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 ...

Handbook on the use of risk knowledge for multi-hazard early warning systems 2024 ...

The second edition of the book entitled Flood Forecasting: A Global Perspective was recently launched and it covers ...

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 ...

Sargassum is a genus of large brown algae that includes over 300 species. Two prevalent species in the Atlantic Sargassum natans and Sargassum fluitans, are found in free-floating mats, held afloat by ...

Environmental hazards can cause widespread harm to humans and the physical environment and arise through the degradation of natural systems, such as the deterioration of air and water quality, land ...

The launch event of the Atlas of the Human Planet 2024 will be an occasion to explore how information on population and human settlements derived from Copernicus satellites can help tackle a broad ...