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Image of South Africa acquired on 19 June 2010 by ESA's Envisat satellite. Image: ESA, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO.
UNOOSA activates International Charter for floods and mudslides in South Africa
Satellite image of the Tibetan Plateau. Image: Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
Automated satellite survey study identifies danger glacial lakes across Tibetan Plateau
The "Flying Laptop". Image: DLR.
German Aerospace Center and University of Stuttgart test laser communications for the transmission of Earth observation data
Image: Sentinel Hub
Sentinel Hub launches Custom Scripts Contest
The Copernicus Sentinel-1 image combines two acquisitions over the same area of eastern Iraq, one from 14 November 2018 before heavy rains fell and one from 26 November 2018 after the storms.
Five years of Sentinel-1
UN-SPIDER conducts Institutional Strengthening Mission to Ecuador
This cropped, false-colour image captured with Sentinel-2A on 18 November 2016, depicts northwestern China. Since the 1960s, the Tian Shan glaciers have lost a quarter of their ice mass and scientists estimate that they will shrink by half until 2050. The melting process of glaciers pose threats to communities living downstream. Image: ESA.
New Chinese satellites will support country’s disaster management
This cropped image of Italy was captured by Sentinel-3A on 28 September 2016. As the colours in this image suggest, the camera can be used to monitor ocean ecosystems and vegetation on land which brings significant benefits to society through more informed decision-making. Image: ESA.
Italy launches satellite for monitoring disasters
View of Southern California Wildfires From the International Space Station
Research paper reviews application of satellite observation for fire mapping
Floods imaged by Copernicus Sentinel-1.
Tropical Cyclone Idai monitored from space
Gas emissions at Volcán Copahue, captured on January 5, 2013 using EO-1 ALI data from the NASA EO-1 team.
New satellite-based study of Latin America volcanoes could help researchers better predict eruptions
UN-SPIDER conducts Technical Advisory Mission to Peru
Parts of Iran (Islamic Republic of) and the region captured by the MODIS instrument on board the Terra satellite on 29 March 2019. Image: NASA Worldview application.
UNOOSA activates International Charter for flood in Islamic Republic of Iran
This image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2A satellite on 28 December 2015. It demonstrates Nepal’s varied terrain from the mountains to the north (left side) to the plains in the south (right side). Vegetation appears red in this false-colour image, while waterways and buildings appear light green and blue. Image: ESA.
Nepal establishes first satellite project
Mapping Cyclone Pam’s destruction with drones.
ITU report highlights use of disruptive technologies in disaster management
The false-colour image of the Italian landscape is captured with Copernicus Sentinel-1B satellite. This region is prone to earthquakes. Sentinel-1’s radar technology can provide images with a resolution of 10 m and within hours of acquisition to aid emergency response. Image: ESA.
New project evaluates how Copernicus data can support Sendai Framework reporting
Participants during national training programme in Lao People's Democratic Republic.
UN-SPIDER conducts Institutional Strengthening Mission to Lao People's Democratic Republic
Participants are being trained in analyzing maps produced as part of International Charter activations.
UN-SPIDER carries out Institutional Strengthening Mission to Myanmar
UN-SPIDER high-level workshop strengthens use of Earth observation for disaster management in Myanmar
Synthetic aperature radar patterns of seismic deformations associated with a model earthquake on the San Francisco section of the San Andreas Fault.
New studies use machine learning models to predict earthquakes
Norway as seen by MODIS on board of Aqua satellite on 16 January 2017. Image: NASA/ edited by antilip.
Sentinel-1 imagery maps Norway ground movement
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