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The image shows water vapor within Hurricane Katrina on Aug. 29, 2005 (Image: NASA)
NASA simulation of Hurricane Katrina to support better storm forecasts
Satellite image of the water-scarce Sahara desert in Algeria (Image: ESA)
FAO to develop a database to support water-scarce countries
True-colour MODIS satellite image of South Africa (Image: NASA)
Agreement between Airbus and SANSA on SPOT 6 and SPOT 7 imagery
Satellite image of smoke produced by massive explosions in Tianjin (Image: NASA)
Satellites assist emergency response after the Tianjin blasts
Records of the typhoon's eye and its structure on August 19 (Image: NASA)
Striking records of typhoon Atsani
Launch of previous satellite Morelos II (Image: NASA)
Mexico to launch Morelos 3 satellite to support disaster relief
Hurricanes hitting the U.S. will be easier to predict with the new satellite mission (Image: NASA)
NASA to build an enhanced hurricane-observing satellite mission
Difference from average emissions for 2014 in grams of carbon per square meter per year (Image: NASA)
Satellite observations used to measure how much fires pollute the atmosphere
Group photo of the workshop's participants (Image: RCMRD)
Vulnerability Mapping Workshop held by RCMRD and PREPARED
Participants of the Regional Expert Meeting in Colombia
UN-SPIDER and IGAC conducted a Regional Expert Meeting in Colombia
WorldView-3 getting ready for its launch one year ago (Image: DigitalGlobe)
WorldView-3 satellite sensor completes its first operating year
Satellite image of an isolated settlement in Kano, Nigeria (Image: DigitalGlobe)
Remote sensing for the elimination of polio
Wildfires over the same Siberian area occurred in 2008 (Image: NASA)
International Charter activated for wildfires in Siberian district, Russia
Satellite image of floods in the Mandakini River, Northern India, in 2013 (Image: NASA)
176 forecasting stations for monitoring floods in India
Calcutta city in India during the night. Satellite imagery can contribute to urban planning. (Image: ESA)
Indian Space Research Organization to contribute to urban planning
Satellite image of the flood in Buenos Aires province (Image: CONAE)
CONAE: satellite data to mitigate flooding in Buenos Aires province
Parts of land lost to the sea along the last four decades (Image: Zachary Tessler/USGS and NASA)
Climate change increases risk of floods in delta cities
Image captured by Sentinel-2A satellite on the vegetation of Northwest Sardinia, Italy (Source: ESA)
Need for variables to monitor biodiversity from space
Satellite image of blazing bushfires in Victoria, Australia (Source: NASA)
Geoscience Australia to develop a satellite system for bushfire monitoring
Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission, monitoring precipitation measurements from space (Source: NASA)
Research warns about the need to improve rainfall satellite portfolio
Image of the areas affected by forest fires captured by Alsat-2A (Image: ASAL
Algerian Alsat-2A to determine the impact of forest fires
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