A new Earth observation instrument designed to monitor climate and environmental change in Eastern Africa has successfully been launched to the International Space Station (ISS). The Climate Camera ...

The Viet Nam Disaster Management Authority (VDMA) acts as the Standing Office of the Central Committee for Natural Disaster Management. VDAM is a unit under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural ...

Floods, as natural disasters, are most commonly caused by storms and torrential rain or by overflowing lakes, rivers or oceans; this type of natural disaster is one of the most common and affects ...

The Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh established the Centre for Environmental and Geographic Information Services (CEGIS) as a public trust in 2002. CEGIS' mission as a scientifically ...

The Indonesian National Institute of Aeronautics and Space (LAPAN) previously hosted the Indonesia UN-SPIDER Regional Support Office (RSO). This organization has merged with other Indonesian research ...

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 ...

Changes in temperature extremes tend to follow mean temperature changes in many parts of the world. IPCC indicate that cold extreme cold extremes warm faster than warm extremes by about 30% – 40% ...

Sentinel-2 data from European Space Agency (ESA), is available free of charge and can be downloaded from the Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem, once the user is registered (Explore Data -> Copernicus ...

What are vegetation indices used for? Vegetation indices derived from Earth observation satellites are important for a wide range of applications such as vegetation monitoring, drought studies, ...

What are Harmful Algal Blooms? Certain algal produces toxins that, in large amounts, can be harmful to marine life and potentially to humans. Algae forming these dense layers are described as harmful ...

The Ecuadorian Secretariat for Risk Management is the Governmental institution that is concerned with risk reduction and emergency and disaster management. Its mission is to ensure the protection of ...

The UN-SPIDER Regional Support Office in Kenya is hosted by the Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD). Capacity Building CREST hydrological model GIS & Remote Sensing and ...