mission & will provide data that can be used to protect communities & strengthen resilience: bit.ly/4l9c5jR

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EMBLtrec @embltrec.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

TREC is hiring! @embl.org is looking for a field technician/engineer to coordinate soil sampling: plan activities, apply protocols, lead site scouting, coordinate teams & more. Join an amazing international team exploring a hidden universe beneath our feet. Please spread the word! bit.ly/4eSTPbZ

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Environmental Technician or Engineer (Soil Lead)

The European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) is Europe’s flagship research institution for the life sciences, bringing together over 110 independent research groups and service teams across six si...

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Antonio Vecoli (@tonyveco on X) @tonyveco.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

⚠️ 🔥 🔴 🛰️ 🇹🇷🇬🇷Massive #wildfires have started again in western Turkey, affecting in particular the area of Izmir , while evacuations took place in Crete for a large fire ⬇️ Latest 12hrs of sunlight by meteosat-12 #MTGI1 and MSG hotspots. #ClimateEmergency @eumetsat.int

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EUMETSAT @eumetsat.int · 01/07/2025

Tonight we have a little help from our friends 🤩 Follow live updates from our social media meetup crew, as well as @ecmwf.int, @metoffice.gov.uk, Met Éireann, Copernicus and @esaearth.esa.int!

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Adam Gristwood @gristwood.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Nadia Fourrie is speaking at @eumetsat.int MTGS1 launch on the huge benefits of geostationary sounding data for weather forecasting and all of us who make use of forecasts in our daily lives. Read a great interview with her, here! www.eumetsat.int/features/bre...

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Breaking through the clouds

How EUMETSAT’s new satellite help understand and predict cloud development

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Antonio Vecoli (@tonyveco on X) @tonyveco.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

🔴 ⚠️ 🛰️ 🔥 🌍 The second satellite of the MTG family, MTG-S1, is going to be launched later today,bringing on board #Sentinel4 and the Infrared Sounder ⬇️ Saharan dust and widespread smoke crossing the Mediterranean from the devastating #wildfires in #Turkey on July 1.

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Adam Gristwood @gristwood.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Very inspiring talk by Deshnaa Satthish of Int. School of Seeheim at the launch of @eumetsat.int @esa.int @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social MTGS1 in connection with @wmo-global.bsky.social @undp.org “weather kid” campaign: now time to solve this problem & stop filling atmosphere with greenhouse gases

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EUMETSAT @eumetsat.int · 01/07/2025

Let's 'meet' the satellite soon leaving Earth for its new home 36,000km up in space and the star of the show today: #MTGS1🛰️ Training Manager Mark Higgins is here to tell us everything: www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMW6... *Don't forget to join us LIVE from 21:15 for the launch: bit.ly/4lbIjem

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EMBLtrec @embltrec.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Coastal sediments lining Europe’s shores hold a hidden archive of microbial biodiversity, past & present. As part of the TREC expedition, scientists collected samples from coastal sites across the continent. Meet Raffaele Siano, who leads TREC's work on coastal sediments www.embl.org/about/info/t...

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EMBLtrec @embltrec.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Great summary of happenings at the world's largest ever ocean summit #unoc3 by our friends at the BIOcean5D project (cofunded by @horizoneu.bsky.social) aiming to gain a holistic understanding of ocean life "Now, the decisions must be transformed into action" biocean5d.org/a-decisive-m...

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A decisive moment for the future of our Ocean – BIOcean5D

World leaders, political decision-makers and marine science experts gathered in Nice, France this month for the largest Ocean summit ever organised.

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EUMETSAT @eumetsat.int · 30/06/2025

MTG-S1 is now encapsulated and ready for launch no earlier than 1 July. The satellite has been integrated with the launch vehicle interface and enclosed within the rocket fairing, standing by for lift-off. 🚀 Join the watch party! View the launch live with us from EUMETSAT HQ: bit.ly/44rd5sm

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Antonio Vecoli (@tonyveco on X) @tonyveco.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

🔴 ⚠️ ♨️ 🛰️ Just after the end of the amazing #LPS25, a tremendous #heatwave has reached Europe from Africa, setting many records from Portugal and Spain to Germany even today. ⬇️ 24hrs of Meteosat MSG Airmass RGB until 12UTC on June 29 @giuliofirenze.bsky.social @eumetsat.int

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EUMETSAT @eumetsat.int · 23/06/2025

That’s a wrap from us on day one #LPS25 - what a productive day full of great discussions at our booth and important topics presented by our partner organisations and attendees. For those around tomorrow evening, please join us and @ecmwf.int at our joint booth for drinks and networking! 🛰️

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EMBLtrec @embltrec.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Global ocean temperatures 1850-2024. Temperature is known to play a crucial role in shaping the microbial communities TREC aims to learn much more about #showyourstripes showyourstripes.info

Stripe graph showing increase in global ocean temperatures between years 1850 and 2024, sharply moving from blue (cooler) to red (hotter)

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Antonio Vecoli (@tonyveco on X) @tonyveco.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

🔴 ⚠️ ⛈️ 🌀 Celebrating Meteosat-12 as prime data service since 16 June 2025, here it is the 16hours animation showing the cyclonic vortex over #Italy on June 17. A new product shows the number of flash every 5 minutes (yellow to red) + geoview RGB. Smoke from Canada is still going around

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EMBL @embl.org · 13/06/2025

EMBL's TREC expedition wouldn't have been possible without its partners. We spotlight some valuable collaborators, such as the Tallinn University of Technology, #Estonia. We spoke to Sirje Sildever, Assistant Professor @TallinnTech: www.embl.org/news/connect...

