Global flights were down 62% in April, even more with the commercial flights – down by 74%!
We have discussed about the direct effect of the national lockdowns due to coronavirus weeks ago, a remarkable decline in global flights was observed. The …
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Excellent observing conditions for tonight’s #Lyrids meteor shower over EU and USA, Apr 21st / Apr 22nd
The annual Lyrids meteor shower peaks tonight, so many of us will be out under the skies observing this fine celestial show. Weather permitting, of …
A short cold blast across parts of Europe through the first half of this week – brings dangerous morning frost, also some snow into the western Balkans
After a week of spring weather with very warm temperatures across many parts of Europe, a temporal/short cold period develops across part of Europe. A …
New data on the significant decline in air pollution with Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) around the world – impressive air quality improvement across the United States and Europe
With mass national lockdowns in place across the globe, the coronavirus pandemic is having a major impact on air pollution over the continents, and indeed …
Very warm and stable weather continues across the European continent this week
It’s been a relatively fast return of warm weather into a large part of Europe since Sunday. It was a very warm day today (Monday) …
Spring weather with 20-25 °C finally arrives into a large part of Europe this weekend and extends into next week
Finally, we could say! After several cold outbreaks in the past weeks, the pattern is changing soon. It will result in much warmer weather for …
#COVID-19 *update*: Significant decline in global air traffic continues – the number of flights at the end of March is more than 60% lower than normal
As we discussed a week ago, there is an obvious substantial decline in global air traffic, followed by the restrictions and national lockdowns during the …
Very *high* values of dangerous Particulate Matter (#PM10) air pollutants across Europe this weekend
Like there is not enough stress along with the ongoing COVID-19 virus outbreak this spring, strong cold outbreak across Europe and now the significantly PM10 …