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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
Special Report on Drought 2021
UNDRR and UNCCD Launch the Special Report on Drought 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
Participants at the UN-SPIDER/ANDMA meeting
UN-SPIDER/ANDMA Thematic Meeting on Drought and Water Resources Conservation
Phase II of the MOOC
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
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.
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.
Increased Volcanic Activity in Guatemala in 2021: Fuego and Pacaya
An image of an asteroid in outer space, image courtesy of NASA
UNOOSA hosts the 7th Planetary Defense Conference
2020: The Non-COVID Disasters
The non-COVID-19 disasters in the year 2020
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.
ASAL provides EO data to the International Charter Space and Major Disasters
JAXA logo. Image: JAXA.
JAXA and NTT DATA embark on joint research to improve 3D mapping for disaster management
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
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
Temperature Anomalies in 2020. Image: NASA.
2020 ties for warmest year on record, new report shows
Elevation in Western China. Image: ESA.
Copernicus releases 30m Digital Elevation Model
Data. Image: EUMETSAT.
EUMETSAT releases new pilot data services
Cover of the Compendium of EO contributions to the SDG Targets and Indicators. Image: ESA.
New Compendium highlights contributions of Earth observation to reaching the SDGs
Forest fires. Image: ESA.
Scientists are using radar data to decipher where and how well landscapes recover after major fires
Sentinel-6 satellite. Image: ESA.
Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite ensures continuity of sea-surface height measurements
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