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Disasters such as floods affect thousands of people every year. Space-based information can help manage disaster risks.
13 Feb 2015
UNOOSA presents WCDRR efforts to COPUOS STSC
Representatives of Member States, UNFCCC bodies, GCOS, IPCC and various UN agencies discussed systematic observations
13 Feb 2015
Systematic observation for Climate Change Adaptation: Joint GCOS-IPCC-UNFCCC workshop
The south-west of the United States could face severe droughts in the future, scientists found
13 Feb 2015
US might face super-droughts in the future
Disaster Map, Philippines (Image: CalamityDisasterWatch)
12 Feb 2015
Philippines announces US$11 million fund for disaster maps
Satellite (Image: NASA)
12 Feb 2015
Russia and China to cooperate regarding satellite navigation
Rescue Operations, Thailand, Tsunami 2014 (Image: Photo RNW.org)
11 Feb 2015
Tsunami Global Lessons Learned Project launches Disaster Recovery Toolkit
Google map's aim was to create one seamless, browsable map of the entire world
11 Feb 2015
Google Maps celebrates ten years of existance
The survey will assess the general awareness of the European public on Earth observations
10 Feb 2015
Survey: Possible EU actions in relation to global coordination of Earth observations
ArcGIS Open Data provides access to open datasets around the world
10 Feb 2015
Esri launches open data website
The ALOS data is accessible via the CIRC observation data search
9 Feb 2015
ALOS-2/CIRC data is now open to the public

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