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WMO Atlas of impacts of weather climate and water extremes 1970 2019
WMO releases Atlas of impacts of weather, climate and water extremes 1970–2019
Thu Sep 2 2021
UN-SPIDER/ZFL Bonn International Conference 2021
UN-SPIDER Bonn International Conference, 16 to 18 November 2021
Tue Aug 24 2021
National Directorate of Civil Protection of Niger
UN-SPIDER and DNPC of Niger Organise a Virtual Training Course
Fri Aug 13 2021
Kazakhstan Regional Support Office
Kazakhstan Regional Support Office
Tue Aug 10 2021
UN-SPIDER / ZFL Regional Virtual Expert Meeting for Southern Africa
UN-SPIDER and ZFL carry out Virtual Regional Expert Meeting for Southern Africa
Mon Jul 19 2021
Sea level variations across the northern Atlantic Ocean on 13 June 2021. Image: EUMETSAT.
Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Enters Its Operational Phase
Fri Jun 25 2021
Arctic sea ice minimum on 15 September 2020, with 30-year average extent in yellow. Image: NASA.
Atlantification and Its Recent Effects on Arctic Sea Ice
Fri Jun 25 2021
Special Report on Drought 2021
UNDRR and UNCCD Launch the Special Report on Drought 2021
Fri Jun 18 2021
UN/ISA workshop on space technologies for drought, flood, and water resource management
UN/ISA Workshop on Space Technologies for Drought, Flood, and Water Resource Management
Mon Jun 14 2021
Participants at the UN-SPIDER/ANDMA meeting
UN-SPIDER/ANDMA Thematic Meeting on Drought and Water Resources Conservation
Wed Jun 9 2021
Phase II of the MOOC
Launch of Phase II of the MOOC on the “Geospatial Applications for Disaster Risk Management”
Wed Jun 2 2021
UNOOSA and SICA sign and MoU to enhance the use of space technologies in Central America
UNOOSA and SICA join forces to enhance the use of space technologies in Central America
Sat May 22 2021
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.
Harmful Algal Blooms: The Importance of Early Satellite Detection
Fri May 21 2021
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.
Increased Volcanic Activity in Guatemala in 2021: Fuego and Pacaya
Fri May 14 2021
An image of an asteroid in outer space, image courtesy of NASA
UNOOSA hosts the 7th Planetary Defense Conference
Fri May 7 2021
2020: The Non-COVID Disasters
The non-COVID-19 disasters in the year 2020
Thu May 6 2021
Peru's INDECI & CONIDA host webinar on the use of satellite technologies in disaster risk management research
Mon May 3 2021
Official Logo of the Algerian Space Agency. Image: ASAL.
ASAL provides EO data to the International Charter Space and Major Disasters
Wed Apr 14 2021
JAXA logo. Image: JAXA.
JAXA and NTT DATA embark on joint research to improve 3D mapping for disaster management
Wed Apr 14 2021
Fires in the Amazon as seen from Space. Image: ESA/NASA–L. Parmitano.
GWIS launches country profiles to support wildfire risk management in LAC region
Wed Apr 14 2021
Cover of The State of Open Humanitarian Data 2021 report. Image: UN OCHA.
The State of Open Humanitarian Data 2021 report highlights the state of the humanitarian data ecosystem and identifies gaps in data availability
Wed Apr 14 2021
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