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Screenshot of the SMAP tool in action. Image: NASA
Wed Nov 25 2020
NASA integrates soil moisture data into Disasters Mapping Portal
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GloFAS forecast for parts of Central America on 3 November.
Fri Nov 20 2020
Global web-based systems support flood early warning
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Cover of the IFRC World Disasters Report 2020. Image: Indian Red Cross Society.
Thu Nov 19 2020
World Disasters Report 2020 highlights role of smart financing and space-based...
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The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 16 (GOES-16) captured this image of Eta around on November 3. Image: NASA Earth Observatory.
Mon Nov 16 2020
UN-SPIDER supports disaster response efforts to Hurricane Eta in Central America
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GMES and Africa logo.
Wed Nov 11 2020
GMES & Africa launches online learning platform
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Screenshot of the Living Textbook tool.
Sun Oct 25 2020
EO4GEO project releases Body of Knowledge for Earth observation and geographic...
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Sat Oct 24 2020
UN-SPIDER online training strengthens flood mapping capacity in Nigeria
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Wed Oct 21 2020
International Charter Space and Major Disasters marks 20th anniversary
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Tue Oct 13 2020
UNOOSA and Centre for Space Science and Technology Education for Asia and the...
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Mon Oct 12 2020
UNOOSA and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev agree to establish UN-SPIDER RSO...
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On 20 May 2020, the Copernicus Sentinel Mission captured this image of Cyclone Amphan making landfall over Bangladesh. Image: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2020), processed by ESA, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO.
Fri Oct 2 2020
Registrations open for virtual United Nations International Conference on Space...
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WSF2015 subset including India and vast part of Eastern and South Eastern Asia. Credit: DLR (CC-BY 3.0).
Wed Sep 30 2020
New free map product shows settlement structure with 10m resolution
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Participants at the virtual expert meeting. Image: UNOOSA.
Mon Sep 28 2020
UN-SPIDER conducts virtual expert meeting for Latin America
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IWMI staff receiving the GeoSpatial World Excellence Award 2020. Image: IWMI.
Sun Sep 27 2020
IWMI wins award for innovative space-based drought monitoring work
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Screenshot of the Earth Map platform.
Fri Sep 18 2020
Google and FAO develop web-based tool to facilitate big data access
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches the SAOCOM 1B satellite. Image: Manuel Mazzanti/CONAE
Mon Sep 14 2020
CONAE successfully launches SAOCOM 1B satellite
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Screenshot of the FAO Hand-in-Hand geospatial platform.
Wed Sep 9 2020
New FAO geospatial data platform to strengthen food and agriculture sectors
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Tropical cyclone Fani over the eastern coast of India on 2 May 2019. Image: NASA.
Thu Aug 20 2020
CRED publishes 2019 disaster statistics
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Floods in Bangladesh in 2019. Image: UN Women Asia and the Pacific.
Wed Aug 19 2020
ICIMOD supports disaster management with streamflow prediction and flood mapping
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Thu Aug 13 2020
Aerospace Information Research Institute of China tracks locust swarm dynamics...
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Areas flooded and damaged following cyclone Idai, northwest of Beira. Image: European Union/Christian Jepsen.
Mon Aug 10 2020
UN-SPIDER and UFSM of Brazil deliver webinar on flood mapping and drought...
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