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Damages caused by Typhoon Haiyan in Philippines in 2013 (Image: Eoghan Rice - Trócaire / Caritas)
ADB to train officials in Philippines and Bangladesh on satellite-based tools
Southern Chile has been several times affected by volcano eruptions. 2009 Chaitén Volcano (Image: NASA)
International Charter activated for Calbuco Volcano eruption in Chile
Snow-fed rivers and heavy rains are major causes of flooding in Bangladesh (Image: Shahnoor Habib Munmun)
Bangladesh: Satellite helps to forecast floods
Daily image acquisitions by Landsat satellites from 2000 to 2014, with a clear increase during last year. (Image: NASA)
Easier access to Landsat data improves remote sensing research
The GLOBE Programme helps pupils and students make connections between their local environment and the entire Earth system (Imagine: NASA)
NASA and NSF celebrate 20th Anniversary of the GLOBE Programme
BaseVue 2013 uses Landsat 8 scenes ranging from April 2013 to June 2014. This one was captured by Landsat 8 in March 2014 (Image: NASA)
MDA BaseVue 2013 becomes part of the Living Atlas of the World and ArcGIS Online
Forest observed through satellite imagery (Image: NASA/GSFC)
FAO and Norway to help developing countries monitor their forest through Earth observation
Image of Aïn Témouchent province captured by Alsat-2A on 12 March 2015 (Image: ASAL)
Algeria: Alsat-2A satellite imagery shows vegetation recovering after forest fires
Awesome prizes go to the Copernicus Masters winner 2015 (Image: ESA)
Copernicus Master competition now accepting submissions
A firefighter demonstrates water hose in Makwanpur district (Image: ICIMOD)
Nepal: Raising awareness to fight fires through satellite imagery
Smartphones can detect ground motion and warn others before strong shaking arrives (Image: NASA/Emiliano Rodriguez Nuesch)
Study to test smartphones as earthquake early warning
Launch of satellite Transit 1B, April 13 1960 (Image: US Navy)
55 years of satellite navigation
Super cyclone Maysak captured from the International Space Station
Monitoring Typhoon Maysak from Space
The training course will strengthen the capacities of Bhutan to use satellite information for disasters
UN-SPIDER holds training course for Bhutan officials
Static example of the experimental potential storm surge inundation map (Image: NOAA)
NOAA: Interactive storm surge map for flood risks
Geospatial crop data can help that local food production is optimised to meet demand (Image: FEMA Photo Library)
Website relaunch: Geospatial crop data for food policy
Participants of the training course in Dhaka, Bangladesh
UN-SPIDER concludes training workshop in Bangladesh
Eventflyer (Image: ICIMOD)
ICIMOD: Contribution to International Space Apps Challenge 2015
Toxic algal bloom in lake Erie (Imagine: NASA)
Satellite to track algal threat to U.S. freshwater
Xinkai Lake on the Mongolian Plateau in 2001,2004 and 2006 (Image: NASA)
Satellite imagery show decline of lake surface in Mongolia
2010 Russian wildfires captured by MODIS (NASA)
Satellite mapping shows high tree cover loss in Russia and Canada
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