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⬇️THREAD: 2018 was the third hottest year on record, according to EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service. These new satellite photos show how climate change is sweeping Europe (📸: @CopernicusECMWF)
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Rainfall across central and northern Europe was 80% below average levels. Heatwaves led to rarely seen forest fires in Sweden in July 2018 (📸: @esa) 
Images taken from the International Space Station last summer show dust, sand, and smoke hanging over Portugal and Spain
Alpine glaciers, whose melting waters help top off hydropower plants across Austria and Switzerland, are disappearing
This normally lush field in Belgium was burnt crisp because of heat and lack of rain. These images show the drastic change between 2017 and 2018
To avoid the worst outcomes posed by climate change, Copernicus is trying to help farmers by giving them access to satellite images overlaid with data
