ESA Successfully Launches Copernicus Sentinel-1C Satellite ...

Sentinel-1 is a two satellite constellation with the prime objectives of land and ocean monitoring. The goal of the mission is to provide C-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data continuity ...

Across the globe, natural hazards have triggered widespread death and destruction, with the human and economic impact of disasters continuing to rise. Despite ongoing advancements in disaster risk ...

The World Space Forum 2024, organized by the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) in collaboration with Germany, Peru and the United Arab Emirates, has officially opened its doors in ...

Tsunamis, storm surges and sea level rise are critical coastal hazards influenced by the coastal landform and elevations. Therefore, elevation data play a crucial role in determining the potential ...

UN-SPIDER and the Centre for Remote Sensing of Land Surfaces of the University of Bonn (ZFL) joined forces to organise the UN-Spider/ZFL Expert Meeting ‘Confronting the Challenges of Natural Hazards ...

Sea level rise is increasing around the globe because of climate change. The rapid increment of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere is increasing global temperatures. The ...

A Regional Support Office (RSO) is a regional or national centre of expertise that is set up within an existing entity by a Member State or group of Member States that have put forward an offer to set ...

The UN-SPIDER Recommended Practice on flood hazard mapping shows how GIS and modelling are used to calculate simulated inundation areas based on land use, soil, elevation, and meteorological data.

Google has published Community Mobility Reports that display the change in visits to places such as grocery stores and parks. The reports are created with aggregated, anonymized sets of data from ...

Early warning systems have been around for a long time. Ancient tribes in the Pacific observed the precursory signs of tsunamis in the ocean to warn their communities. In a similar fashion, tribes in ...