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The DLR Earth Sensing Imaging Spectrometer (DESIS). Image: DLR/CC-BY 3.0.
DLR’s Earth Sensing Imaging Spectrometer to monitor natural disasters sent to ISS
Thu Jul 12 2018
Flooding in India (2013). Photo: Umesh Kumar.
India’s Government teams up with Google to improve flood management
Tue Jul 10 2018
Image: UNU
The European Commission’s Joint Research Centre releases new World Atlas to tackle land degradation and desertification
Mon Jul 9 2018
Smoke and fires in Nepal. Image: NASA (2016).
Satellite data used to detect and monitor forest fires in Nepal
Fri Jul 6 2018
Prime Minister of Mongolia Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh opens 2018 AMCDRR in Ulaanbaatar.
UNOOSA organizes side event on Earth observation at Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction
Wed Jul 4 2018
Damage in Fiji caused by the floods of January 2012. Image: AusAID/CC BY 2.0
Crowdsourced mobile application to track disasters tested for first time in Fiji
Thu Jun 28 2018
Flood in San Antonio as a result of a tsunami in 2010. Image: Atilio Leandro.
Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service of the Chilean Navy provides access to new tsunami flood charts
Wed Jun 20 2018
UNISPACE+50 event considers future of international space cooperation
Wed Jun 20 2018
UN-SPIDER technical advisory support booklet
New booklet highlights UN-SPIDER advisory support activities
Sun Jun 17 2018
An image captured by the 16m resolution multispectral wide-angle colour camera on the Gaofen-6 earth observation satellite. Image: CNS/RADI/CAS.
China launches new Earth observation satellites to monitor disasters
Tue Jun 12 2018
This set of 12 still images show the potential landslide by month averaged over the last 15 years. Image: NASA.
NASA builds open global landslide catalog to improve disaster preparedness
Thu Jun 7 2018
Image of the eruption and resulting ash plume of the Volcan de Fuego in Guatemala captured by the NOAA/NASA Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership satellite on 3 June 2018. Image: NASA Earth Observatory
NASA and NOAA satellites monitor deadly Guatemala volcano eruption
Wed Jun 6 2018
Logo of the International Charter "Space and Major Disasters"
International Charter activated for Fuego Volcano in Guatemala
Tue Jun 5 2018
A visualization of Aeolus' mission. Image: European Space Agency
Space-based lasers and supercomputer to aid the forecasting of extreme weathers
Tue Jun 5 2018
Logo of the International Charter "Space and Major Disasters"
International Charter activated for forest fires in China
Tue Jun 5 2018
Participants at EvIDENz stakeholder workshop in Pretoria, South Africa.
EvIDENz project convenes stakeholder workshop in South Africa
Mon Jun 4 2018
Logo of the International Charter "Space and Major Disasters"
International Charter activated for floods in Yemen
Mon Jun 4 2018
Crisis Connectivity Charter to aid disaster relief enters into full operation
Wed May 30 2018
Beijing from the Sentinel-1A satellite. Image: Copernicus Data/ESA (2014).
Applications open for United Nations International Conference on Space-based Technologies for Disaster Risk Reduction
Fri May 25 2018
Image: Jesse Allen and Robert Simmon. NASA.
New monitoring system strengthens forest conservation in India
Thu May 24 2018
International Charter activated for floods in Djibouti and Sri Lanka
Tue May 22 2018
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