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Active volcano Mount Mayon as seen from the Legaspi Airport in September 2013. Image: NOAA/CC BY.
Satellite communication strengthens disaster response in Philippines
Runoff water of melting glaciers in the Himalayas. Image: Suket Dedhia.
Unrecorded Himalayan floods discovered though satellite data
An image acquired 6 May 2018 via NASA’s Terra satellite picks up hotspots on the thermal infrared bands – shown in yellow. These hotspots are newly formed fissures and lava flows. Image: NASA/METI/AIST/Japan Space Systems, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team.
NASA monitors Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano amid threat to local population
Homes flooded after river Shabelle ran over in Belet Weyne Capital City of Hiran, Somalia. Image: Ahmed Qeys.
International Charter activation for flood in Somalia
Lava flows erupting from a fissure on 5/5/18. Image: US Geological Survey.
International Charter activated for earthquake and eruption of Kilauea Volcano in Hawaii
Accident caused by heavy snowfall in Virginia, USA. Image: Joe Loong
Satellite data and snowfall tracking: its implications for weather forecasting
Collapsed Santa Monica Freeway bridge across La Cienega Boulevard, Los Angeles after the Northridge earthquake, Jan. 17, 1994. Image: Robert A. Eplett/FEMA
Global Navigation Satellite Systems prove valuable for earthquake early warning
UNOOSA GEOSS Portal
UNOOSA becomes data provider in the Group on Earth Observations System of Systems (GEOSS)
FAO Report. Image: FAO
FAO report highlights use of remote sensing in assessing the impact of disasters on agriculture
The Sentinel-1 RGB stack showing (in red) flooding on February 23, 2018. Image: Sentinel Playground
Using new techniques in Greece to track the effects of flooding
Asian Science and Technology Conference for Disaster Risk Reduction.
UN-SPIDER participates in 2nd Asian Science and Technology Conference for Disaster Risk Reduction
An image taken by the Copernicus Sentinel-2A satellite on 28 September 2016 showing wildfires in the Russian Federation. Image: ESA/CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO
European Union launches latest Earth observation satellite able to track disasters
Satellite Earth Observation for SGDs Handbook. Image: CEOS
CEOS publishes handbook on how Earth observation can support implementation of the SDGs
The European Commission and Department of Space of India sign a Cooperation Arrangement to share satellite Earth Observation data. Image: European External Action Service (EEAS)
European Commission and India to share satellite data
The GPM core satellite found extremely heavy rainfall on 6 March on the east side of cyclone Hola. Image: NASA/JAXA, Hal Pierce
Using GPM software to track cyclone rainfall
Images via a Gaofen satellite which monitored a landslide in Guizhou, China, in September 2017. Image: Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (RADI/CAS)
China launches satellites for disaster warning and emergency response
India and France to strengthen cooperation on satellite missions
The salt marsh is a natural buffer to coastal floods and erosion. Photo: unefunge/CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
New tool uses Copernicus data to assess coastal flood and erosion risk
New tool for global severe index allows climate community to assess meteorological drought by terrestrial water storage
UN-SPIDER conducts Technical Advisory Mission follow-up and national training programme in Sri Lanka
Lake in Kachalinskaya, Volgogradskaya oblast Russia.
International Charter activated for Russian Federation flooding
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