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Norway as seen by MODIS on board of Aqua satellite on 16 January 2017. Image: NASA/ edited by antilip.
Thu Mar 7 2019
Sentinel-1 imagery maps Norway ground movement
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Landsat 8 captured the Lower Sesan II Dam and its adjacent rivers on 1 February 2018. While in 2010, 3 percent of Cambodia’s domestically generated electricity came from hydropower, by 2016, hydropower supplied 60 percent. Image: NASA.
Wed Mar 6 2019
Satellite data powers flood early warning system
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Bali, Indonesia. Mount Agung eruption. False color image. 28 November 2017. Based on Sentinel-3 data.
Wed Mar 6 2019
Radar imagery supports analysis of Bali volcano eruption
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United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres with youth attendees of the high-level event on Youth2030, New York, 24 September 2018. Image: UN Photo/Mark Garten.
Mon Mar 4 2019
UNOOSA and SGAC launch Space for Youth Competition
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This Envisat image highlights the lower Niger River system in the West African country of Nigeria, where the Niger River (left) and the Benue River merge. Image: ESA
Wed Feb 27 2019
Centre for Geospatial Information Science opens at Edo State Polytechnic in...
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Drone view of Seychelles coastline
Tue Feb 26 2019
World Bank releases new practical guide on machine learning in disaster risk...
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View of the Himalayan mountain chain from a Nepal basecamp.
Fri Feb 22 2019
ICIMOD report highlights role of disaster risk reduction for sustainable...
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Air photo of the Mud Creek landslide, taken on May 27, 2017.
Wed Feb 20 2019
Satellite and airborne InSAR data to investigate landslides transition from...
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Sentinel-2 image shows burnscars near Cape Town, South Africa. The false-colour image shows burnt areas in dark greys and browns, and areas covered with vegetation in red.Image: ESA/ CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO.
Mon Feb 18 2019
High-resolution satellite images show more wildfire in Africa than expected
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Screenshot of ORNL DAAC Soil Moisture Visualizer.
Mon Feb 18 2019
Soil moisture data sets become fertile ground for applications
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DLR Humanitarian Tech Days. Image: DLR.
Mon Feb 11 2019
UN-SPIDER attends DLR Humanitarian Tech Days
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This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image shows Kazakhstan’s Alakol Lake on which large chunks of broken ice float in 5 April, 2016. Climate change threatens to disappear more than one third of Central Asia’s glaciers raising the disaster risk for vulnerable communities. Image: ESA.
Mon Jan 28 2019
World Bank project receives new funding for disaster risk reduction in Central...
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The CCSTEAP organizes several courses and programmes in the upcoming academic year. Image: CSSTEAP.
Mon Jan 28 2019
24th postgraduate programme in remote sensing and geographic system commences...
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The Japanese coastal town of Otsuchi few days after the earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011. Image: Al Jazeera/Flickr.
Fri Jan 25 2019
Japan prepares to test early warning system using Michibiki satellites
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Image of the tailings dam flood on 30 January acquired by Operational Land Imager (OLI) on Landsat 8. Image: NASA.
Fri Jan 25 2019
International Charter activated for dam collapse in Brazil
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Mission team and counterparts during the Institutional Strengthening Mission to Nepal in December 2018.
Tue Jan 29 2019
UN-SPIDER carries out Institutional Strengthening Mission to Nepal
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An Epsilon-4 rocket lifts-off from Uchinoura Space Centre in Japan on 18 January 2019. Image: JAXA.
Wed Jan 23 2019
Viet Nam launches satellite to enhance response to disasters
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African farmers harvesting the crop in South Sudan. Image: FAO/South Sudan.
Wed Jan 23 2019
Satellite data key part of early warning system for plant pest infestations
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Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite captured false-color images of the State of Rio Grande Du Sul in 2007 Image: NASA
Mon Jan 14 2019
International Charter activated for floods in Brazil
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Image: Group on Earth Observations.
Mon Jan 14 2019
Group on Earth Observations and Amazon Web Services open applications for...
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In September 2018, an earthquake and tsunami hit the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia, leaving thousands dead and injured. Image: European Union 2018 / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.
Mon Dec 24 2018
UNOOSA requests activation of International Charter for tsunami in Indonesia
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