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Jam packed issues filled with the latest cutting-edge research, technology and theories delivered in an entertaining and visually stunning way, aiming to educate and inspire readers of all agesFire fronts and burnt areas are captured on Monday in this image from European Sentinel-2 satellite.
The fire first erupted on Sunday afternoon in Varnavas, a small town roughly 22 miles northeast of Athens. Fanned by strong winds and exacerbated by Greece's hottest and driest summers on record, the fire broke out into several fronts, killing at least one person and injuring dozens, including firefighters, Greek authorities said.
The extent of damage left in the wake of a large wildfire near Athens, Greece, is seen in satellite images taken on Monday .Greek authorities requested that The Copernicus EMS — an Earth observation program that captures satellite imagery for emergency response during disasters — provide an initial estimate of the fire's extent and conduct an assessment of the damage.
As it passed over the region yesterday, the #NOAA20 satellite captured the #smoke plumes and heat signatures from large #wildfires burning near Athens, Greece. #GreeceFires pic.twitter.com/o6mq0hYMFKAs spells of dry weather linked to human-driven climate change bake southern Europe in back-to-back heatwaves, fierce wildfires have also broken out in Spain and elsewhere in the Balkans.
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