WMO and UNDRR Launch Status Report On Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems ...

Description: The EO Browser is a web-platform for cloud computing processing of remote sensing data. As part of the Copernicus Programme it aims to contribute to achieving a global, continuous and ...

Since several decades ago, developed and developing countries began to implement early warning systems to reduce the impacts of natural hazards such as severe weather, floods, and tsunamis. In March ...

Floods are impacting many communities around the world, triggering devastating disasters as in the case of the recent floods in Southern Brazil in May 2024, in the South Eastern United States in ...

On 26 December 2004, an earthquake in the Indian Ocean caused a devastating tsunami that killed around 230,000 people in 14 countries. It remains one of the deadliest disasters in recent human history ...

Experience has shown that warning and communication are essential elements of early warning systems. However, alerts must reach those at risk to respond to such warnings promptly to minimize damages ...

Benefiting from the development of greater computing capacities of novel processors and novel ways of processing data, future satellites may not only be able to acquire and transmit satellite imagery ...

The combined data from different types of satellites will allow forecasters to improve procedures for the forecasting of potentially catastrophic events. One example is the combined use of imagery ...

Many space agencies are launching new satellites to monitor various physical and environmental parameters of the Earth. Some of these are being launched by private companies to enhance the frequency ...

Dust comprises small particles of loose soil and sand. These particles are lifted into the atmosphere by gusts of surface winds and can be transported and deposited thousands of kilometres away.

Air quality is a measure of how clean or polluted the air is. Poor air quality, or polluted air, is the result of gas and particle emissions, and chemical reactions that have occurred in the ...

A wildfire is an unplanned fire that burns in a natural area such as a forest, a grassland or a prairie; it can happen anywhere at any time. Wildfires are often caused by human activity or triggered ...