A new UN-SPIDER user story highlights the critical role of space-based technologies in preventing dam failures and enhancing ...

The Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite, jointly developed by NASA and the French space agency CNES with ...

NASA-ISRO Launch Enhances Global Capacity For Climate Monitoring and Disaster Response ...

The National Institute of Disaster Management (INGC), established in 1999, coordinates disaster risk management activities in Mozambique. INGC operates under the Ministry of State Administration (MAE) ...

Registration is now open for the 4th Copernicus Emergency Management Service (CEMS) Global Flood Forecasting and Monitoring Meeting. This online event will take place on April 2nd and 3rd, 2025, from ...

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 tsunami is a series of ocean waves that send water surges onto land, often causing widespread destruction. Large, undersea earthquakes or underwater volcanic eruptions and landslides typically cause ...

One of the key parameters of coastal zones is bathymetry. Bathymetry measures water depth in oceans, rivers or lakes and is used to define submarine topography. Bathymetry is used for tsunami, storm ...

On 20 May 2022, the Disaster Risk Management Directorate of the Ministry of Interior of the Kingdom of Morocco organized a national workshop on the use of geospatial information in disaster risk ...

In an era where the unpredictable is becoming the norm, satellite networks emerge as lifelines, bridging the gap between chaos and order when everything else fails. Often overlooked, yet undeniably ...

UN-SPIDER's Regional Support Office in Germany - The Center for Remote Sensing for Land Surfaces (ZFL) – has provided a new practical use case demonstrating the effective utilization of the Copernicus ...

Researchers at the University of Connecticut Global Environmental Remote Sensing (GERS) Laboratory have been making progress on achieving near real-time post-disaster monitoring and evaluation. For ...