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Phase II of the MOOC
2 Jun 2021
Launch of Phase II of the MOOC on the “Geospatial Applications for Disaster Risk Management”
UNOOSA and SICA sign and MoU to enhance the use of space technologies in Central America
22 May 2021
UNOOSA and SICA join forces to enhance the use of space technologies in Central America
Utah Lake, captured by NASA/USGS's Landsat 8, June 20, 2017. The darker green area shows the highest concentration of algal blooms. Image: NASA.
21 May 2021
Harmful Algal Blooms: The Importance of Early Satellite Detection
Image captured by Sentinel-2 on February 8 2021 of the Fuego volcano (left), Pacaya volcano (right), Guatemala City (upper right), with volcano lava visible in red. Image: Sentinel Hub, ESA.
14 May 2021
Increased Volcanic Activity in Guatemala in 2021: Fuego and Pacaya
An image of an asteroid in outer space, image courtesy of NASA
7 May 2021
UNOOSA hosts the 7th Planetary Defense Conference
2020: The Non-COVID Disasters
6 May 2021
The non-COVID-19 disasters in the year 2020
3 May 2021
Peru's INDECI & CONIDA host webinar on the use of satellite technologies in disaster risk management research
Official Logo of the Algerian Space Agency. Image: ASAL.
13 Apr 2021
ASAL provides EO data to the International Charter Space and Major Disasters
JAXA logo. Image: JAXA.
13 Apr 2021
JAXA and NTT DATA embark on joint research to improve 3D mapping for disaster management
Arctic Northwest Russia. Image: ESA (CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO).
30 Mar 2021
ESA and OHB Sweden sign contract for prototype satellite to gather Arctic weather data

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