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European Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska announcing the launch of Copernicus DIAS on 20 June 2018 in Baveno, Italy. Image: Copernicus
20 Jul 2018
Copernicus launches DIAS services during 20th anniversary celebrations
An aerial view of flooding in Pakistan in 2010. Image Australian Government/CC BY 2.0
19 Jul 2018
Pakistan launches Earth observation satellite to monitor disasters
Global Precipitation Measurement visualization of heavy rain in Japan, 2 – 9 July 2018. Image: NASA Earth Observatory
16 Jul 2018
International Charter activated for major flooding disaster in Japan
Nitrogen dioxide concentration over Europe captured by Sentinel 5P Image: ESA European Space Agency.
13 Jul 2018
New Sentinel-5P data boosts quality of air pollution monitoring
The DLR Earth Sensing Imaging Spectrometer (DESIS). Image: DLR/CC-BY 3.0.
12 Jul 2018
DLR’s Earth Sensing Imaging Spectrometer to monitor natural disasters sent to ISS
Flooding in India (2013). Photo: Umesh Kumar.
10 Jul 2018
India’s Government teams up with Google to improve flood management
Image: UNU
9 Jul 2018
The European Commission’s Joint Research Centre releases new World Atlas to tackle land degradation and desertification
Smoke and fires in Nepal. Image: NASA (2016).
6 Jul 2018
Satellite data used to detect and monitor forest fires in Nepal
Prime Minister of Mongolia Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh opens 2018 AMCDRR in Ulaanbaatar.
4 Jul 2018
UNOOSA organizes side event on Earth observation at Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction
Damage in Fiji caused by the floods of January 2012. Image: AusAID/CC BY 2.0
28 Jun 2018
Crowdsourced mobile application to track disasters tested for first time in Fiji

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