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Approximately 6.5 million people were affected in the region (Image: HDX)
27 Apr 2015
Earthquake in Nepal: Space community becomes involved
WorldDEM is based on data acquired by the high-resolution radar satellites TerraSAR-X and TanDEM-X (Image: DLR)
27 Apr 2015
Airbus Defence and Space launches WorldDEM Digital Terrain Model
Space-based monitoring helps track changes on large scales (Image: NASA)
27 Apr 2015
Study: Capacity building on Earth observation important for SDGs
Moving out on Landsat 9 is a high priority for NASA and USGS (Image: NASA)
24 Apr 2015
New satellite to extend NASA and USGS Landsat programme
Damages caused by Typhoon Haiyan in Philippines in 2013 (Image: Eoghan Rice - Trócaire / Caritas)
24 Apr 2015
ADB to train officials in Philippines and Bangladesh on satellite-based tools
Southern Chile has been several times affected by volcano eruptions. 2009 Chaitén Volcano (Image: NASA)
23 Apr 2015
International Charter activated for Calbuco Volcano eruption in Chile
Snow-fed rivers and heavy rains are major causes of flooding in Bangladesh (Image: Shahnoor Habib Munmun)
23 Apr 2015
Bangladesh: Satellite helps to forecast floods
Daily image acquisitions by Landsat satellites from 2000 to 2014, with a clear increase during last year. (Image: NASA)
22 Apr 2015
Easier access to Landsat data improves remote sensing research
The GLOBE Programme helps pupils and students make connections between their local environment and the entire Earth system (Imagine: NASA)
21 Apr 2015
NASA and NSF celebrate 20th Anniversary of the GLOBE Programme
BaseVue 2013 uses Landsat 8 scenes ranging from April 2013 to June 2014. This one was captured by Landsat 8 in March 2014 (Image: NASA)
21 Apr 2015
MDA BaseVue 2013 becomes part of the Living Atlas of the World and ArcGIS Online

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