The comparison of the images was taken by the Sentinel2 L2A satellite on February 1, 2023 and 2024 and shows a “great difference in the greenness of the vegetation due to the scarcity of precipitation,” highlights the National Geographic Institute.
The temperatures in Ibiza last January have been the second highest since records have been kept. The State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) reported that January 2024 has broken records for maximum and minimum temperatures, being the second warmest since 1961 and tied with 1982. Meteorologists point out that it has also been a dry month in the Pitiusas.
February has not seen much rainfall either and the island’s countryside and livestock are already suffering the consequences.
The island of Formentera remains, as reported by the Govern in a press release, on drought alert. In addition, ibiza’s water reserves have fallen from 43% to 39%.
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