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TREC partner snapshot: Tallinn University of Technology | EMBL

TallinnTech was an important TREC partner, and Sirje Sildever shares her thoughts after helping facilitate opportunities in Estonia.

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EMBLtrec @embltrec.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

The kindness of strangers: TREC collaborator Sirje Sildever (Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia) recalls asking organisations if she could set up air sampling stations on the tops of their buildings "Many people were surprised, but they were very accommodating!" www.embl.org/news/connect...

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TREC partner snapshot: Tallinn University of Technology | EMBL

TallinnTech was an important TREC partner, and Sirje Sildever shares her thoughts after helping facilitate opportunities in Estonia.

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EMBLtrec @embltrec.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

"Never before in human history has there been a more urgent need to understand living systems & how they interact with each other and the environment" Check out this blog from the 'wild frontiers of model organisms' symposium, inc on the importance of TREC's approach of taking the lab to the field

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Biology beyond conventional model organisms – a whole new world | EMBL

An EMBL | EMBO symposium explored the ‘wild frontiers’ of model organisms, from phytoplankton to sea anemones, waterstriders, roundworms, and more.

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EUMETSAT @eumetsat.int · 09/06/2025

🌊 Great to be part of the EU Digital Ocean Pavilion at the UN Ocean Conference in Nice! Visit La Baleine to explore the pavilion - a dynamic space to connect, learn, and co-create solutions for a more sustainable blue future. #unoc3 Follow online - www.digitaloceanpavilion.eu/content/live

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Adam Gristwood @gristwood.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

#WorldOceanDay – how @embltrec.bsky.social – a remarkable expedition around Europe's (nearly) entire coastline – has provided tens of thousands of water, soil and sediment samples for understanding life at the intersect of land and sea @taraoceans-science.bsky.social @fondationtaraocean.bsky.social

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EMBLtrec @embltrec.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

It's #WorldOceanDay – this year’s theme is: ‘Wonder: sustain what sustains us’. One key force sustaining ocean life is microbes. With @embl.org TREC we explored this hidden universe along Europe's coasts, across water, sediment and soil to see how microbial life connects across ecosystems and biomes

World Ocean Day graphic including colourful scientific images of ocean plankton

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EMBLtrec @embltrec.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Amazing chance to work with CONTRAST project & TREC expedition coastal sediment samples to map chemical contaminants and how they shape microbial life over time. Based at Ifremer, Nantes in Chemical Contamination of Marine Ecosystems unit www.hellowork.com/fr-fr/emploi... #Postdoc #MicrobialEcology

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Offre Emploi CDD Post-Doctoral Position In Microbial Ecology Ecotoxicology M F Nantes (44) - Recrutement par Ifremer | Hellowork

Decouvrez l'offre d'Emploi Post-Doctoral Position In Microbial Ecology Ecotoxicology M F Nantes (44) en CDD pour Ifremer. Ifremer recrute actuellement ✓ Postulez dès maintenant ✓ Candidature Simple & ...

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EMBLtrec @embltrec.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Tomorrow, Wed 4 June, TREC's @floravincent.bsky.social @embl.org will speak at DAI Heidelberg, Germany, on the world of plankton and its importance for the future of our planet. Event includes hands-on activities, crafting, quiz & more: see dai-heidelberg.de/en/events/oc... #WorldOceanDay #ocean

DAI poster for talk by TREC's Flora Vincent

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EUMETSAT @eumetsat.int · 23/05/2025

What happens when science, innovation, and operations come together? Dr Bojan Bojkov shares how @eumetsat.int's satellite missions evolve through cutting-edge research & international collaboration, turning data into tools that protect lives and guide decision making. Read more: bit.ly/4k5OmAl

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EMBLtrec @embltrec.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

The abstract deadline for @same18-bcn.bsky.social – Aquatic Microbiomes on a Changing Planet – conference is fast approaching (25 May). SAME18 will take place 28 September-3 October 2025 on the beautiful Barcelona Biomedical Research Park campus

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EUMETSAT @eumetsat.int · 14/05/2025

We’re hiring! 🛰️ EUMETSAT is looking for experts across multiple fields - from mission planning and spacecraft operations to software engineering and remote sensing. Join us in shaping the future of Earth observation. 🌍 Explore our current vacancies here: www.eumetsat.int/work-us/vaca...

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Antonio Vecoli (@tonyveco on X) @tonyveco.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

🔴🔥⚠️dramatic start of #wildfire season for #Canada is affecting #Manitoba and #Ontario with huge and fast #wildfires that already reached a size of 5000Ha and forced multiple evacuations of local inhabitants.⬇️First #Sentinel3 📸showing the fires on May 13 #climateemergency @volcaholic1.bsky.social

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EMBLtrec @embltrec.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

"At times, the technologies that TREC brought to local researchers felt like ‘science fiction’.. some of them had never seen the species they worked on for years with this level of detail" check out this great interview with TREC partner Romain Troublé @fondationtaraocean.bsky.social, by Ivy Kupec

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